Kreisfreie Stadt Passau

Passau is a city in Bavaria, Germany, close to the Austrian border. Nowadays, Passau is known for its historic buildings, its university, and its location at the three rivers, and for the last German train station before Austria.

Type: Locality with 53,000 residents
Also known as: “Dreiflüssestadt” and “Passau”
Historically known as: “Batavia” and “Batavis”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Stephen’s Cathedral and Passau Hauptbahnhof.

St. Stephen’s Cathedral

Church

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St. Stephen's Cathedral is a baroque church from 1688 in Passau, Germany, dedicated to Saint Stephen. It is the seat of the Catholic Bishop of Passau and the main church of his diocese.

Passau Hauptbahnhof

Railway station

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Passau Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station at Passau in Bavaria, Germany. Built in 1860, it has eight platforms, of which three are bay platforms and three are through tracks. The ca. 130 m long station building is built in the classic style.

Dreiflüssestadion

Sports venue

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Dreiflüssestadion is a multi-use stadium in Passau, Germany, used mostly for football matches. It is the home stadium of 1. FC Passau. The stadium, with a capacity of 20,000, was built in 1972.