Eichstätt

Eichstätt is a small town in Upper Bavaria that has an excellently preserved baroque city center, is one of the smallest university towns in Europe, and is located in the middle of the Altmühltal Nature Park.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jura Museum and Eichstätt Cathedral.

Jura Museum

Museum

The Jura Museum, a museum located in Willibaldsburg castle in the town of Eichstätt, Germany, is a natural history museum that has an extensive exhibit of Jurassic fossils from the quarries of Solnhofen and surroundings, including marine reptiles, pterosaurs, and one specimen of the early bird Archaeopteryx.

Eichstätt Cathedral

Church

Eichstätt Cathedral

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Eichstätt Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Willibald and St. Salvator is the 11th-century cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Eichstätt and is located in the city of Eichstätt, in the state of Bavaria, in Southern Germany.

Ulmer Hof (Eichstätt)

Library

Ulmer Hof (Eichstätt)

Photo: Rufus46, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ulmer Hof (Eichstätt) is a library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rebdorf and Wasserzell.

Rebdorf

Village

Photo: Rensi, CC0.

Rebdorf is a village.

Wasserzell

Village

Photo: Rensi, Public domain.

Wasserzell is a village.

Eichstätt

Type: County with 13,900 residents
Also known as: “09176123”, “Eichstaett”, and “Stadt Eichstätt”
Category: locality
Location: Eichstätt, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

48.8918° or 48° 53′ 31″ north

Longitude

11.185° or 11° 11′ 6″ east

Population

13,900

Elevation

398 metres (1,306 feet)

Open location code

8FWHV5RP+P2

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

place=county

GeoNames ID

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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Eichstätt” goes by many names.

French: “Eichstätt”
German: “Eichstätt”
Portuguese: “Eichstätt”
Spanish: “Eichstätt”

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