Thingstätte Eichstätt

Thingstätte Eichstätt is a grassland in Eichstätt, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria. Thingstätte Eichstätt is situated near the wayside cross Hohes Kreuz, as well as near Schützenhaus Eichstätt.

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Type: Grassland
Description: former open-air theater in Eichstätt, Bavaria, Germany, built as a Nazi ‘Thingstätte’
Also known as: “Thingstätte”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Hohes Kreuz and Jura Museum.

Hohes Kreuz

Wayside cross

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Hohes Kreuz is a wayside cross.

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. Jura Museum is situated 1 km southeast of Thingstätte Eichstätt.

Willibaldsburg

Castle

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The Willibaldsburg is a spur castle, built around the year 1353, in Eichstätt in Upper Bavaria. Until the middle of the 18th century, it was the representative castle and seat of Eichstätt's prince-bishops. Willibaldsburg is situated 1 km southeast of Thingstätte Eichstätt.