Altötting
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Altötting | |
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The Shrine of Our Lady of Altötting | |
Location of Altötting within Altötting district | |
Oberbayern | |
District | Altötting |
Subdivisions | 40 official subdivisions |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–26) | Stephan Antwerpen[1] (CSU) |
Area | |
• Total | 23.43 km2 (9.05 sq mi) |
Elevation | 403 m (1,322 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 13,104 |
• Density | 560/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 84503 |
Dialling codes | 08671 |
Vehicle registration | AÖ |
Website | www.altoetting.de |
Altötting (German:
History
During the
In 1228 Duke
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Grace Chapel
This small town is famous for the Gnadenkapelle (
In the Treasure Vault of the Holy Chapel of Altötting is the Golden Horse, or "Goldenes Rössli", a 62 cm-high altarpiece made of gold and gilded silver, with golden figures coated with different coloured enamel. It depicts the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child, and, as children, John the Baptist, John the evangelist and St. Catherine. In the foreground is King Charles VI of France. This masterpiece of the goldsmith's craft was a gift from Isabeau, Queen of France, a member of the Wittelsbach Bavarian royal family.[5]
The tradition of Bavaria calls for the heart of the deceased king to be placed in an urn and kept at the chapel at Altötting. The heart of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, the builder of Neuschwanstein castle, lies in this chapel, along with those of his grandfathers and father.
Sights
Other architectural highlights in the town are the twin-towered Stiftskirche, a late Gothic church erected in the early years of the 16th century in order to cater for the growing affluence of pilgrims, and the huge Neo-baroque Basilika, built at the beginning of the 20th century.
Twin towns – sister cities
- Częstochowa, Poland
- Fátima, Portugal
- Loreto, Italy
- Lourdes, France
- Mariazell, Austria
Notable people
Notable people associated with Altötting:
- Louis the Child (893-911), East Frankish King
- Abraham Megerle (1607-1680), priest and composer
- Conrad of Parzham (1818-1894), a saint of the Roman Catholic Church
- Siegmund von Pranckh (1821-1888), Bavarian General and Minister of War
- Hubert Haider (1879–1971), landscape painter, lived and died at Altötting
- Weiß Ferdl(1883-1949), folk singer and actor
- Ernst Hiemer (1900-1974), German writer
- Paul Augustin Mayer (1911-2010), cardinal
- Wilhelm Schraml (born 1935), former bishop of Passau
- Hans-Christian Schmid (born 1965), film director and screenwriter
- Andreas Hykade (born 1968), animation director
- Werner Riess (born 1970), historian
- Timo Nagy (born 1983), football player
- Christoph Ullmann (born 1983), hockey player
- Thomas Kurz (born 1988), football player
- Maximilian Thiel (born 1993), football player
- Richard Neudecker (born 1996), football player
References
- Bayerisches Landesamt für Statistik, accessed 19 July 2021.
- ^ Genesis Online-Datenbank des Bayerischen Landesamtes für Statistik Tabelle 12411-003r Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes: Gemeinden, Stichtag (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)
- ^ Wikisource:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Oettingen
- ^ "Altötting". www.altoetting.de. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
- ^ "The Treasure Vault of the Holy Chapel". Stadt Altötting. Archived from the original on 2016-09-11. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ^ "Städtepartnerschaften". altoetting.de (in German). Altötting. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
External links
- Media related to Altötting at Wikimedia Commons
- Altötting travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Official Tourist information (in German and English)
- Altötting - New Pictures Altötting (in German)