Discover Vohburg on the Danube

Vohburg on the Danube offers a cultural perspective on archaeological finds, a historic museum building and the stories behind its festivals. The Vohburg Museum is housed in the historic Pflegerschloss building. Its themes range from Roman traces along the Danube to life at Vohburg Castle during various phases of the Middle Ages. If you plan your trip around your cultural interests, you will find clearly distinct areas of focus here rather than just one historical theme.

Vohburg Museum: Roman times and the Middle Ages

The museum displays archaeological finds from the Vohburg area, the castle hill and the former Church of St. Andrew. Original exhibits include the wooden “Betläuter-Kopf” and the “Napoleonstuhl.” The selection of individual displays may change. Alongside the find locations, these original objects offer further specific points of interest in the museum.

The museum presents details about the objects on display in multimedia and interactive formats, including 3D animations, videos, texts and audio clips. At selected exhibits, visitors can use a provided iPad and QR codes to virtually explore a villa rustica, a Roman country estate. This also covers archaeological traces of the Romans along the Danube near Vohburg. Real exhibits, different presentation formats and a virtual exploration therefore come together.

One exhibition room provides background information about life at Vohburg Castle during various phases of the Middle Ages. The museum thus brings together two clearly distinct historical perspectives: Roman archaeology and medieval life. If you are travelling with different historical interests, you can focus on one or the other rather than viewing the museum’s themes as a single era.

Festival history and theatrical city tours

The Agnes Bernauer Festival in Vohburg was first staged in 1909. It tells the tragic love story of Duke Albrecht III and Agnes Bernauer, who became a victim of political power struggles because of her origins. Alongside the museum’s archaeological and medieval themes, this is a dramatic historical story about the conflict between love, social background and power.

The open-air festivals in Vohburg have been a longstanding part of the region’s cultural life. The Fuchsburgzauberer offer theatrical city tours that let visitors experience Vohburg from different perspectives. No dates are currently available for these tours. The open spaces on the castle hill were also redesigned by 2016.

Shape your search around the program you actually plan to attend, without treating the different cultural offerings as interchangeable.

A wider perspective: Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm

The wider destination of Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm adds further landscape and outdoor activity themes. The southern part of the Pfaffenhofen a.d. Ilm district is characterized by tertiary hill country with gentle slopes and valleys. The district has well-signposted cycling routes in the river valleys, as well as themed cycling tours focusing on asparagus and hops. The cycling options therefore have different emphases: the river valleys as a landscape and asparagus or hops as themes.

In many of the district’s municipalities, themed hiking trails and walking paths invite visitors to spend time in nature. Two varied 18-hole golf courses complement the regional offering; check their availability before your trip. Those interested in guided experiences can find city tours through historic lanes, hop farm tours and herb walks for nature lovers in the district.

The cultural themes also vary within this wider area. In Wolnzach, the German Hop Museum traces more than 1,000 years of hop-growing history. It displays old hop weighing slips and introduces visitors to the art of brewing beer. While the Vohburg museum content mentioned above explores archaeological finds and Roman traces, Wolnzach focuses on hops and brewing. This can help you choose between different interests when planning a trip beyond Vohburg.

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