Discover Waldkraiburg: City History and Culture

In Waldkraiburg, the Path of History leads to buildings and places that have been important to the city since the end of the Second World War. Museums and collections add perspectives on industrial history, glass, art and other topics. This makes it easy to tailor your visit to the interests of your travel companions: take a circular route through the city's history, or focus on selected exhibitions and collections.

City History Along a Circular Route

The Path of History follows a circular route with 18 stops. Images and texts relate to the locations themselves; the stops include the House of Culture, Ölberg, the former fire lookout tower, Bunker 29, the bunker church, the old railway station and the former women's camp. Yellow-and-blue signposts and ground markings are installed throughout Waldkraiburg. The route thus connects different places and buildings, rather than limiting the city's history to a single topic or location.

Each stop focuses on its own location. This makes the Path of History interesting for anyone who wants to learn about Waldkraiburg's development through specific sites. Its 18 stops give the circular route a clear structure, while images and texts provide information about each location. Anyone particularly interested in the city's history since the end of the Second World War will find a fitting way to explore the subject here.

Museums, Industrial History and Art

Bunker 29, the Waldkraiburg-Aschau Industrial Museum, is housed in an original, preserved building from the 1940 powder factory on Schweidnitzer Weg. The history of Waldkraiburg and its industry is presented across six rooms. The building's historic character and the exhibition's subject matter come together in one place. Bunker 29 is also one of the stops on the Path of History.

Other collections focus on specific materials and ways of life. The local history room is set up as an exhibition collection and displays cultural artifacts of the German population in the Adlergebirge from around 1900 until their expulsion. The Glass Museum is dedicated to historic glassware from North Bohemia. Film footage, photographs, pictures and objects offer insights into glass and its production, as well as the techniques and methods used.

The exhibits at the Bavarian Fire Brigade Museum date back to the 19th century. The City Museum shows an original interview with Peter Maffay, in which he talks about his musical beginnings in Waldkraiburg. The artist gave the interview exclusively for the museum. Those looking to bring together different interests within a travel group can choose by topic: industry and city history, glassmaking, fire brigade history or a personal look at the history of music.

The Waldkraiburg Municipal Gallery explores a wide range of aspects of art and culture. It presents themed and solo exhibitions featuring significant artistic positions, including those from beyond the region and internationally, on current topics and questions. Together with the historical collections, it expands the cultural offering to include contemporary themes. The specific exhibition topics may vary.

Choose the Focus of Your Visit

The circular route and the museums offer different points of focus: the Path of History passes several places of importance to the city's history and explains them with images and texts; Bunker 29 brings together topics relating to the city and industry in six rooms. The local history room and the Glass Museum, in turn, offer clearly defined collection themes, while the gallery addresses current questions in art and culture. You can focus on the circular route, individual collections, or art and current issues without reducing the different offerings to one shared theme.

More Highlights in the Broader Travel Destination of Mühldorf Am Inn

Mühldorf Am Inn also has its own historical and cultural attractions. The 500-metre-long town square is lined with colourful facades in the Inn-Salzach architectural style; it is also home to the Salzburg fountain, a gift from Salzburg Prince-Archbishop Johannes Ernst von Thun in 1692. The two grain storehouses, Haberkasten and Kornkasten, were built in the 15th century. Haberkasten was later converted into a cultural centre. Since 1999, the summer festival has been held in Haberkasten's courtyard every year during the first two weeks of July. These insights into Mühldorf Am Inn complement Waldkraiburg's city, industrial and collection themes with a distinct perspective on the town square, historic buildings and cultural programme.

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