Eichstätt is a small town in Upper Bavaria which until the 1972 redrawing of municipal boundaries was administratively part of Middle Franconia. The seat of a bishopric and a small university, the town is fiercely Catholic, which may have played a role in separating it from the more Lutheran Middle Franconia.

Get in

By train

As the first train station sat outside the town itself (but more conveniently along the railway line) a secondary "Eichstätt Stadt" station was built later

• 1 Bahnhof Eichstätt.  
• 2 Bahnhof Eichstätt Stadt. 

See

• 1 Jura-Museum. The Jurassic museum includes an original Archaeopteryx. (updated Dec 2020)
• 2 Museum für Ur- und Frühgeschichte auf der Willibaldsburg (Pre-historic and early history museum). (updated Dec 2020)
• 3 Diözesanmuseum Eichstätt. (updated Dec 2020)

Religious buildings

As an arch-catholic seat of a diocese dating back to the 8th century, Eichstätt is naturally home to numerous ornate Catholic religious buildings

• 4 Dom zu Eichstätt (Cathedral). (updated Dec 2020)
• 5 Residenz Eichstätt. The palace once used by the prince-bishops. (updated Dec 2020)

Eat

• 1 Gasthof Krone, Domplatz 3, ☏ +49 8421-4406. 

Sleep

• 1 Gästehaus der Benedektinerinnenabtei St. Walburg, Abtei St. Walburg/Marienhaus, Walburgiberg 6, ☏ +49 8421-9887-0, gaestehaus.kloster.st.walburg@bistum-eichstaett.de. double €72 incl. breakfast. 

Learn

• 1 Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. The only catholic university of Germany has its main campus here.