Ingolstadt: Audi Headquarters, Frankenstein's University, and Bavaria's Danube Fortress
Ingolstadt has a population around 121,000 and sits on the Danube in Upper Bavaria. Audi AG has its global headquarters and main factory here, employing around 40,000 people locally. The Audi Forum Ingolstadt and Museum Mobile draw automotive enthusiasts. The Alte Anatomie, part of the former University of Ingolstadt (founded 1472, closed 1800), is where Mary Shelley set Victor Frankenstein's experiments in her 1818 novel. The Bayerisches Armeemuseum in the Neues Schloss houses one of Germany's most comprehensive military history collections.
Ingolstadt was a Jesuit stronghold during the Counter-Reformation; the Asamkirche Maria de Victoria has ceiling frescoes by Cosmas Damian Asam. The Reinheitsgebot (beer purity law) was proclaimed here in 1516. The Glacis, a ring of former fortifications, now serves as parkland. Like Wolfsburg with Volkswagen, Ingolstadt's modern identity is inseparable from its anchor employer. The city is one of Bavaria's wealthiest per capita. Adult companionship follows Bavaria's stricter enforcement tradition.
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Ingolstadt has a population around 121,000 and sits on the Danube in Upper Bavaria. Audi AG has its global headquarters and main factory here, employing around 40,000 people locally. The Audi Forum Ingolstadt and Museum Mobile draw automotive enthusiasts. The Alte Anatomie, part of the former University of Ingolstadt (founded 1472, closed 1800), is where Mary Shelley set Victor Frankenstein's experiments in her 1818 novel. The Bayerisches Armeemuseum in the Neues Schloss houses one of Germany's most comprehensive military history collections.
Ingolstadt was a Jesuit stronghold during the Counter-Reformation; the Asamkirche Maria de Victoria has ceiling frescoes by Cosmas Damian Asam. The Reinheitsgebot (beer purity law) was proclaimed here in 1516. The Glacis, a ring of former fortifications, now serves as parkland. Like Wolfsburg with Volkswagen, Ingolstadt's modern identity is inseparable from its anchor employer. The city is one of Bavaria's wealthiest per capita. Adult companionship follows Bavaria's stricter enforcement tradition.
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