Germany (Lonely Planet, 6th Edition) - Andrea Schulte-Peevers [326]
Across the street is the Tilly House (Neubaustrasse 2), where General Tilly, a famous Field Marshal in the Thirty Years War, died in 1652 from tetanus (the result of a war wound). There’s a commemorative plaque around the corner on Johannesstrasse.
DEUTSCHES MEDIZINHISTORISCHES MUSEUM
Located in the stately Alte Anatomie (Old Anatomy) at the university, the Deutsches Medizinhistorisches Museum (German Museum of Medical History; 305 2860; Anatomiestrasse 18/20; adult/concession €4.50/2.25; 10am-5pm Tue-Sun) chronicles the evolution of medical science as well as the many (scary) instruments and techniques used. Pack a strong stomach for the visit.
The ground floor eases you into the exhibition with medical delights such as birthing chairs, enema syringes and lancets for blood-letting. Upstairs things get closer to the bone in displays of human skeletons with preserved musculature and organs, foetuses of conjoined twins, a pregnant uterus and a cyclops. Recover in the bucolic medicinal plant garden, which includes a garden of smells and touch designed for the blind.
NEUES SCHLOSS, BAYERISCHES ARMEE MUSEUM & REDUIT TILLY
The ostentatious Neues Schloss (New Palace) was built for Duke Ludwig the Bearded in 1418. Fresh from a trip to wealth-laden France, Ludwig borrowed heavily from Gallic design and created a residence with 3m-thick walls, Gothic net vaulting and individually carved doorways. One guest who probably didn’t appreciate its architectural merits was future French president Charles de Gaulle, held prisoner of war here during WWI.
Today the building houses the Bayerisches Armee Museum (Bavarian Military Museum; 937 70; Paradeplatz 4; adult/concession €3.50/3, on Sun €2, combined ticket with Reduit Tilly €4.50/3.50; 8.45am-5pm Tue-Sun). Exhibits on long-forgotten battles, armaments dating back to the 14th century and legions of tin soldiers pack the rooms.
The second part of the museum is in the Reduit Tilly (adult/concession €3.50/3, on Sun €2, combined ticket with Neues Schloss €4.50/3.50; 8.45am-5pm Tue-Sun) across the river. This 19th-century fortress has an undeniable aesthetic, having been designed by Ludwig I’s chief architect. It was named after Johann Tilly – a field marshal of the Thirty Years War who was known as the ‘butcher of Magdeburg’ – and features exhibits covering the history of WWI and post-WWI Germany.
MUSEUM MOBILE
This high-tech car museum is part of the Audi Forum ( 283 4444; Ettinger Strasse 40; adult/concession €2/1.50, tours €4/3; 9am-6pm). Exhibits on three floors chart Audi’s humble beginnings in 1899 to its latest dream machines such as the R8. Some 50 cars and 20 motorbikes are on display, including prototypes that glide past visitors on an open lift. Take bus 11 or 44 to the terminus from the Hauptbahnhof or Paradeplatz.
The two-hour tours of the Audi factory ( 0800-282 4444; adult/concession €7/3.50; tours in English 11.30am Mon-Fri) take you through the entire production process, from the metal press to the testing station.
LIEBFRAUENMÜNSTER
Ingolstadt’s biggest church was established by Duke Ludwig the Bearded in 1425 and enlarged over the next century. A classic Gothic hall church, the Liebfrauenmünster (Minster of Our Dear Lady; 8am-6pm) has a pair of strangely oblique square towers that flank the main entrance. Inside, subtle colours and a nave flooded with light intensify the magnificence of the soaring ceiling vaults and the ‘blossoming’ stonework of several side chapels. The high altar by Hans Mielich (1560) has a rear panel depicting St Katharina debating with the professors at Ingolstadt’s new university, ostensibly in a bid to convert the