Freising: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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EUR 69 - 359 Mercure Muenchen Airport Freising
 This 4-star hotel in Freising offers a modern wellness area, fine Bavarian and Mediterranean food, and easy access to the A92 motorway. It is just 7 k… MoreEUR 69 - 319 Novotel München Airport
 This new airport hotel with conference facilities is located directly at Munich Airport. It offers modern rooms with a flat-screen TV and good road an… MoreEUR 53 - 289 München Airport Marriott Hotel
 Located in the Bavarian town of Freising, just a 15-minute drive from Munich Airport, this modern 4-star hotel features an indoor swimming pool, spa f… MoreEUR 60 - 130 Isar Hotel
 This family-run hotel is 500 metres from the Isar River, directly opposite Friesing’s historic town centre. Isar Hotel offers traditional country-st… MoreEUR 89 - 215 Corbin Feng Shui Business Hotel
 Boasting an authentic Feng Shui design, this 4-star non-smoking hotel enjoys a peaceful location in Freising. You can drive to Munich´s internat… MoreEUR 66 - 134 Gasthof Lerner
 Boasting quick connections to central Munich, this family-run hotel in Freising is set near the Technische Universität’s Weihenstephan campus and t… MoreEUR 64 - 999 Am Klostergarten
 The Hotel am Klostergarten will enchant you with its exclusive décor. It lies in close proximity to the airport and the centre of the university city… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Freising: Guide
Freising is a city in Bavaria, Germany, capital of the Freising (district)|district Freising. Population 48,500.
The city is located north of Munich at the Isar river, near the Munich International Airport|Franz Josef Strauß International Airport. Anyone who ever started or landed at the
Munich airport has seen the city with its two famous hills, the cathedral hill with the
bishop's castle and the Weihenstephan hill with the oldest brewery of the world.
Cultural significance
Freising is one of the oldest settlements in Bavaria gaining importance by becoming a major religious center of Bavaria in the early middle ages. It was and still is the center of an important diocese.
Some important historical documents have been created from 900 to 1200 in its monastery.
Freising manuscripts written in Slovenian language|Slovenian, being the first written recording of a Slavic languages|Slavic language
Chronicle or history of the two cities by Otto of Freising
The above and other scripts from that time can be found in the Bayrische Staatsbibliothek (Bavarian state library) in Munich today.
History
Even though archaeological finds show that the area was settled in the diocese of Freising, established after his death by Arbeo he ordered a bear to carry his luggage over the Alps after it had killed his packhorse. The saddled bear is still the symbol of the city, displayed in the coat of arms, though the seat of the diocese was moved to Munich in 1821. Freising has remained the seat of diocese administration until today.
764-783 Bishop Arbeo founded a library and scriptorium at the Abbey. The settlement started to become a religious center.
In 996 Freising received city rights from Emperor Otto III. However, after the foundation of Munich just 40 km south around 1150 Freising started to lose its economic significance. In 1159 the romanesque Freising cathedral|cathedral was constructed (with a notable animal column in the crypt).
In the secularisation of 1803 the Roman Catholic Church lost most of its properties and authority over the city.
Famous citizens
Otto of Freising (1112 - 1158), bishop.
Benedict XVI
External links
http://www.freising.de
http://www.weihenstephan.org/~dioemuse/
http://www.3klangev.de Society for Music, Theatre and Art in Freising
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