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Veste Oberhaus | Oberhausmuseum Passau (Museum at Oberhaus Fortress)

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As the historical and art-historical museum of the city of Passau, the Oberhausmuseum has a lot to tell. There is plenty of space, as the Veste Oberhaus is one of the largest castle fortresses in Europe, covering 65,000 square metres. The museum covers a total of 3,000 square metres and displays Passau's myths and history, guilds and crafts, the Bohemian Forest Museum, Passau porcelain and even an old pharmacy. However, the focus is on life in the Middle Ages - the earthly and the hoped-for heavenly. Visitors take part in the everyday life and living environment of a Passau castle lord and his subjects and at the same time learn how religion and the church determined earthly life and, above all, art in those days. Finally, at the "Batterie Linde" you can enjoy, if not the luxury of a lord of the castle, then at least the same view over Passau.

Last edited on 09.06.2024

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Exterior view of the Veste Oberhaus in the midst of a green landscape (opens enlarged image)
Castle View Veste Oberhaus © pedagrafie
Bird's eye view of the castle grounds with city backdrop (opens enlarged image)
View from the observation tower © pedagrafie
View of the Danube in bright sunshine (opens enlarged image)
View of the Danube © pedagrafie
Exhibition view Fascination of the Middle Ages - Heavenly Striving; glass partition walls with sacred paintings (opens enlarged image)
Exhibition view Fascination Middle Ages - Heavenly Striving © pedagrafie
Exhibition view of the fire brigade museum with historic fire engines in a vaulted cellar (opens enlarged image)
Exhibition view Fire Brigade Museum © pedagrafie
Exhibition view of a historic pharmacy (opens enlarged image)
Exhibition view Historic Pharmacy © pedagrafie
A metal figure in profile in the exhibition space (opens enlarged image)
© Manfred Rauscher
Visitors look at the fresco cycle in St. George's Chapel (opens enlarged image)
© Manfred Rauscher
Spectators at the Castle Festival in the Outer Castle Courtyard (opens enlarged image)
© Manfred Rauscher
A number of people in historical costume in the outdoor area of the castle complex. (opens enlarged image)
© Manfred Rauscher
A family taking a selfie with the Veste Oberhaus in the background (opens enlarged image)
© Manfred Rauscher
Two children wear knight's helmets and parts of a knight's armour on their hands. they kneel in front of a basket in the Knights' Hall of the Oberhausmuseum. (opens enlarged image)
© Manfred Rauscher

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