Passau is a town in Lower Bavaria, Eastern Bavaria, Germany, known also as the Dreiflüssestadt (City of Three Rivers), because the Danube is joined there by the Inn from the South, and the Ilz coming out of the Bavarian Forest to the North.
Passau, an old university town and episcopal city, provides for a large number of comfortable and cosy hotels. Many of Passau’s hotels line the square Ludwigsplatz, the lively centre of the city.
The Nibelungenhalle (Hall of the Nibelungs) will probably be the most popular destination for Passau’s hotel guests who are staying in the city for a congress.
Near your Passau hotel you will find the St. Stephan’s Cathedral, a masterpiece of baroque architecture, with stuccowork and fresco paintings as well as an organ that was built in 1928 and ranks as one of the largest in the world.
While staying in a Passau hotel you should look around the city’s Glass Museum, which will give you an insight into the history of glass industry in Bavaria, Bohemia and Austria.
The square Residenzplatz is lined by various Passau hotels and very beautiful patrician houses. During your stay at a hotel in Passau we recommend you to see the Dreiflüssle-Eck (Confluece of the Tree Rivers), the meeting point of the rivers Danube, Inn and Ilz. The rivers can be nicely differentiated by their colour.
Imposing Oberhaus fortification, which towers above Passau, is one of Passau hotel guests’ most popular destination. This former castle, where the prince-bishops used to dwell, nowadays houses the Museum of Cultural History. Its terraces will enable Passau’s hotel guests to have a tremendous view over the city.
You will reach your hotel in Passau quickly and comfortably with one of the 11 bus lines that are operated by the traffic service Verkehrsbetriebsgesellschaft Passau.
The city’s most important enterprises are the ZF Passau GmbH, which is producing drive technology and employs ca. 3,500 people, the furniture shop Hiendl as well as several breweries.
Total population: 50,644 (December 2006)
Postal codes: 94001 - 036