Explore Passau

Passau Cathedral is the Baroque seat of the Bishop of Passau, rebuilt between 1668 and 1693 under architect Carlo Lurago after fire destroyed its Gothic predecessor in 1662; the Gothic choir survived into the new building. Its organ, among the largest cathedral organs in the world, has roughly 17,800 pipes across several linked instruments.

The Passau Glass Museum occupies five floors of the Hotel Wilder Mann building on Rathausplatz. Founded by Georg Hoeltl and opened in 1985, it displays around 17,000 pieces of Bohemian and European art glass from 1650 to 1950, including works by glassmaker Johann Loetz.

St. Michael's Church is a Baroque Jesuit church in Passau, built between 1665 and 1678 to a design by Pietro Francesco Carlone after the original Jesuit chapel burned down in 1662. Its white interior has stuccowork by Giovanni Battista Carlone and a 1712 high altar painting by Carlo Innocenzo Carlone.

Veste Oberhaus is a hilltop fortress above Passau's old town, founded in 1219 by Prince-Bishop Ulrich II on a hill between the Danube and Ilz rivers. It now houses the Oberhausmuseum, covering the city's history and art, an 18th-century observation tower, and a youth hostel.

Dreiflüsseeck is the easternmost tip of Passau's old town peninsula, where the Danube, Inn and Ilz rivers meet. A riverside path leads to the point, with views back toward Veste Oberhaus; the Inn's green water and the Danube's brown water stay visibly separate for some distance downstream.