Altötting
Sign in to saveAltötting (, , in contrast to "New Ötting"; , ) is a town in Bavaria, capital of the district Altötting of Germany. For 500 years it has been the scene of religious pilgrimages by Catholics in honor of Mary, including a visit by Pope John Paul II in 1980 and one by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006.
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Altötting is a town in Bavaria, Germany, that serves as the capital of the Altötting district. It has been an important pilgrimage destination for Catholics honoring Mary for the past 500 years, attracting notable visitors including Pope John Paul II in 1980 and Pope Benedict XVI in 2006.
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Key facts
- German place.type
- Stadt
- German place.image_coa
- DEU Altötting COA.svg
- German place.image_photo
- Shrine of Europe03.JPG
- German place.image_caption
- The Shrine of Our Lady of Altötting
- German place.image_plan
- Altötting in AÖ.svg
- German place.state
- Bayern
- German place.region
- Oberbayern
- German place.district
- Altötting
- German place.elevation
- 403
- German place.area
- 23.07
- German place.postal_code
- 84503
- German place.area_code
- 08671
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- History
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- Sights
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Notable people
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Altötting (, , in contrast to "New Ötting"; , ) is a town in Bavaria, capital of the district Altötting of Germany. For 500 years it has been the scene of religious pilgrimages by Catholics in honor of Mary, including a visit by Pope John Paul II in 1980 and one by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006.
==History== During the Carolingian period, there was a royal palace here. Nearby, King Carloman erected a Benedictine monastery in 876, with Werinolf as first abbot, and also built the abbey church in honour of the Apostle St. Philip. In 907 King Louis the Child gave the abbey in commendam to Burchard, the Bishop of Passau (903-915), (probably identical with Burchard, second and last abbot). In 910 the Hungarians ransacked and burnt the church and abbey.