Neuötting (, , in contrast to " Old Ötting"; ) is a

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in the district of Altötting, in

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. It is situated on the river

Inn Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging, and usually, food and drink. Inns are typically located in the country or along a highway. Before the advent of motorized transportation, they also provided accomm ...

, 2 km north of

Altötting Altötting (, , in contrast to "Neuötting, New Ötting"; , ) is a Town#Germany, town in Bavaria, capital of the Altötting (district), district Altötting of Germany. For 500 years it has been the scene of religious pilgrimages by Catholics in ...

, about 70 km north of

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, 80 southwest of

Passau Passau (; ) is a city in Lower Bavaria, Germany. It is also known as the ("City of Three Rivers"), as the river Danube is joined by the Inn (river), Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north. Passau's population is about 50,000, of whom ...

and almost 100 km east of

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. It is a stop on the railway line between Munich and Simbach.

Townscape

Neuötting has a town square in the unique Inn-Salzach style, including two towers at each end. During the

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it was an important trading town for salt and grain, and had its own

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. It was also a military base for the Bavarian forces to keep

Mühldorf am Inn Mühldorf am Inn (, ; Central Bavarian: ''Muihdorf am Inn'') is a Town#Germany, town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the Mühldorf (district), district Mühldorf on the river Inn (river), Inn. It is located at , and had a population of ab ...

, a rival town under the control of the

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, in check. Places of note for visitors are the large Gothic church Saint Nikolaus, the town museum, and the recently improved town square, on which shopping and open-air dining can be done.

Trivia

* Most of the cobbles that make up the town square were

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. * A trolley line connected Neuötting with

in the first half of the last century.

Culture

*The ''Spielmanns- und Fanfarenzug Neuötting e. V.'' (SPFZ) was founded in 1960 and perform marching songs in historic militia uniforms from the year 1820. *The ''Faschingsgesellschaft Neuötting e. V.'' was founded in 1975 as an official association, while this club has a much longer history .

Personalities

Born in Neuötting

Günther Rybarczyk Günther Rybarczyk (born 4 November 1951 in Neuötting) is a retired German football player. He spent two seasons in the Bundesliga with FC Bayern Munich. As of February 2009, he is a player agent. Honours * Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ...

(born 1951), football player, coach and functionary

Connected with Neuötting

Max Halbe Max Halbe (4 October 1865 – 30 November 1944) was a German dramatist and main exponent of Naturalism. Biography Halbe was born at the manor of Güttland (Koźliny) near Danzig (Gdańsk), where he grew up. He was a member of an old family of ...

(1865–1944), writer *

Hans Pfann Hans Pfann (14 September 1920 – 9 September 2021) was a German gymnast. He competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were ...

(born 1920), Olympic participant, former gymnast of the TSV 1852 Neuötting * Gerold Tandler (born 1936), politician (CSU) *

Franz Ackermann Franz Ackermann (born 1963 in Neumarkt-Sankt Veit, Bavaria) is a German painter and installation artist based in Berlin. He makes cartoonish Abstract art, abstraction. Life He attended the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Akademie der Bildenden K ...

(born 1963), painter, grew up in Neuötting

References

External links

Stadt Neuötting website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Neuotting Altötting (district) Populated places on the Inn (river)