Bavaria · Self-guided walk
Wasserburg am Inn in one walk 8 sights, 30 minutes
A self-guided walking tour of the Wasserburg am Inn Old Town: 8 sights on one 2.1 km loop, about 30 minutes on foot, back where you started.
No two days to spare? Here is the short version: the big sights in one loop. I would take longer. I always take longer.
At a glance
The walk in numbers.
- Distance
- 2.1 km, a loop
- Time
- about 30 minutes of walking at 4 km/h, plus however long you stop
- Sights
- 8
- Start and finish
- Wasserburg
- Steps
- on Freidhoferstiege
- Cost
- free: no guide, no booking, no tip
The route
Map of the Wasserburg am Inn walk: 8 stops, one loop.
The gold line is the walk. The numbers are the stops, in the order you reach them. The pale lines are every other street in the Old Town.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
The stops
8 sights in Wasserburg am Inn, in walking order.
Each stop says how far the next one is and which streets take you there.
1. Wasserburg
the start
Stepped gables on the neck of land, right where the peninsula stops being a peninsula. Whoever held this held the bridge, the salt and the town. The lane called Auf der Burg runs straight through it.
Next: St. Jakob, 170 m, about 3 min, along Auf der Burg, Kirchhofplatz.
2. St. Jakob
about 3 minutes of walking from the start
Unrendered brick with a tower of tuff blocks, set in the crook between castle hill and town, out of the water's reach. The parish church stands apart from the market on purpose.
Next: Mauthaus, 90 m, about 1 min, along Schustergasse.
3. Mauthaus
about 4 minutes of walking from the start
A corner house at the market with vaulted arcades at street level, standing where the road bends. Money changed hands here for centuries.
Next: Brucktor, 60 m, about 1 min, along Bruckgasse.
4. Brucktor
about 5 minutes of walking from the start
The gate you pass through on the way to the bridge, four storeys of it, wedged between the old hospital and the town house. Look up as you go under.
Next: Rathaus, 150 m, about 2 min, along Bruckgasse.
5. Rathaus
about 7 minutes of walking from the start
Two stepped gables of unequal height on Marienplatz, one wider and taller than its neighbour. Step inside and look down. I am not telling you why.
Next: Frauenkirche, 0 m, about 1 min.
6. Frauenkirche
about 7 minutes of walking from the start
The smaller church, standing right in the market space instead of beside it, with a slim tower over a hall you walk through.
Next: Hungerturm, 350 m, about 5 min, along Salzsenderzeile.
Lunch break
Boulevard 10, Ledererzeile 10, about 60 m off the route, open Wed–Sun 09:00–18:00, Mon–Tue closed.
Same family, same house on the Ledererzeile since the 1950s. More on what to eat in Wasserburg am Inn.
7. Hungerturm
about 12 minutes of walking from the start
A square tower with battlements at the top of Im Hag, planted where the town's defences turned a corner. It has windows now, which tells you most of what became of it.
Next: Pulverturm, 650 m, about 10 min, along Im Hag, Schopperstattweg, Holzhofweg.
8. Pulverturm
about 22 minutes of walking from the start
A squat tower at the western corner of the old defences. The street that runs past it gives the game away, which saves me the trouble.
Back to the start: Wasserburg, 660 m, about 10 min, along Schopperstattweg, Unter der Schanz, Münchner Straße, Auf der Burg.
Every stop counts from the street; the hours are for going inside. Opening hours from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors. Check before you go.
After the walk
The rest of Wasserburg am Inn.
This loop is 8 sights. The Old Town is 61 streets, and I have opinions about all of them. Every street of the Wasserburg am Inn Old Town, with what to eat and where.
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