Ried im Innkreis: Culture and City History

Ried im Innkreis offers several different themes for a culture-focused trip: a folk culture collection, an exhibition on the city’s history, a learning and memorial site, historic architecture, and an old town tour with audio guides. The city park also offers opportunities for walking or running. If you are looking for a hotel in Ried, you can choose your destination based on whether exhibitions, exploring the city’s history, or outdoor exercise is more important to you. Each of these themes and activities has its own focus.

Folk Culture, City History and a Special Exhibit

The Innviertler Volkskundehaus Museum houses around 12,000 objects. The museum also includes the city history exhibition “Ried between Bavaria and Austria.” This brings together folk culture collections and an exhibition specifically dedicated to the city’s history. The exhibition explores Ried in relation to Bavaria and Austria, offering a concrete introduction to the city’s history. The “Oberndorfer Crib” is also on display at the museum. The Christmas carol “Silent Night, Holy Night” was first performed in front of it in 1818. The exhibit thus brings together the history of the crib and the story of the carol. If you are interested in cultural history, the collection, the city history exhibition and the crib offer different subjects to explore within the same museum.

Remembrance at the Charlotte-Taitl House

The Charlotte-Taitl House learning and memorial site offers a different, sobering perspective. It commemorates the 196 victims of National Socialism and fascism in the Ried district known to date. Biographical panels present the dates and life stories of 26 victims. The two numbers provide different points of reference: 196 is the number of victims known to date, while the 26 biographies bring individual life stories into focus. This makes the memorial site a distinct way to explore the past alongside the collections and the city history exhibition. If you would like to engage with the district’s history through personal biographies, the panels offer a specific focus.

Church and Old Town Tour

The present-day form of the parish church of St. Peter and Paul took shape between 1720 and 1734. This period places its current appearance in the first half of the 18th century. The church adds another aspect to exploring Ried: alongside exhibits and biographies, a religious building becomes a subject of the city’s history.

The old town tour offers audio guides in German and English to help you discover Ried’s sights. As a self-guided activity, it differs from exploring a single exhibition or building. The two language options offer a clear choice for anyone who would like to experience the tour with audio information in German or English. If you want to discover several sights as part of a tour, this format is a distinct option alongside museum visits focused on specific themes.

Exercise in the City Park

Visitors can go walking or running in Ried’s city park. This adds an outdoor activity to the city’s cultural offerings without being another exhibition or historic stop itself. When planning your trip, you can weigh up your different interests: the collection and city history exhibition have different focuses from the memorial site, church or old town tour; walking and running offer another way to spend time outdoors. This lets you choose what to explore during your stay based on what you would like to do in Ried.

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