Discover Titting

When looking for a hotel in Titting, the castle, brewing tradition and fossils offer three specific themes to help you choose your trip. The former moated castle provides a historical connection, while the fossil collecting site offers a natural history perspective. There are also traces of different eras and named routes through the municipal area. This lets you tailor your stay to your interests and learn more about the town’s distinctive themes.

Moated Castle and Brewing Tradition

The former moated castle stands in the upper part of the market town of Titting, at the foot of Kreuzberg. The building is an irregular octagon. Its two-storey wings date from the 17th and 18th centuries and enclose the courtyard. Its shape, storeys and construction phases give the castle several clearly distinct architectural features.

The brewing tradition is also connected with the moated castle: in 1707, the Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt had a brewery established there, and beer has been brewed there ever since. The building’s history and brewing thus come together in one place. Those who want to discover Titting through its history will find both an architectural and a craft perspective here.

Fossil Hunting in Titting

At the Titting fossil collecting site, visitors may find fossilized plants and crinoids with a little luck and patience; ammonites are occasionally found as well. Smaller finds may be taken home as prehistoric souvenirs. This permission applies specifically to smaller finds. The possible types of fossils are varied, but, as the description emphasizes, finding them depends on luck and patience.

The open-ended outcome is what sets the experience apart from a museum visit: at the collecting site, the focus is on searching for possible finds yourself. If you are interested in natural history, you can make this a focus of your travel plans. No particular find can be guaranteed; the patient search itself is part of the experience described.

History and Architectural Heritage in the Municipal Area

Grave finds provide evidence of settlement in the Anlauter Valley as early as around 1000 BC. A much later historical landmark is the ruin of Brunneck Castle above Altdorf in the Anlauter Valley. It was built in the 14th to 15th centuries; only remnants remain today. Together, these two themes point to different time periods: early settlement and a medieval castle complex.

The municipality’s architectural heritage also includes renovated examples of the traditional Jura House architectural style of the Altmühl-Jura region, with their stone-slab roofs. This brings another architectural tradition into view alongside the moated castle. The Jura houses and the castle represent different building styles, and each offers a distinct way of discovering the area’s history.

Routes and an Annual Event

The Limes Trail, the Pilgrims’ Way and the Nuremberg–Eichstätt Way of St. James pass through the municipal area of Titting. These three named routes add a point of reference for visitors interested in walking routes through the municipality to the historical and natural history themes.

In Erkertshofen, the forest chapel is visited each year for the Antonifest. The festival always takes place on the Sunday after 13 June. When planning your trip, the day of the week is therefore the key factor: the date follows a fixed rule, but does not fall on the same calendar date every year.

Another Fossil Connection: Eichstätt

The wider travel destination of Eichstätt has its own focus on fossils. The exhibition at the Jura Museum Eichstätt focuses on fossils from the Solnhofen Plattenkalk limestone; the museum also displays the original Eichstätt specimen of Archaeopteryx. This is different from the possibility of searching for fossils yourself in Titting: there, finds depend on a little luck and patience, while in Eichstätt the exhibition and the specific original specimen take centre stage. If you are interested in fossils, you can distinguish between these two experiences by the kind of activity they offer.

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