Wasserburg

There are two in Bavaria, this one is on the Lake of Constance, also known as the Bodensee. Very close to Lindau am Bodensee. Known for it’s apple cider (‘Most’) and it gets its fair share of tourists for sure in the warm months.

I lived there for approximately two and a half years.

Wasserburg a. Inn is located approx. 60 km east of Munich, the capital of Bavaria. It is sourrounded by the river Inn and looks like a peninsular.

History of Wasserburg:

1137
Hallgraf Engelbert transfers his family seat from Limburg to his “Wasserburg”.
1247
After a 17 week-long siege, Herzog Ludwig (later known as Ludwig II The Severe) conquered the town. Since then a possession of the Wittelsbachers (contract of inheritance).
1248
Incorporation of Wasserburg into the Landtafel (Estates of the Country).
C 1250
Erection of the first Town Hall.
1255
Construction oft the first parish church.
pre 1291
Exertion of own town rights (sovereignty over trade and tax matters).
1339
Town fire
1392
Dividing up of Bavaria: Wasserburg falls to Bavaria-Ingolstadt, together with the “land before the mountains”.
1410 onwards
Rebuilding of the parish church by Hans Stethaimer, later Stephan Krumenauer and Wolfgang Wieser.
1415 onwards
Extension of the town’s defences.
1422
Unsuccessful siege of the town by Herzog Heinrich of Landshut (statue in the Town Hall).
1439
Granting of the “Salzscheibenpfennig” for all time.
1457-1459
Rebuilding of the Town Hall by Jörg Tünzl.
1504
Landshut War of Succession. The citizens hand over the town to Ruprecht of the Palatinate.
1526-1537
Herzog Wilhelm IV transforms the fortress into a ducal castle.
1634
The Plague – the citizens vow to rebuild the parish church.
1635 onwards
Redecoration of the parish church by the Zürn brothers after a vow taken at the time of the Plague in 1634.
23.11.1705
Peasants’ Revolt which took place on the Achatzberg (Austrian War of Succession).
ca. 1736-1738
Creation of the Kernhaus facade by Johann Baptist Zimmermann.
1755
Baroquisation of the Frauenkirche.
1793
Last Bavarian Kreis Assembly in Wasserburg.
1800
Battle near by Hohenlinden.
1885
Last town fire.
1888
Establishment of a collection of the town’s history with an exhibition room in the former St. Michael’s chapel (foundation of the museum).
1902
Opening of the railway line, Wasserburg station (Reitmehring) – Wasserburg town.
1905
Opening of the railway line from Wasserburg station to Ebersberg.
1929
The Inn Bridge (Red Bridge) is destroyed by ice.
30.6.1972
Dissolution of the Landkreis (rural district) of Wasserburg, in the cours or the rural district reform in Bavaria.
1975-1977
Construction of the sport and leisure complex – BADRIA.
1984-1986
Measures taken to prevent flooding in the old town.
1985-1987
Construction of the B 304 by-pass.
1988
850th anniversary.