Bayerisches Armeemuseum (Bavarian Army Museum)

In 1828, Ingolstadt became Bavaria´s largest building site with as many as 20,000 workers turning it into Bavaria's State fortress, with defensive gates, barracks and casemates. The Reduit Tilly was erected as the bridgehead’s central bulwark. Leo von Klenze, no less, designed the facade, and the mighty semicircular fortress ranks among Germany’s most handsome preserved fortifications. Today Ingolstadt is nothing less than an open-air museum of the art of 19th century military architecture!

Germany’s Catastrophe

34 casemates trace the history, course and consequences of World War 1st. The presentation is not limited to military campaigns; it also documents developments such as the famine at home and the changing role of women. It is the most extensive exhibition on this topic in Germany.