Altötting

Sister cities

• Lourdes
• Příbram
• Mariazell
• Fátima
• Loreto
• Częstochowa

History

During the Carolingian period, there was a royal palace here. Nearby, King Carloman erected a Benedictine monastery in 876, with Werinolf as first abbot, and also built the abbey church in honour of the Apostle St. Philip. In 907 King Louis the Child gave the abbey in commendam to Burchard, the Bishop of Passau (903-915), (probably identical with Burchard, second and last abbot). In 910 the Hungarians ransacked and burnt the church and abbey. In 1228 Duke Louis I, Duke of Bavaria rebuilt these buildings and, after they were sanctified, placed them in charge of twelve Canons Regular, headed by a provost. The canons remained until the secularization of the Bavarian monasteries in 1803. Saint Conrad of Parzham, O.F.M. Cap., (1818–1894) served as porter at the Friary of St. Ann in the city of Altötting for 40 years.

Most-observed species

• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  319
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  302
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  263
• Peacock

  Aglais io (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  244
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  229
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  222
• Buff-tailed Bumble Bee

  Bombus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  205
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

  Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  188

Most recent

• M 3.7 — 2021-08-16
  1 km S of Niederau, Austria
• M 3.8 — 2019-10-22
  4 km SE of Ebbs, Austria
• M 3.8 — 2008-08-12
  6 km SE of Maria Schmolln, Austria
• M 2.8 — 2008-08-06
  2 km SE of Schalchen, Austria
• M 2.7 — 2008-07-03
  2 km ESE of Oberhaching, Germany
• M 3.8 — 2008-04-17
  4 km ESE of Inzell, Germany