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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Oberbayern

Elevation
  
388 m (1,273 ft)

Area
  
72.04 km²

Local time
  
Saturday 11:18 PM

Dialling code
  
08683

State
  
Bavaria

District
  
Traunstein

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Population
  
6,073 (31 Dec 2008)

Postal code
  
84529

Administrative region
  
Upper Bavaria


Weather
  
13°C, Wind SW at 13 km/h, 56% Humidity

Tittmoning is a town in the district of Traunstein, in Bavaria, Germany.

Contents

Map of Tittmoning, Germany

Geography

It is situated in the historic Rupertiwinkel region, on the left bank of the river Salzach, which forms the border with the municipality of Ostermiething in the Austrian state of Salzburg. The two communes are linked by a bridge. Tittmoning is located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of the Salzburg city centre.

History

The settlement of Titamanninga was first mentioned about 790 AD, then a possession of St Peter's Abbey, Salzburg. After the Archbishops of Salzbug had achieved immediate status in the late 13th century, Tittmoning Castle was built as a border fortress against the incursions by the Dukes of Bavaria. The episcopal administrator of the castle and its environs was called burgrave (Burggraf), as was Ulrich von Wispeck in 1282. Tittmoning was occupied by the forces of the German king Louis the Bavarian during his conflict with the papacy in 1324; nevertheless, he restored it to the Salzburg archbishops three years later.

Temporarily given in pawn to Bavaria, the unlucky Prince-Archbishop Wolf Dietrich Raitenau had to cede the castle to the Bavarian duke Maximilian I in 1611; it was repurchased by his successor Archbishop Mark Sittich von Hohenems and rebuilt as a hunting lodge according to plans designed by Santino Solari. By the 17th century the castle had finally lost its character of a fortress and became the summer residence of the Prince-Archbishops. Upon the Congress of Vienna, the Rupertiwinkel region finally fell to the Kingdom of Bavaria and Tittimoning Castle, damaged by French troops during the Napoleonic Wars, passed under state-ownership.

In the early years of World War II the castle was used as a prisoner-of-war camp for officers, Oflag VII-D. British and American citizens were also interned there (see Ilag VII Laufen and Tittmoning).

Joseph Ratzinger lived here as a child between 11 July 1929 and 5 December 1932. Later he became a cardinal and in 2005 was elected Pope Benedict XVI.

A festival takes place here every year at the end of May, with theatrical presentations, medieval tournaments and jousting.

Personalities and Honorary Citizens

  • Pope Benedict XVI (born 1927) lived in Tittmoning between 1929 and 1932 and has been an honorary citizen since 24 January 2007. In front of the home of the Ratzinger family is a sculpture in a bronze memorial plaque.
  • Stefan Glowacz (born 1965), born in Tittmoning, professional mountaineer and entrepreneur
  • References

    Tittmoning Wikipedia