is located between the Old Town and the castle. The baroque pilgrimage church St. Maria Himmelfahrt is situated in Marienberg a little distance to the southwest of Burghausen, not far away from the baroque church of the ancient Raitenhaslach Abbey. The city's education and cultural centre hosts adult education classes in photography and jazz as well as crafts and jazz events. Images of the castle Born in Burghausen Hans Stethaimer (~ 1360-1432), architect and painter Max Doerner (1870-1939), painter, restorer, art theorist Hannelore Elsner (1942–2019), actress Günther Heydemann (born 1950), historian Helena Waldmann (born 1962), director and choreographer Michael Wiesinger (born 1972), football player Dominik Rohracker (born 1989), football player Kerstin Spielberger (born 1995), ice hockey player Notes Sources Hoppe, Stephan. “Translating the Past: Local Romanesque Architecture in Germany and Its Fifteenth-Century Reinterpretation.” The Quest for an Appropriate Past in Literature, Art and Architecture, edited by Karl A.E. Enenkel and Konrad A. Ottenheym, vol. 60, Brill, LEIDEN; BOSTON, 2019, pp. 511–585. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctvbqs5nk.26. Accessed 18 Mar. 2021. External links Altötting (district)