Traunstein is a town in the south-eastern part of Bavaria, Germany, and is the administrative center of a much larger district of the same name. The town serves as a local government, retail, health services, transport and educational center for the wider district.
Market square
St. Oswald's Church, Market Square, Traunstein (It was home to a pectoral cross worn by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI until it was stolen in June of 2023)
View south towards the Alps from the Hochberg, Traunstein
Traunstein in 1930. View of the town from the North. The Hochfelln and Hochgern mountains in the background.
Pope Benedict XVI was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013. Benedict's election as pope occurred in the 2005 papal conclave that followed the death of Pope John Paul II. Benedict chose to be known as "Pope emeritus" upon his resignation, and he retained this title until his death in 2022.
Benedict XVI in 2010
The birth house of Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger in Marktl, Bavaria
Palais Holnstein in Munich, the residence of Benedict as Archbishop of Munich and Freising
Cardinal Ratzinger in Rome, 1988
