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The house where Josef Ratzinger was born on 16 April 1927 and lived with his parents until the age of 2 is a stately gabled house in the style of the Lower Bavarians. It was built in 1745 as a toll station, later also served as a police station with official residence and housed another historical personality. Georg Lankensperger, royal Bavarian Hofwagner, invented the axle steering in the 19th century. This house was modeled on a scale based on photos as a model. As a miniature, it shows exactly the details of the original. After the election of Cardinal Dr. Josef Ratzinger to the Pope Benedict XVI. On 15 April 2005 countless visitors made their pilgrimage to the community of 2,700 inhabitants Marktl am Inn near Altötting to visit the birthplace of the German Pope. Dimensions: L 22 x W 17,5 x H 11,