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Mespelbrunn & Cute Castle on a Pond

Mespelbrunn & Cute Castle on a Pond, Mespelbrunn

 aussirose Says:  Thank you Globetrott for your page on Mespelbrunn!! Without your recommendation we may have driven past and not checked out this place!If you are reading this and planning your road trip through Germany, then I would totally recommend that you stay the night in Mespelbrunn... 

Inside the real "Wirtshaus im Spessart"

Inside the real "Wirtshaus im Spessart", Mespelbrunn

 globetrott Says:  The interior of the "Wirtshaus im Spessart" is a great place for all fans of that movie ! You may see plenty of great photos of the time, when the movie was made in the 1960s, starring Liselotte Pulver and Carlos Thompson. The story of the film is based on a novel by Wilhelm... 

See the genuine "Wirtshaus im Spessart"

See  the genuine "Wirtshaus im Spessart", Mespelbrunn

 globetrott Says:  The lovely old building on my picture was once used as a stable, before it became the pub in the movie "Das Wirtshaus im Spessart"A Wirtshaus is a pub, and in this very pub a group of people finds shelter after a wheel of the postal-carriage was broken. But The Wirtshaus is... 

a castle still in posession of the same family

a castle still in posession of the same family, Mespelbrunn

 globetrott Says:  The castle of Mespelbrunn remained with the same family since 1412 for more than 590 years now. Maria Ottilia was the last descendant with the name Echter and she married in 1648 Philipp Ludwig von Ingelheim. The noble owners of the castle are living still in a part of the... 

a great arch in the innercourt of Mespelbrunn

a great arch in the innercourt of Mespelbrunn, Mespelbrunn

 globetrott Says:  The arch on my picture is in my opinion the most beautiful sight inside the castle, besides the places of course that you may see when you take the guided tour !The castle was restored and rebuilt several times and the way it looks today it was rebuilt by Peter Echter von... 

The innercourt of the castle

The innercourt of the castle, Mespelbrunn

 globetrott Says:  The big gate is open only during the times, when guided tours are available. The ticketbox is just at the entrance to the innercourt of the castle, but even when you do not intend to see the castle interior, you may get inside anyway and have a look around the innercourt,... 

Schloss Mespelbrunn hidden in large woods

Schloss Mespelbrunn hidden in large woods, Mespelbrunn

 globetrott Says:  Schloss Mespelbrunn was hidden in the wide woods of Spessart and it was that way completely "overseen" during WW I and WW II. The castle is privately owned and may be visited only with a guided tour !Photography is forbidden inside the castle, this is why I did not take the... 

Schloss Mespelbrunn in the Spessart

Schloss Mespelbrunn in the Spessart, Mespelbrunn

 globetrott Says:  Schloss Mespelbrunn is one of the most beautiful water-castles in Germany and at the restaurant next to the castle one of the most famous comedies of the german Filmindustry was filmed :Das Wirtshaus im SpessartSpessart is the name of the landscape around the castle , and... 

Hotels  

Gasthof Zum Spessart

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Schlosshotel Mespelbrunn

 1 Review and 7 Opinions  Schlosshotel Mespelbrunn is a great 4star-hotel in a distance of 300 meters to the castle of... 

Restaurants  

Restaurant Zum Engel: Great service and yummy food

Restaurant Zum Engel: Great service and yummy food, Mespelbrunn

 aussirose Says:  We had dinner in the dining room of Hotel Zum Engel and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.The food was yummy and the service excellant! I would totally recommend to eat here.Check out our meals in the enclosed photos. 

Cafe Restaurant "Pferdestall": The only real Wirtshaus im Spessart from the movie

Cafe Restaurant "Pferdestall": The only real Wirtshaus im Spessart from the movie, Mespelbrunn

 globetrott Says:  The are several places in the area that call themselves "Wirtshaus im Spessart" BUT this one , close to the castle of Mespelbrunn is the only real Wirtshaus im Spessart, where the famous movie was made.The best about this restaurant-cafe is certainly the perfect location... 

Transportation  

Mespelbrunn is a perfect stop-over on highway A3

Mespelbrunn is a perfect stop-over on highway A3, Mespelbrunn

 globetrott Says:  When driving on the highway A3 between Wuerzburg and Aschaffenburg, you will have sign-posts for Mespelbrunn-castle already on the highway !The exit is called Weibersbrunn and once that you have left the highway, you will have to go through wide woods and drive about 10km in... 

Local Customs  

Fresh spring water to improve circulation

Fresh spring water to improve circulation, Mespelbrunn

 aussirose Says:  Ok this is an unusual tip from an Aussie. Why would you want to walk around in freezing cold spring water early in the morning? ......Give me a hot shower any day haha :o)But that is excatly what Hubby and Birgit did early in the morning before we went Castle viewing.... 

book a robbery by the "Spessarträuber"

book a robbery by the "Spessarträuber", Mespelbrunn

 globetrott Says:  Spessart and especially Mespelbrunn offers a lot of activities like theatre-performances ect. about the robberies in the Spessart.You could even "book your own robbery " with Räuberhauptmann (chieftain)Günther Köstler :You will get robbed by the Spessarträuber and offered a... 

Off The Beaten Path  

Rosso-Bianco -the biggest collection of sportscars

Rosso-Bianco -the biggest collection of sportscars, Mespelbrunn

 globetrott Says:  Rosso-Bianco is the name of the World's biggest collection of sportscars !You may see tjis collection in Aschaffenburg , a small town in a distance of 20 km from Mespelbrunn.The collection has 200 sportscars - mainly 2-seaters - of all major manufactorers, and the world's... 

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Rothenburg o.d.Tauber - on your way to Munich

Rothenburg o.d.Tauber - on your way to Munich, Mespelbrunn

 globetrott Says:  Rothenburg ob der Tauber is in a driving-distance of maybe 2 hours from Mespelbrunn.There are many cosy places all over Rothenburg ob der Tauber like this old black-smith in a halftimbered house close to "Spitaltor" (one of the towngates in the east of town.This is what... 

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Das Wirtshaus im Spessart & Mespelbrunn castle

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 I've got some interesting experiences in Mespelbrunn. I'd love to share with you the 13 tips I've written, the 19 photos uploaded, and 1 travelogue I've created. 

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Mespelbrunn and a Cute Castle on a Pond

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 When planning the car trip through Germany on our big Europe holiday I had Rothenburg Ob Der Tauber on the list and the next thing to see was the Rhine River. So armed with google maps and vt pages I... 

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