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Heunesäulen: column on the waterfront
brendareed Says: After learning about the Heunesäulen in Mainz, Hubby and I returned to Miltenberg to see a similar column from the original 42 piece set. While the Heunesäulen is old, just how old and what it was built for still is up for debate. In Mainz, we mistakenly believe the column...
Climbing the tower at Schloss Mildenberg
brendareed Says: Climbing towers – it’s what we do! Hubby loves to climb towers; the more steps the better. And so, never one to miss a tower if it is there (and open for climbing), we headed back to Schloss Mildenberg. The first time we were here, the castle was closed as they prepared for...
brendareed Says: On my third visit to Miltenberg, Hubby and I found a new pathway from the pedestrian area that led us up to the pathway that would eventually get us to the castle. Along this path, we found some cute houses and then happened upon an old Jewish cemetery that dates back to the...
Statue of composer Joseph Martin Kraus
brendareed Says: While Hubby walked trance-like into an ice cream shop, I noticed a statue under a grove of trees near the center of town. Having been to Miltenberg twice before, typically this area is full of tables and people sitting around them, which is why I probably never noticed it...
brendareed Says: We saw the castle on the hill while we were walking in the town. From the Marktplatz, we followed the trail that led through the gated tower uphill towards a road that would lead us to the castle. Once we passed through the tower, we immediately went left uphill to an area...
balhannah Says: We happened to be at Miltenberg on a Saturday, when the market's are held.It was bad luck we were too early, as the Stall's were only being set up on the lawn by the River Main. There were many stall's, and I believe it is a mix of old and new for sale.
balhannah Says: Built in the 13th by the Archbishops of Mainz, Mildenburg Castle, located on the northern edge of Greinburg Hill, was used as defense for the Town. The tower is the oldest part of the Castle. The castle was extended several times, some being rebuilt after the destruction...
balhannah Says: This road leads alongside St Johannes Kirche. As it was halfway up the hill, I decided to walk along this road, and go back down a different way. I found a walkway to the bottom that took me through and arch and into the Hauptstrasse.Well, I was glad I did this walk, as I...
balhannah Says: Franziskaner Kirche, what a pity the Door's weren't open.When I walked in from the Main Bridge entry to the old Town, this brought me to the Engel platz and the Church. Alongside the Church is a nice row of trimmed tree's, and even though the Church was closed, beside the...
balhannah Says: The Protestant St. Johannes Kirche tower's above the Town. It is a beautiful neo-Gothic sandstone church right on the Engelplatz, up the steep path, on the right side of the road.Luckily for me, this Church opens it doors daily from 9am, so I was able to venture inside, to a...
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Haha, this was somehow the continuation of my “from cake to cake” trip through Sweden in summer 2009. Only 3 days after I came back from Sweden, I visited Miltenberg and of course had to find a place with excellent cake. Cafè Sell served this very well. They are the oldest patisserie in Miltenberg, in business for 175 years. They have excellent cake and also (filled) chocolates to die for. I can guess this only from what I saw in the showcases, because again, I did not dare to buy some during this hot summer day. But I had a cake and coffee and yes, I can testify that the cake was excellent! For coffee and cake I paid 5 Euro, which I found very reasonable. And yet another reason to come back and try their chocolates.
Directions:
Cafe Sell is conveniently located in Miltenberg’s main street, a few metres to the east of Alter Markt (old market place).
Unfortunately they do not have a website :-(
Favorite Dish: I should mention that another good place to have some coffee and cake is the museum courtyard. This is a more quiet place to sit and enjoy the day and the coffee is ridiculously cheap.
© Ingrid D., March 2010
Updated Dec 9, 2010
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Miltenberg is located roughly between Frankfurt and Würzburg, at Main River, where it makes a bend in its flow. I came by car but Miltenberg has easy and quick train connections from Frankfurt and Würzburg via Aschaffenburg. The main train station is outside of the town centre, on the other side of the river, but that’s an easy walk of approx. 20 minutes.
Parking is dirt cheap; I almost dropped my jaw when I saw the prices. I paid 2 Euro for my almost 6 hours (0,30 Euro per hour and 2 Euro maximum per day). That car park is at the eastern end of the town, close to Würzburger Tor (Würzburg town gate) and it took me 10 minutes to walk from there to the tourist office.
Boats also land here, but I haven’t found out which boat company runs these. There must be touristic ones, because when I was in Miltenberg, I saw a lot of Americans in town and overheard conversations where their boat tour was mentioned. If of interest, I can find out more.
The link below leads to Miltenberg’s website. It is in German only but if you click (left menu) on “Anreise und Parken” (= how to get to M. & parking) and then scroll down to the bottom, you can download a map of Miltenberg and the two neighbourhood villages of Bürgstadt and Kleinheubach. Just click on where it says “Unseren Ortsplan finden Sie hier” (= find our town map here). Bürgstadt, by the way, is the little town with this magnificent church I described in the to-do section.
© Ingrid D., March 2010
Updated Dec 9, 2010
Website: http://www.miltenberg.info/
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This is one of these shops which are exactly my cup of tea, well, coffee in the case of MIKA (= Miltenberg-Kaffee). A young family has set it up and they offer freshly ground coffee to sell and to drink. They get the coffee beans from organic plantations and roast them in the house. You could smell this even from the outside – divine! From what I could see they have approx. 20 different flavours. I bought half a kilo of a Brazilian blend and all the way back home my car was filled with this aroma. No need to mention that the coffee tasted very good! I wish someone would open such a coffee and roasting in the town where I live, but that’s obviously not likely to happen.
In addition to coffee they also had little goodies for the house, coffee related of course. And many other organic food, mostly chocolate.
Opening hours:
Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – 6 p.m; Saturdays: 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
My coffee was very reasonable for such a shop, I paid 5 Euro for my half kg.
What to buy: .
Directions:
It is located in Miltenberg's main street (Hauptstrasse), approx. between the inn Riesen and the former city hall on the northern side.
© Ingrid D., March 2010
Updated Dec 9, 2010
Website: http://www.get-regional.de/landkreis_miltenberg/vk_mil/mil_10046_MIKA/ueberuns.php
Half-timbered details and strange beam
Trekki Says: Many of the half-timbered houses have exceptionally beautiful carved and often coloured corner beams, like the ones in my photo (close to Riesen Gasthaus). One detail I would have missed if our guide wouldn’t have pointed it out to us: one of the window beams has an...
Half timbered houses galore :-)
Trekki Says: Miltenberg is full of half-timbered houses, and can easily compete with oh-so-famous Rothenburg (which doesn’t even have a river next to it, haha). The old town is simply a pleasure to walk through, especially in summer when the house inhabitants have decorated their houses...
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Miltenberg is a very easy walkable town, especially the town centre along the main street (= Hauptstrasse). But then the charming market place with its location at the hill slope is slightly “dangerous” for high heels. It has cobble stones and this strange “drain”, which is most possibly a remains from earlier days, to make (rain) water flow off easily. The backstreets, especially the ones in the south-western part of town (Jewish Cemetery and around) have many stairs and these can get slippery in rainy weather.
Bring comfortable shoes and look down sometimes.
© Ingrid D., March 2010
Updated Dec 9, 2010
brendareed Says: When traveling in Europe whenever you are visiting a restaurant or a museum, try to use their WC facilities if at all possible. Typically they are maintained and are free. But sometimes you are just walking around the town and find you have a need. If you find yourself in...
St. John, beautiful stained glass windows
Trekki Says: From the outside, this church does not look very interesting, but it has beautiful stained glass windows inside. They are modern ones but still very nice to look at. The church is a protestant one and was built end of 19th century, in the typical Miltenberg sandstone.What is...
Excellent guided tours: Stadtverführungen
Trekki Says: Before I went to Miltenberg, I looked up some information on their website. This is how I actually found out about this gorgeous church in the neighbour village of Bürgstadt. And I saw that they offer special tours which the call “Stadtverführungen”. That’s a twisting of...
Sandstone is the prominent building material
Trekki Says: If you have read my to-do tips you already read me mentioning sandstone quite often. This was the most prominent building material in Miltenberg’s early days, because the pink sandstone quarries are just outside of town. The masters did some excellent work, not only for the...
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