Würzburg Favorites

Favorite thing: Marienkapelle is a late Gothic chapel completed about 1481 and was our next stop while strolling through the town. It's located at the market place. It has rich ornamental sculptures, tombstones of Franconian knights and townsmen ...

Favorite thing: The old fortress guarding Würzburg is in excellant repair and worth an afternoon's visit. For those with tired legs, the castle is accessible by auto or bus. However, I found the walk up the hill through the vineyards past the old stone statues to be half the fun.

Favorite thing: Würzburg was ruled by the iron-fisted Prince-Bishops. These guys may have been tough, but they were also bishops, therefore, they demanded ample houses of worship. I found the cathedral and the other churches to be amazing places: from the far flung vaulted ceilings in the cathedral, to the baroque design of the Neumunster Church, to the creepy relics housed in subterranean recesses, to the delightful Marienkirche within the castle walls. Go see them all.

Favorite thing: The Residenz is a beautiful Palace. It was built during the Renasiance, so it has beautiful painted ceilings, long flowing staircases, and magnificient halls. They don't allow picture taking inside so if you want pictures of the interior they have them at the gift shop.

Fondest memory: Not so fond.... Wuerzburg got through the Second World War pretty well since it had been designated a hospital town. Well - on March 16, 1945, it happened. The town was practically wiped off this planet, with over 90% of its houses destroyed. The inner town was more destroyed than Dresden was. The gold treasure in the catacombs beneath the Dom melted because of the heat and only a big lump of gold could be recovered.....
BUT they have rebuilt the town. And not so badly. There are still many rather ugly buildings which had been constructed in a hurry, but the goodies have been restored carefully. - By the way: every year on March 16th, all the church bells in town ring in commemoration of the bombing.

Favorite thing: Have time to explore. This town is beautiful. There is alot to see and do. Take a map, even a tour. Tours are nice for the history facts, but be sure to do your own things while here. If shoppings your thing, they have a nice shopping area. H&M anyone? Also McDondalds and other american food is easy access if your not in the mood for German. I recomend asking a local for the best place in town to eat. If your somewhere new, experiance it.

Fondest memory: My school had a guided tour for us, than time for us to explore on our own. My fondest memory is running around the city with my friend from Brazil. Our German was terrible, and she spoke no english, and I speak zero portugese. So we had fun! We lost our map, and got lost but found so many cool places that rest of the group didnt. We met so many new people, and saw so many things. I just miss it all!

Favorite thing: Everyone should absolutely go to the Capitol, like I wrote at the start:
Hi! My name is Anja. I live in a small town near Würzburg/Germany. I go there to school every day. There's nothing more usuall to me than doing that. I go there to buy my clothes at 'Orsay' (A girls paradise by the way) and go to the 'Capitol' which is some miles ahead in the next town. Its the club where all American Soldiers go to - and where german girls look for them ;) Since December 1, 2001 I'm engaged to an American, so I'll move to the States in May 2003. I think I will miss my Würzburg then. And maybe it will become less usuall to go there....

Fondest memory: Memories of Wüzburg? Hell, there are a lot. I mean I'm 18 now and my parents took me to this town since I was 1 month old. Would take almost a lifetime to tell all my memories. Like I meet my fiancee there, or I got all my X-Mas gifts from there when I was a kid... Don't know. Just ask for more information. I'll answer for sure, cause I really know that town. Maybe better than myself! ;)

Favorite thing: Start your visit in Wurzburg with a trip to the Marienburg Fortress, built in bits and pieces over 700 years, it's where the city's prince- bishops lived and ruled until 1719. Enter through the Scherenberg gate through the 15th century walls. The fortress has a great commanding view of the city: give yourself enough time to visit the fortress arsenal, now a museum.