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Residence, Court Gardens, Alte Mainbrucke, Old Town
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There was so much destroyed during the war
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Residence palace in Wurzburg worth a 100km detour
aussirose Says: You cannot leave Wurzburg without visiting the grand Palace, even if it is just for the view (pictured here) and a beer or two.Just make sure you park the car up the top and not down the bottom like us haha :o)I managed to capture a quick pic of the whole Palace as we were...
alectrevor Says: Like all castles Fortress Marienberg is up a hill, i did it and i am not young. The path is sloping and steps. I believe there is a bus service. The Fortress is well kept and is used for events and conferences.
Walking tour through Wuerzburg
Maria250 Says: Further sights that Wuerzburg has to offer, include St. Kilian's Cathedral and the adjacent Neumeunster with the Lusam Garden, where the tombstone of Walther von der Vogelweide is to be found. Varied cultural events staged in Wuerzburg, range from the the unique Africa...
Kathrin_E Says: Würzburg’s cathedral is dedicated to the local saint, St Kilian, although his grave is not in here but in the neighbouring Neumünster church. Würzburg has been the seat of a bishop since the mid 8th century. The construction of the present cathedral was begun around 1040 and...
Vineyard Trail Round Marienberg Fortress
Kathrin_E Says: There are two ways to climb Marienberg on foot. The straight short way up the northeastern slope (in the plan: the red line) is faster, but steeper and has less views. The longer trail through the vineyards (in the plan: the yellow line) is herewith recommended. It leads up...
Kathrin_E Says: The dome and the baroque façade face the main shopping street and are hard to overlook. There is little understanding for baroque architecture in our functionalist modern taste, I’m afraid. Give the church a chance, though. The name is betraying, this church was new some...
Juliusspital: The Foundation Relief
Kathrin_E Says: Juliusspital was founded by Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn, Prince Bishop of Würzburg 1573-1617, in 1576. The original renaissance buildings burned down in 1699 and were replaced by the present baroque complex. About the only remains of the first hospital are two reliefs...
Kathrin_E Says: The hospital was founded by Prince Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn in 1576. The original renaissance buildings were destroyed by a fire in 1699 and had to be replaced. The new central wing, the so-called Fürstenbau, was designed by architect Antonio Petrini. The front...
Kathrin_E Says: A walk around the castle on top of the ramparts should not be missed. You are on top of the second last belt of fortifications, still outside the moat. The castle is still a bit higher. But you are high enough for a wide view of the valley and the city. The access from the...
Marienberg: the Baroque Fortress
Kathrin_E Says: Marienberg has been the seat of the Bishops since the Middle Ages. The castle on the hilltop was easy to defend in times of knights on horseback in armour with a sword and a shield in their hands. The development of military technique, however, required more protection. A...
Marienkapelle – St Mary’s Chapel
Kathrin_E Says: Named a “chapel”, Marienkapelle qualifes as a church in terms of size and quality of its architecture and ornamentation. This was the parish church of the town’s citizens, opposed to the bishop’s cathedral and the several monasteries. It is a jewel of late gothic...
Best Western Premier Hotel Rebstock
2 Reviews and 51 Opinions Best Western Premier Hotel Rebstock is located in the town's center, close to many points of...
1 Review and 45 Opinions We loved this hotel! It was so cute. Unfortunately, we had a very short stay. Beautifully decorated,...
Bürgerspital or Juliusspital: You'll end up in hospital
Kathrin_E Says: "You visited Würzburg? How was it?" - "Ooouuuh, we spent the evening in hospital..."A notorious joke in our family, whenever any of us goes to Würzburg."Hospital" implies either Bürgerspital or Juliusspital.There are two old hospital foundations in the city that date back to...
Nemorino Says: The train on the right, on track 4, is a first-generation InterCityExpress which has been in operation since 1991. You can always tell a first generation ICE because they have a decorative but dysfunctional hump on the roof of the dining car -- but at least they HAVE a real...
Nemorino Says: Würzburg is very nearly in the middle of the five-hundred-kilometer Main Valley Bicycle Route (Maintal Radweg). From here you can cycle 246 km upstream to Bayreuth via Ochsenfurt (top sign in the photo) or 243 km downstream to Mainz by way of Zellingen (bottom sign).This is...
Bocksbeutel, the Typical Franconian Wine Bottles
Kathrin_E Says: The Bocksbeutel is the typical bottle that is used for Franconian wines. In Germany only Franconia uses it, plus Badisch Franconia (= the Tauber valley, the part of Baden-Württemberg adjacent to Franconia, and four villages on the southern edge of Baden-Baden that have the...
leics Says: I saw this shop near the Rathaus.I just wanted to point out that, although it has some pretty things, not all of them are 'typically English' and many are quite possibly not even made in the UK. And hopefully you won't be tempted to buy the rather horrible doormats in the...
Kathrin_E Says: The neobaroque New University (as opposed to the Old University, see separate tip) contains the administration of the university, a number of lecture halls and some institutes and their libraries. This is only a small part of the present university, though. It also uses a...
Protestant Church of St Johannis
Kathrin_E Says: This church is an interesting example how to deal with a war ruin. The original church, the second protestant parish church in catholic Würzburg, was a neogothic building from the 1890s, somehow standard with a cross-shaped ground plan and a single steeple. This church was...
Kathrin_E Says: Kilian, the Apostle of Franconia, brought the Christian religion to the Main valley in the 7th century. He was an Irish monk who travelled with some companions to work as missionaries in pagan Germany. He converted and baptized the Franconian Duke, but the Duke’s wife became...
World War II Destruction: March 16, 1945
Kathrin_E Says: Neither "favourite thing" nor "fondest memory"... wish VT got rid of those headlines!Once upon a time Würzburg’s centre was one of the most beautiful baroque towns in Central Europe. It has been smashed to pieces within 20 minutes during the air raid of March 16, 1945 – 7...
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Angel-1983's new Wurzburg Page - Hi! My name is Anja. I live in a small town near Würzburg/Germany. I go there to an interpreter school every day, where I study American English, Spanish, German and French. There's nothing more...
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Q: Does anyone have recommendations for a bed & breakfast, pension, or hotel in Würzurg for 2 nights during the first week in...
A: Well, I stayed at a rather unusual b&b/hotel which was pretty much ok...albeit unusual (good if you like teddy-bears). http://www.hotel-goldenesfass.de/ About 5/10...
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Würzburg: the home of Tiepolo's masterpieces
Welcome to the wonderful baroque town of Wurzburg!!! The town settled around the Castellum Virteburch in the 5th century. On 9th June 1156 Frederick I Barbarossa married Beatrice of Burgundy in...
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Würzburg: Bishops, Professors and Bocksbeutel
Würzburg, the centre of lower Franconia, has been the seat of a Bishop since the early middle ages - it is a very catholic town. It is also the seat of a renowned old university, and thousands of...
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Würzburg is a city of 130,000 people, located on the Main River not quite 220 kilometers upstream from Frankfurt. There are fine bicycle paths all along the river, so it's no problem getting here. And...
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Wurzburg and it's magnificent Residence
Wurzburg is the north starting point of the Romantic Road (Romantische Strasse) in Germany. As it was a driving trip, it was mandatory to visit this lovely city.While in Bavaria I truly advise to pay...
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