Object information:

Address

95326 Kulmbach
(0 92 21) 82 20-0
fax (0 92 21) 82 20-26

Responsible administrative office

Schloss- und Gartenverwaltung
Bayreuth-Eremitage
Ludwigstraße 21
95444 Bayreuth
(09 21) 7 59 69-0
Fax (09 21) 7 59 69-15
sgvbayreuth@
bsv.bayern.de
www.bayreuth-wilhelmine.de

Opening hours

April-October: 9 am-6 pm
November-March: 10 am-4 pm
open daily

Closed on:
1.1., Shrove Tuesday, 24.12., 25.12., 31.12.

Guided tours (in German) on the Margravial Rooms and "Hohenzollerns in Franconia" Museum

April-October:
9.15 am-3.15 pm every hour
and at 4.30 pm
November-March:
10.15 am-1.15 pm every hour
and at 2.30 pm,
and on request

Admission charges 2013

4.50 euros regular
3.50 euros reduced

Annual season tickets /
14-days-tickets

Overview about all admission charges and opening hours
download (pdf-file)

Guided tours on the castle (outside)

"Kanonen, Krieg und Kasematten – ein Rundgang durch die Festungswerke der Plassenburg"
1 May - 30 September;
every Saturday at 2.15 pm;
approx. 90 mins

More information
notes for the disabled, further museums, restaurants …

Margravial Rooms and "Hohenzollerns in Franconia" Museum: only accessible via staircase;
"Landschaftsmuseum Obermain": ground floor accessible, first floor only accessible via staircase;
"Zinnfigurenmuseum": accessible for wheelchair users;
toilet for the disabled available

Deutsches Zinnfiguren-
museum (Museum of german pewter figures, run by the town of Kulmbach)
tel (0 92 21) 80 45 71

Landschaftsmuseum Obermain (Museum of the upper Main region, run by the town of Kulmbach)
tel (0 92 21) 80 45 71

Shop
tel (0 92 21) 9 47-5 05

Burgschänke
Tel. (0 92 21) 8 13 13

Bayreuth or
Kulmbach
www.bahn.de

From Bayreuth: Bus to "Kulmbach/ Busbahnhof"
From Kulmbach:
Bus to the castle

No car park at the castle; central car park on the "Marktplatz"

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Plassenburg Castle – Kulmbach

This massive fortress belonged from 1338 to 1791 to the Burgraves of Nuremberg and subsequent Margraves of Brandenburg, members of the Hohenzollern family.
In 1559, Georg Friedrich von Ansbach commissioned Caspar Visher to build a four-winged complex. The Schöne Hof (Beautiful Courtyard), an arcaded courtyard richly decorated with relief work, is one of the finest examples of German Renaissance art.

Margravial Room
Click on the picture to enlarge

Further highlights are the "Hohenzollerns in Franconia Museum", the "Frederick the Great Army Museum" (Windsheimer Collection) and the Margravial Rooms with historic pictures of the construction work, portraits of margraves and the gilt canopied bed of Margravine Maria (around 1630).

Further information on the "Hohenzollerns in Franconia Museum" and the "Frederick the Great Army Museum" you will find here.

The following rooms are available for your events:

For details please choose a room by clicking on the picture or on the text.