Object information:

Address

Festung Marienberg
Nr. 240
97082 Würzburg
(09 31) 3 55 17-50

Responsible administrative office

Schloss- und Gartenverwaltung Würzburg
Residenzplatz 2, Tor B
97070 Würzburg
(09 31) 3 55 17-0
Fax (09 31) 3 55 17-25
sgvwuerzburg@
bsv.bayern.de
www.residenz-wuerzburg.de

Opening hours

Princes' Building:
16 March-October: 9 am-6 pm
collection on the second floor:
only 10 am-5 pm
closed Mondays
closed November-15 March

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

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

Tours of the castle (without Maschikuli Tower and Princes' Building)
from 16 March-October:
Tuesday to Friday:
11 am, 2 pm, 3 pm and 4 pm;
weekends and public holidays:
10 am, 11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, and 4 pm
in English at 3 pm
from November-15 March:
weekends at
11 am, 2 pm and 3 pm
Meeting point: Pferdeschwemme

3.50 euros regular
2.50 euros reduced

Combination ticket
Museum in the Princes' Building / Tour of the castle:
6 euros regular
5 euros reduced

Rooms in the fortress only accessible via staircase; round church and water well accessible for wheelchair users

Mainfränkisches Museum (Main-Franconian Museum)
tel (09 31) 2 05 94-0
www.mainfraenkisches-museum.de

Shop
www.schloesser-
bayern-shop.de

Schänke
"Zur Alten Wache"
Tel. (09 31) 4 70 12

Burggaststätte
Tel. (09 31) 4 70 12
externer Link www.burg
gaststaetten.de

Würzburg
www.bahn.de

Bus to "Festung"
(April-October only)

Car park and 10 bus parking spaces available (with costs)

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Marienberg Fortress and Princes' Building – Würzburg

The original castle on the Marienberg, a hill which was first settled in the late Bronze Age, was probably a small fort built early in the 8th century by the Franconian-Thuringian dukes, together with a church which in 741 became the first church of the Würzburg bishops. From 1200 an unusually large castle was built, which was extended during the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

Following the storming of the castle in 1631 by the Swedes, Prince-Bishop Johann Philipp von Schönborn built a circle of massive bastions to protect the Marienberg. In 1945 the fortress was almost completely burned out, and its reconstruction was only completed in 1990.

On the first floor of the Princes' Building Museum (administered by the Bavarian Palace Department), is the Bibra Apartment with valuable furniture, tapestries and paintings, the Princes' Hall with early Gothic arcatures and the large Echtersche family tapestry, as well as a treasury and vestment chamber from the era of the prince-bishops. On the second floor is the Main-Franconian Museum documenting the history of the fortress and town.

The 1,300 sqm Princes' Garden is accessible from the castle courtyard: it was reconstructed in 1937/38 on the basis of plans dating from the early 18th century.

Maschikuli Tower and Casemate

The following rooms are available for your events:

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

Festungskirche (Fortress Church)

The Fortress Church is suitable for concerts, prayers, religious services, weddings and christenings up to 55 persons.