Object description:
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 Rooms
Further highlights are the museum "The Hohenzollerns in Franconia", 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).
The following rooms are available for your events:
Schlosskirche (castle church)
Schöner Hof (Beautiful Courtyard)
The Beautiful Courtyard is suitable for concerts, lectures and receptions up to 1,500 persons.
Address
Festungsberg 27
95326 Kulmbach
09221 8220-0
Information for visitors/ COVID-19
Plassenburg Castle is open to the public, but the number of visitors is limited. People can go around on their own; guided tours are currently not available.
Please take into account waiting times and restrictions such as altered routes or room closures.
Opening hours
April-October: 9 am-6 pm
November-March: 10 am-4 pm
open daily
Closed on: January 1, Shrove Tuesday, December 24/25/31
Guided tours
The Museum "The Hohenzollerns in Franconia" can be visited only with a guided tour (in German)
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,
at 2.30 pm,
and on request
The Army Museum, the Margravial Rooms and the castle church can be visited without a guided tour.
Guided tours on the castle (outside; in German)
1 May-30 September:
every Saturday at 2.15 pm
(approximately 90 minutes)
Further information
Service (leaflets, photo/film, links …)
Margravial Rooms and museum "The Hohenzollerns in Franconia": 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 Zinnfigurenmuseum
(German Tin Figure Museum, run by the town of Kulmbach)
Landschaftsmuseum Obermain
(Museum of the Upper Main Region, run by the town of Kulmbach)
Shop
09221 947-505
Free wi-fi available
Café & Burgschänke
09221 81313
Bayreuth or
Kulmbach
www.bahn.com
From Bayreuth: Bus to "Kulmbach/ Busbahnhof"
From Kulmbach:
Bus to the castle
No parking available at the castle
Responsible administrative office
Schloss- und Gartenverwaltung
Bayreuth-Eremitage
Ludwigstraße 21
95444 Bayreuth
0921 75969-0
Fax 0921 75969-15
sgvbayreuth@ bsv.bayern.de
www.bayreuth-wilhelmine.de
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