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In AD 707 a church was built VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
here and, in 1201, work began
on a fortress that served as the Practical Information
residence of the prince-bishops Road map C5. * 128,000.
until 1719. Within its fortifications n Falkenhaus, Marktplatz 9
stands the first original donjon (0931-372398). _ Afrikafestival
church dating from the 13th (May), Würzburger Weindorf
century, and the Renaissance- (May/Jun), Mozartfest (Jun),
Baroque palace. The museum Kilianifest (Jul), Bachtage (Nov–Dec).
exhibits illustrate the 1,200-year Transport
history of the town. The former k Frankfurt, 120 km (75 miles)
arsenal now houses the west. £ Hauptbahnhof.
An old crane near Alte Mainbrücke over the Franconian Museum with its
river Main valuable collection of sculptures
by Tilman Riemenschneider. city, this twin-towered Baroque
beautiful bridge was built in chapel is the work of Balthasar
1473–1543. It is the oldest bridge R Käppele Neumann (1747–50). Its interior
over the Main. Mergentheimer Straße. is lavishly decorated with
Standing at the top of a hill at beautiful wall paintings by
+ Festung Marienberg the southwestern end of the Matthias Günther.
Fürstenbau-Museum: Tel (0931) 355
170. Open Apr–Oct: 9am–6pm Tue–
Sun. Closed: Nov–Mar. & ∑
schloesser.bayern.de
Mainfränkisches Museum: Tel (0931)
205 940. Open Apr–Oct: 10am–5pm
Tue–Sun; Nov–Mar: 10am–4pm Tue–
Sun. & Castle tours: 8 16 Mar–Oct:
11am, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm Tue–Fri; 10am,
11am, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm (in English), 4pm
Sat & Sun.
Built on the site of an old Celtic
stronghold, the Marienberg
Fortress towers above the town. Festung Marienberg, built on a hill overlooking the river Main

Würzburg
City Centre Hauptbahnhof
Flughafen
1 Residenz 7 km (4.5 miles) R Ö N T G E N R I N G HAUGERRING
2 Dom St Kilian Congress KAISERSTRASSE BAHNHOFSTR.
Centrum
3 Neumünster Friedens- Juliusspital Stift Haug BERLINER
4 Bürgerspital brücke HEIN ESTRASSE PLATZ
5 Juliusspital GERBERSTR JULIUSPROMENADE SEMMELSTR. LUDWIGSTRASSE RENN W
6 Rathaus STRASSE THEATERSTR.
7 Alte Mainbrücke DREIKRONENSTRASSE SCHONBORN- Bürgerspital
8 Festung Marienberg EICHHORNSTR. Mainfranken KAPUZINERSTR. EGER RING - L U THER-STRA S S E
Marienkapelle
Theater Würzburg
Rathaus MARKT KÜRSCHNE Neumünster HUSARENSTR.
Alte DOMSTRASSE R H O F Dom St Kilian R E N N W E G MARTIN
Residenz
Mainbrücke BALTHASAR-NEUMANN-PROM.
Domschatz N G
Festung SCHÖNTHALSTR
Marienberg S AALG AS SE
NEUBAUSTR Alte Hofgarten E B E RT- R I
Universität
St Burkard O B E R E R M A I N K A I OTTOSTRASSE
SANDERRING
LEISTENSTRASSE Main SANDERSTRASSE F R I E D R I C H -
Ludwigs-
brücke
0 metres 300 Käppele
0 yards 300
MERGENTHEIMER STR.
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