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8 Bayreuth P Richard Wagner Museum VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Villa Wahnfried: Richard-Wagner-
Lovers of German music associate this town with the Straße 48. Tel (0921) 75 72 80. Open Road map D5. * 75,000.
composer Richard Wagner (1813–83), who took up residence Jul & Aug: 10am–6pm daily; Sep–Jun: n Luitpoldplatz 9 (0921-885 88).
_ Musica Bayreuth (May),
10am–tpm Tue–Sun. &
here in 1872. Established in 1231, Bayreuth originally ∑ wagnermuseum.de Fränkische Festwoche (May),
belonged to the family of Count von Andechs-Meran; in 1248 Built for Wagner by Carl Wölfel, Richard-Wagner-Festspiele (Jul–
it passed to the margraves of Nuremberg (von Zollern) and, the villa was destroyed during Aug), Bayreuther Barock (Sep).
since 1806, Franconian Bayreuth has belonged to Bavaria. The World War II but was restored in Transport
town flourished during the 17th and 18th centuries when it the 1970s and is now a museum k Nuremberg, 86 km (53 miles).
was the residence of the margraves, particularly during the dedicated to the life and work £
time of Margravine Wilhelmine, sister of the Prussian King of the great composer. In the Franconian Village School
garden is Wagner’s tomb and
Frederick the Great and wife of Margrave Frederick.
that of his wife Cosima, the Museum. Based on the original
daughter of Franz Liszt. school furnishings and various
old photographs, the exhibition
E Franz-Liszt-Museum illustrates the teaching methods
Wahnfriedstraße 9. Tel (0921) 516 64 Festspielhaus, specially designed venue for the annual Wagner Festival that were used in this region
88. Open Sep–Jun: 10am–noon, more than a hundred years ago.
2–5pm daily; Jul–Aug: 10am–5pm F Festspielhaus town hosts a big beer festival Some 25 km (16 miles) from
daily. & Festspielhügel. Tel (0921) 787 80. each year, in July and August. Its Bayreuth, in Sanspareil Park near
A short distance from Villa & 8 Sep–Oct: 10am, 11am, 2pm, town hall has a beautiful Rococo Hollfeld, is the Felsen theater –
Wahnfried, at the junction 3pm daily; Nov: 2pm Sat; Dec–Apr façade dating from 1752. From an unusual 80-seat theatre set
of Wahnfriedstraße and Liszt 10am, 2pm daily. ∑ bayreuther- here you can walk to the castle in a natural grotto.
straße, stands the house in festspiele.de hill to visit the vast Plassenburg
which Hungarian composer Each July and August, Wagner Fortress, which has belonged to
Franz Liszt died in 1886. It is festivals are held in this theatre, the Hohenzollern family since
now a museum dedicated built between 1872–75 to a 1340. Until 1604, this was the seat
to the composer. design by Gottfried Semper. The of the von Brandenburg-
world prem iere of The Ring of Kulmbach margraves. Built in
P Eremitage the Nibelung played here in 1876. 1560–70, the gem in its crown is
Extraordinary Baroque interior of the Markgräfliches Opernhaus 4 km (2.5 miles) northeast of town. the Renaissance courtyard with
Tel (0921) 759 69 37. Castle: Open Apr– Environs arcades (Schöner Hof). The castle
F Markgräfliches Opernhaus + Neues Schloß Sep: 9am–6pm daily; 1 Oct–15 Oct: Approximately 20 km (12 miles) houses a huge collection of tin
Opernstraße 14. Tel (0921) 759 69 22. Ludwigstraße 21. Tel (0921) 759 69 21. 10am–4pm. Closed: 16 Oct–Mar. to the northwest of Bayreuth is fig urines, with some 30,000 items.
Closed The opera house is closed for Open Apr–Sep: 9am–6pm daily; Oct– & 8 Park: Open daily. the town of Kulmbach. Famous In Ködnitz, to the southeast of Felsentheater, in a natural grotto in
restoration work until 2019). & Mar: 10am–4pm daily. & 8 In 1715–18, following the for its countless breweries, the Kulmbach, is the Upper Sanspareil Park near Bayreuth
This is one of the finest The Neues Schloß (New Castle) example of the French king
theatres in the whole of was commissioned by Louis XIV and the fashion
Europe. The Markgräfliches Margravine Wilhelmine and among the nobility for playing MAINSTRASSE HauptbahnhofHauptbahnhof
SCHULSTRSASSE
300 m (330 yards)300 m (330 yards)
MAINSTRASSE
Opera House was constructed built by Joseph Saint-Pierre. The at ascetism, Margrave Georg SCHULSTRSASSE FestspielhausFestspielhaus Bayreuth City Centre
Roter Main
during the 1740s by Joseph elongated, three-storey structure Wilhelm ordered the building Roter Main 1 Markgräfliches
LUITPOLDPLATZ
ALBRECHT-
Saint-Pierre, with its splendidly combines classical lines with a of the Eremitage complex as LUITPOLDPLATZ ALBRECHT- Opernhaus
-DÜRER-STR. EremitageEremitage
-DÜRER-STR.
ornate Baroque interior rustic ground floor. The Italian a retreat. With its horseshoe- KULMBACHKULMBACH DERSTRASSE 2 Neues Schloß
ALEXAN-
WÖLFEL-
ALEXAN-
-STRASSE
-STRASSE
DERSTRASSE
designed by Giuseppe Galli wing was added in 1759. Nearly shaped orangery, the hermitage KANALSTRASSE WÖLFEL-
TELEMANN-
KANALSTRASSE
STRASSE
STRASSE
Bibiena and his son Carlo all the rooms have retained their (or Altes Schloß) was given to SpitalkircheSpitalkirche MAXIMILIANSTR. AltesAltes TELEMANN- 3 Richard Wagner Museum
who came from a Bolognese original Baroque and Rococo Margravine Wilhelmine as a SchlossSchloss Schloss-Schloss- MarkgräflichesMarkgräfliches 4 Franz-Liszt-Museum
(MARKT)
(MARKT)
MAXIMILIANSTR.
Altes RathausAltes Rathaus
family renowned for their decor. The park is arranged in birthday present. She then set Alte LateinschuleAlte Lateinschule kirchekirche OpernhausOpernhaus HOH ENZ OLL ERNRING
talent as theatre architects. a typically English style. about transforming it into a & Historisches& Historisches RICHARD-WAGNER-STR.
KANZLEISTRASSE
MuseumMuseum
pleasure palace. HOHENZOLLERNRING StadtkircheStadtkirche KANZLEISTRASSE
RICHARD-WAGNER-STR.
HOH ENZOLL ERNRING
LUDWIGSTRASSE
Heilig-Heilig- NeuesNeues VillaVilla
Richard Wagner (1813–1883) DreifaltigkeitDreifaltigkeit LUDWIGSTRASSE SchlossSchloss DeutschesDeutsches WahnfriedWahnfried
HOHENZOLLERNRING
The German composer is inseparably linked ItalienischesItalienisches FreimaurerFreimaurer WIELAND-WAGNER-STR.
WIELAND-WAGNER-STR.
MuseumMuseum
with Bayreuth, where he enjoyed his greatest Schlösschen &Schlösschen & Franz-Liszt-Franz-Liszt-
ArchäologischesArchäologisches
WILHEL-
MINENSTR.
MINENSTR.
artistic triumphs. His career, which did not run WILHEL- MuseumMuseum MuseumMuseum
C O S I M A - W A G N E R - S T R A S S E
smoothly in early days, began in Magdeburg, StadthalleStadthalle
Königsberg and Riga. From there he had to flee, FRIEDRICHSTRASSE
via London to Paris, from his pursuing creditors. HofgartenHofgarten
His reputation was firmly established by Bust of Wagner by W I T T E L S B A C H E R R I N G JEAN-PAUL-STRASSE C O S I M A - W A G N E R - S T R A S S E
FRIEDRICHSTRASSE
successful performances of his romantic operas Arno Breker (1939)
JEAN-PAUL-STRASSE
The Flying Dutchman (1843) and Tannhäuser
(1845) in Dresden. Wagner’s long-time sponsor
W I T T E L S B A C H E R R I N G
was the eccentric Bavarian king, Ludwig II. From 1872 Wagner lived in 0 metres 200
Bayreuth, where the Festspielhaus was built specifically for the operas. Tomb of Wagner and his wife in the
garden of Villa Wahnfried 0 yards 200
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