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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Road Map C6. * 12,000.
n Marktplatz 2 (09861-404 800).
_ Meistertrunk (around
Whitsun), Reichsstadt-Festtage
(first weekend in Sep),
Weihnachtsmarkt (Dec).
View from Burggarten Topplerschlösschen:
The castle garden (Burggarten) is Tel (09861) 73 58. Open 1–4pm
reached through Burgtor, the tallest of Fri–Sun. Closed Nov. &
the town’s gates. The garden, which
during the Middle Ages was the site of Transport
£
the Hohenstaufen family castle,
provides a magnificent view over
the town and the river valley.
H E U G A S S E

Galgentor
Galgentor, an old
execution place, is also
known as Würzburger
Tor, since it is the gate
H A F E N G A S S E
leading to Würzburg.

R Ő D E R G A S S E

Rödertor
The best preserved segments of the old city
walls are around the Rödertor gate, which
dates from the late 14th century.

. Rathaus
The town hall consists of the
surviving Gothic section with a
Key
tower, and the later Renaissance
Suggested route structure with Baroque arcades.

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