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1 Wertheim old “Star Pharmacy” in a house de Cuvilliés, while the ceiling dates from the 16th–18th
once occupied by Georg fresco (The Victorious Cross) is centuries. Its highlight is
Road map C5. * 24,500. £
n Gerbergasse 16 (09342-935 090). Michael Franck, grandfather of the work of Nicolaus Stuber. undoubtedly the vast Rittersaal,
_ Altstadtfest (Jul), Burgweinfest (Aug). the Romantic poets Clemens The castle is now the home of a sumptuous banqueting hall
and Bettina Brentano. a very interesting museum, that measures 35 m (115 ft)
The rivers Tauber and Main meet In the eastern section of the Deutschordens museum. long x 12 m (39 ft) wide x 9 m
at Wertheim, where historic records Hauptstraße stands Haus Mackert Many of the town’s historic (29 ft) high. The counts and
date from 1183. A gun powder – a Baroque mansion built in buildings survive to this day, their aristocratic guests used to
explosion in 1619 plus the des- 1744 for a wealthy wine including the 13th-century enter this room on horseback.
truc tion caused by the Thirty merchant. In Schloßplatz is the Church of the Knights of St John Its very rare, original furnishings
Years’ War turned the Wertheimer Kurmainzisches Schloß, an of Jerusalem and the Dominican include paintings and reliefs
Burg into a romantic ruin. Its tall imposing edifice built in the church containing the epitaph depicting hunting scenes.
watch- tower offers great views. 15th–16th centuries, that now of the Grand Master Walther A true rarity is the original
Not far from Wertheim’s market houses the Landschaftsmuseum. von Cronberg. The Pfarrkirche Baroque Hofgarten (palace
square is a Baroque Pro tes tant (Parish church) in the Stuppach garden), designed by Daniel
church, dating from the 15th– E Landschaftsmuseum district contains a masterpiece Matthieu and built in 1709.
18th centuries. It is home to Kurmainzisches Schloß by Grünewald (1519), known as
tombs of the von Wertheim Half-timbered houses and tower, Tel (09341) 37 60. Open Palm the Madonna of Stuppach. + Schloß Weikersheim
family and the most spectacular Tauberbischofsheim Sunday–Oct: 2–4:30pm Tue–Sat, Tel (07934) 992 950. Open Apr–Oct:
is the tomb of Count Ludwig II 10am–noon & 2–4:30pm Sun. & R Pfarrkirche in Stuppach 9am–6pm daily; Nov–Mar: 10am–
von Löwenstein-Wertheim and 2 Tauberbischofs­ Grünewald Straße 45. Tel (07931) 26 noon & 1–5pm daily. & 8 Altar by Tilman Riemenschneider, in
his wife. Also worth visiting are heim 3 Bad 05. Open May–Oct: 8:30am–6:30pm E Tauberländer Dorfmuseum Creglingen’s Herrgottskirche
the Glas museum (exhibits range daily; Mar, Apr & Nov: 11am–4pm. & Marktplatz. Tel (07934) 12 09. Open
from jewellery to scientific Road map C5. * 13,000. £ Mergentheim E Deutschordensmuseum Apr–Oct: 1.30–5pm Fri–Sun. & altar for the church. The main
instruments), Grafschafts­ n Marktplatz 8 (09341-803 33). Road map C5. * 25,000. £ Schloß. Tel (07931) 522 12. theme of the polyptych is
museum Wertheim (local fairy n Marktplatz 1 (07931-574 815). Open Apr–Oct: 10:30am–5pm Tue– the Assumption of the Virgin
tales feature in the collection) and Boniface, the Anglo-Saxon _ Markelsheimer Weinfest (after Sun; Nov–Mar: 2–5pm Tue–Sat, 5 Creglingen Mary, considered to be the
Museum Schlöß chen im missionary to the German Whitsun). 10:30am–5pm Sun. & Road map C5. * 5,000. @ n Bad artist’s masterpiece.
Hofgarten (the “castle in the tribes, established Germany’s Mergentheimer Straße (07933-6 31). The town is also home to
courtyard” houses paintings and first nunnery in AD 735. Lying in a charming spot the famous Fingerhutmuseum
Parisian porcelain). Its first prioress, on the river Tauber, Bad 4 Weikersheim Upstream from Weikersheim, (Thimble Museum).
Lioba, who was Mergentheim was, on the Bavarian border, is the
E Glasmuseum related to Boni- from 1525 until Road map C5. * 8,000. n Am small town of Creglingen. Here, R Herrgottskirche
Mühlenstraße 24. Tel (09342) 68 66. face, gave her 1809, the seat of Marktplatz 7 (07934-102 55). sometime in the distant past, a Schirmbacher Straße 16. Tel (07933)
Open 10am– 5pm Tue–Fri, 1–6pm name to the the Grand Eleven kilometres (7 miles) ploughman found a luminous 338 or 508. Open Feb–Mar & Nov–
Sat–Sun & hols. & Baroque church Masters of the east of Bad Mergentheim is holy wafer in a clod of earth Dec: 1–4pm Tue–Sun; Apr–Oct:
E Grafschaftsmuseum Wertheim that stands in religious order of the picturesque little town and within a few years, the 9:15am–6pm daily. &
Rathausgasse 6–10. Tel (09342) 30 15 11. Tauberbischofs- the “House of the of Weikersheim. A Rococo Herrgotts kirche was built, E Fingerhutmuseum
Open 10am–noon, 2:30–4:30pm Tue– heim’s market square. Heraldic crest from the Hospitallers of Saint fountain from 1768 is at the where the host was put on Kohlersmühle 6. Tel (07933) 370.
Fri, 2:30–4:30pm Sat, 2–5pm Sun. & The town, which castle in Bad Mergentheim Mary of the Teutons centre of the market square display for visiting pilgrims. Open Apr–Oct: 10am–12:30pm &
enjoys a picturesque in Jerusalem”, more while the late-Gothic parish Between 1502 and 1506 Tilman 2–5pm Tue–Sun; Nov–Mar: 1–4pm
E Museum Schlößchen Tue–Sun. Closed Jan & Feb. &
im Hofgarten location in the valley of the river commonly known as the church is on the north side. The Riemenschneider carved an
Würzburger Straße 30. Tel (09342) 301 Tauber, still has a group of Teutonic Knights. When three latter is a triple-nave hall-church
511. Open Mar–Oct: 2–5pm Tue–Sat, original half-timbered houses. Hohenlohe brothers entered with a single-tower western Teutonic Order
noon–6pm Sun & hols; Nov–Feb On the market square is the the Order in 1220, they façade and two towers by the
2–5pm Fri & Sat, noon–6pm Sun. Baroque Rehhof (1702) and the contributed to it their share of choir. Inside are many tombs The Order of the Hospital of St Mary of the German
their father’s estate. This laid the of the von Hohenlohe House in Jerusalem was officially founded in Acre
foundations for one of the most family. Also on the (Akkon) in 1190. Its aim was to care for sick
powerful Teutonic commands market square pilgrims or Crusaders wounded in fights with
at the heart of the Holy Roman stands the the Saracens. In 1231–83, the Teutonic Knights
Empire. From 1244 until 1250 Tauberländer took over all of Prussia and, in 1308–09 all
Heinrich von Hohenlohe held Dorfmuseum, Eastern Pomerania around Danzig, and they
the office of Grand Master. which charts the moved their headquarters from Venice to
The former Hohenlohe’s history of rural life Marienburg on the river Nogat. In 1525 the
castle, built in the 12th–13th in Franconia. In Grand Master, Albrecht von Hohenzollern-
centuries, was remodelled in the western part Ansbach, converted to Lutheranism and
secularized Teutonic Prussia. However, the
Renaissance style in 1565–74 of town stands Order remained in existence in the Holy
by Michael Bronner and Blasius the very well Roman Empire: its German Master, Walter
Berwart. They gave the castle its preserved Schloß von Cronberg, who had his residence in
winding stairs and the opulent Weikers heim, Mergentheim, became de facto Grand Master.
decor of the staircase. The the palace Napoleon abolished the Order in 1809, but it
Baroque-Rococo Schlosskirche Figure of drummer complex of the still exists today, with its headquarters based
dominates the complex. Its in Weikersheim’s Counts von in Vienna since 1848.
Scenic castle ruins in Wertheim interior was designed by François Hofgarten Hohenlohe, which
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp497–8 and pp522–4

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