Würzburg (Latinized Herbipolis; until the 19th century also
Wirzburg) is a city in Bavaria (district of Lower Franconia). The
city is the seat of the government of Lower Franconia and the
District Office of Würzburg, an important school and university
location and (since 742) the seat of the diocese of the same name
and thus the spiritual center of Main Franconia.
With around
128,000 inhabitants, the city on the Main is the seventh largest
city in Bavaria, after Munich, Nuremberg, Augsburg, Regensburg,
Ingolstadt and Fürth. In 2000, Würzburg was still in fourth place,
but in contrast to most of the larger cities in Bavaria, the number
of inhabitants in the Lower Franconian metropolis no longer
increased. Würzburg has been one of the three newly created regional
centers of the Free State of Bavaria since 2018.
In the year
704 Würzburg was first mentioned as a fortification "Virteburh" ("in
castello Virteburh"). Already in the Middle Ages the city was an
important economic, spiritual and sovereign center. The
supraregional importance remained high until the industrial
revolution. An impressive cityscape was created, comparable to
outstanding central European old towns such as Krakow. This was
badly damaged in the Second World War, especially by the bombing on
March 16, 1945. During the reconstruction, important individual
monuments such as most of the churches in the old town were
externally reconstructed, but only a few town house ensembles and
traditional islands. The Würzburg Residence, which was also
partially badly damaged during the war and subsequently restored,
with its courtyard garden and Residenzplatz, was included in the
UNESCO World Heritage List in 1981. After Aachen Cathedral and
together with Speyer Cathedral, it was the third German building on
the list. With the Julius Maximilians University, which is in the
tradition of the High School in Würzburg founded in 1402 and is
therefore the oldest university in Bavaria, the city is one of the
classic German university cities. The Würzburg-Schweinfurt
University of Applied Sciences and the Würzburg University of Music,
founded in 1797, are further academic institutions. 35,600 students
(as of winter semester 2017/18) and other university members shape
urban life.
Würzburg is divided into 13 districts and 25 districts, the districts
are: Altstadt, Dürrbachtal, Frauenland, Grombühl, Heidingsfeld,
Heuchelhof, Lengfeld, Lindleinsmühle, Rottenbauer, Sanderau,
Steinbachtal, Versbach and Zellerau. The districts are numbered from 01
to 13, the districts from (01) to (25).
The center and the
districts near the center are of particular interest to the visitor.
The district 01, old town, also downtown, is the center of the city and
the area within the former baroque city fortifications, located
essentially east of the Main, as well as the part on the west bank of
the Main directly below the Marienberg Fortress. The old town itself
consists of the eight districts Dom (01), Neumünster (02), Peter (03),
Inner Pleich (04), Haug (05), Outer Pleich (06), Rennweg (09) and the
Mainviertel, also known as the Fischerviertel (17) on the west side of
the Main.
District 07, the Sanderau
is district number (13) and the oldest district outside of the old town
with a good 14,000 inhabitants. The Sanderau is located immediately
south of the old town between the railway and the eastern bank of the
Main (49° 46′ 47″ N 9° 55′ 57″ E). The district close to the center is a
popular residential area with numerous old-style apartments.
Grombühl, urban district 04 and part of the city (08), connects to the
old town immediately north of the railway track, it extends to the
slopes of the vineyards and has around 10,000 inhabitants. The district
arose after the city was fortified from the middle of the 19th century,
since 1921 the University Hospital of the Julius Maximilian University
of Würzburg has been located here (49° 48′ 11″ N 9° 56′ 32″ E).
District 02, the Zellerau (18) lies on the western bank of the Main
below and northwest of Marienberg Fortress and is a former working-class
district. Here are also the oldest traces of settlement in the city, the
Benedictine monastery of St. Jakob and the Cistercian monastery of
Himmelpforten. The Mainwiesen and the Talavera event area (49° 47′ 56″ N
9° 55′ 7″ E) also belong to the district with around 11,500 inhabitants.
The Frauenland is district number 06 and is located southeast of the old
town. It is the second largest district with almost 19,000 inhabitants.
Districts are Frauenland (10), Mönchberg (11) and Keesburg (12). The
Frauenland is the seat of numerous institutes and administrations (49°
47′ 12″ N 9° 56′ 49″ E).
District No. 10 is the Steinbachtal, it is
located on the western bank of the Main south of the old town and
consists of the districts of Steinbachtal (15) and Nikolausberg (16) and
has around 4,000 inhabitants; This also includes the Nikolausberg with
the Käppele, until the incorporation in 1978 the Steinbachtal itself
belonged to Höchberg. In addition to the residential buildings, there is
also a lot of green here due to the entrance to the Käppele and the park
in the Steinbachtal (49° 46' 16" N 9° 54' 43" E).
District 03, Dürrbachtal, is the second largest and most north-western
district of Würzburg. It consists of the districts of Dürrbachau (07),
Unterdürrbach (22) and Oberdürrbach (23) with a total of around 7,000
inhabitants. The urban district is located on the vineyards and is
predominantly a rural residential area close to the city; The railway
line and the busy federal highway B27 to Veitshöchheim (49° 48′ 55″ N 9°
55′ 4″ E) run along the Main.
District 11, Versbach (24) has around
7,000 inhabitants in the north of the city. The previously independent
and rather rural community was forcibly incorporated into Würzburg in
1978 and has retained a certain cultural independence from the big city
to this day with its own “village life” from club activities (49° 49′
15″ N 9° 57′ 41″ E ).
The district 05, Lindleinsmühle (19) was only
created in 1961 after a city council decision "on the green field" in
the north-east of the center and is a settlement area close to the city
with a high proportion of displaced persons from the former East German
areas and also many Russian Germans (49° 48′ 21″ N 9 ° 57′ 33″ E).
District 12, Lengfeld (25) with around 10,000 inhabitants is located in
the north-east of Würzburg and was an independent municipality until it
was incorporated in 1978. In addition to modern new development areas
with a high proportion of families, there is also a large commercial
area on the B19 federal road (49° 48′ 34″ N 9° 59′ 22″ E).
The
Hubland is a hill on the south-eastern outskirts and east of the
Frauenland, where the central campus of the Julius Maximilian University
of Würzburg was newly built. After the departure of the Americans
(Leighton Barracks), Hubland is also currently the largest urban
development project in the city (49° 46′ 54″ N 9° 58′) with an expansion
of the university, a planned business park and the state garden show
planned here for 2018. 15″O).
District 08 is Heidingsfeld (14) and
was an independent municipality until 1930. Heidingsfeld (also called
"s' Städtle") had city rights since 1367. The district has a good 10,000
inhabitants and is located with its own historic city wall south of the
city center and on the western bank of the Main (49° 45′ 30″ N 9° 56′
24″ E).
The Heuchelhof is district no. 09 and district no. (20) with
a good 9,000 inhabitants, it is located almost in the very south of the
Würzburg urban area and is a modern residential area that has mainly
emerged since the end of the last century. Settlement finds from the
Neolithic period were uncovered during the construction work; they are
considered to be the oldest evidence of settlements in the greater
Würzburg area (49° 44′ 52″ N 9° 57′ 11″ E).
District 13, Rottenbauer
is the southernmost district of Würzburg (20) with around 3,500
inhabitants. The previously independent municipality was incorporated in
1974 and, in addition to the former village, is predominantly a
residential area of modern single and two-family houses. (49°43′17″N
9°58′1″E).
Würzburg is surrounded by vineyards, towered over by its landmark,
the Marienberg am Main Fortress.
In the old town, the tower
ensemble of Kiliansdom, Neumünster, town hall and Marienkapelle
dominates alongside the world heritage site, the prince-bishop's
residence, Balthasar Neumann's well-known magnificent building and
masterpiece of baroque architecture. Its outstanding feature is the
largest ceiling painting in the world, created by Tiepolo.
Already around 1000 BC There was probably a Celtic refugee
castle here, as evidenced by finds from excavations. In the 5th and 6th
centuries AD, the Franks pushed out the Alemanni, and from about 650
Würzburg became the ducal seat of the Frankish Merovingian royal family.
In the period from 685, Würzburg was evangelised by the Iro-Scottish
missionaries Kilian, Kolonat and Totnan and became Christians, they were
murdered in 689 in Würzburg. Today, Kilian and his companions are the
so-called Frankish saints, Kilian rests in the crypt in Neumünster.
The year the town was first mentioned is 704. In 706 the church on
the Marienberg was consecrated. In 742 the Diocese of Würzburg was
founded by Boniface.
Frederick Barbarossa married Beatrice of
Burgundy in 1156 in Würzburg. In 1168 Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa
confirmed the Franconian duchy. The Würzburg bishops are also the
secular rulers and held the title of prince bishops. They resided at the
Marienberg Fortress.
In 1256, Würzburg had around 5000
inhabitants. The Bürgerspital zum Heiligen Geist was founded in 1316,
and the first university was founded in Würzburg in 1402, but it only
lasted for a few years due to financial difficulties.
The reign
of Prince Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn lasted from 1573 to 1617:
Würzburg is a center of the Counter-Reformation. 1576 was the year in
which the Juliusspital was founded and in 1582 the Julius Maximilian
University was founded.
The years 1626 and 1630 are a high point
in the witch hunts. From 1631 to 1634, the Swedes under their king
Gustav Adolf occupied the town and the castle.
From 1719 the
prince bishops returned to the city and to the newly built residence.
Würzburg flourished in the 18th century during the Baroque period. Many
famous architects and statesmen lived in the city.
In 1802 the
Bishopric of Würzburg was dissolved during the secularisation. Since
1814, Würzburg has definitely belonged to Bavaria. King Ludwig I resided
in Würzburg from 1815 to 1825.
On March 16, 1945, just a few
weeks before the end of the war in early May, Würzburg was almost
completely destroyed in an Allied air raid. Towards the end of the war
only around 37,000 people lived in the city.
Today, Würzburg has
around 127,200 inhabitants, including around 35,000 students.
"Herbipolis" (Latin for herb town) is the medieval Latin name for Würzburg. The name is seen as a Latinization of the Middle High German "Wirceburgum" and is documented for the 12th century. He is known above all for various surviving city views, including the woodcut from Schedel'sche Weltchronik (1493), the oldest reproduction of the Würzburg cityscape as a print. The depiction of Würzburg, in contrast to other historical medieval depictions of the city in the same work, is not seen as a fantasy. Also known is the city view of "Herbipolis" as a copper engraving by Merian from 1648. Both works can be seen in the Main Franconian Museum.
By plane
The nearest international airports are Frankfurt Airport
(IATA: FRA), 124 km) and Nuremberg Airport (IATA: NUE), 112 km).
1 Würzburg-Schenkenturm Airport (ICAO: EDFW), Schenkenturm Airport,
97080 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931 970 16 60, fax: +49 (0)931 970 16 62,
e-mail: info@fscw.de . With the airfield located at the Schenkenturm,
Würzburg also offers small propeller planes the opportunity to land
directly. It is approved for powered aircraft up to 5.7 t (over 2 to 5.7
t PPR), helicopters, motor gliders, gliders, UL and free balloons (PPR).
2 Giebelstadt Airport (IATA: GHF), Hermann-Köhl-Str. 1, 97232
Giebelstadt. Tel.: +49 (0)9334 970 09 50, +49 (0)160 531 52 09, fax: +49
(0)9334 97 00 95 26, e-mail: ops@edqg.de. Larger aircraft can land at
Giebelstadt airfield. It is about 20km south of Würzburg and is mainly
used by the local flying club and two nearby companies.
By train
Würzburg is connected to the ICE train network and z. B. from Hamburg in
about 3.5 hours.
3 Würzburg main station, Bahnhofplatz 4, 97070
Würzburg. The main train station is located directly on the northern
edge of the old town. Cyclists with luggage, parents with prams and
people with disabilities should plan enough time when boarding, changing
and disembarking in Würzburg and ask for help if necessary.
Reconstruction measures have been underway since spring 2014, during
which individual platforms are repeatedly closed. Remaining work is
still being carried out on track 1, which is currently unused. (as of
Feb 2022). Features: free wifi, wheelchair accessible.
4
Würzburg-Süd, Grünewaldstraße, 97072 Würzburg. The "Südbahnhof",
officially Würzburg-Süd station, was the old Würzburg-Sanderau station
and is now a stop for regional trains. The entrances to the platforms
are provided with steps. Features: no wifi, not wheelchair accessible.
5 Würzburg-Zell train station, Paradiesstr. 1, 97080 Würzburg. The
station is a stop for the hourly regional train line, and the weekday
booster trains from Karlstadt also stop here. The train station is very
poorly connected to other public transport. The station consists only of
a partially covered 239 meter long island platform, which is not
barrier-free.
By bus
Würzburg can be reached by various bus
lines, e.g. B. via the Romantic Road, coaches run daily to and from
Füssen.
The company Berlin Linien Bus runs the Berlin-Würzburg-Berlin
route.
ZOB (central bus station), Bismarckstraße, 97080 Würzburg
(at the main station).
In the article long-distance buses in Germany
there is an overview of the long-distance bus line operators in Germany
and also further information on long-distance buses and long-distance
bus lines.
In the street
Approach via the BAB A3 from the
Frankfurt area in the west and from Nuremberg in the south-east. This
motorway passes Würzburg in the south. Departures are Kist,
Heidingsfeld, Randersacker and Rottendorf. Due to construction work,
considerable obstructions and traffic jams are to be expected on these
sections until further notice. There is no easy way to bypass here.
From the service area Würzburg Nord (Panorama Restaurant) you have a
good view of the city and the Main Valley from the south in an elevated
position.
Approach via the BAB A7 from Kassel in the north (exit
Estenfeld) and from the Ulm area in the south as well as via the BAB A81
from the Stuttgart and Heilbronn area via the Würzburg West motorway
triangle and the BAB A3.
By boat
The Main in the Würzburg area
is navigable. Various excursion boats operate both up the Main in the
direction of Randersacker and down the Main in the direction of
Veitshöchheim.
For comments on shipping, see the relevant section
of the article on the Main.
On the bike
The Main Cycle Path
and the Main-Werra Cycle Path lead through Würzburg.
The Romantic
Road cycle route leads to Füssen.
The city center itself and also the Zellerau (western bank of the
Main) with the Marienberg and the Käppele are quite compact and clear
and can also be explored on foot by people without any special
restrictions.
With the car
The city center of Würzburg is very
confusing for drivers who are not familiar with the area. There is no
clear ring road or arterial road from the center. There are also many
one-way streets and dead ends. It's easy to get lost and think you can't
find your way out of the maze of streets. The federal highways with
long-distance destinations are signposted. You can try to orient
yourself on them.
The parking situation in the city center of
Würzburg corresponds to the average of comparable German cities: free
parking spaces are hardly available on weekdays and during the day.
However, there are numerous signposted and chargeable multi-storey car
parks in the center. If you park in a multi-storey car park operated by
the WVV (Würzburger Verkehrsbetriebe), you can use public transport free
of charge with the parking ticket in Würzburg and the surrounding area
(within Wabe 1).
You can park for free on the Talavera, unless there
is an event. You can then walk to the center in about 10 minutes, or
take tram lines 2 or 4 from the Talavera stop.
Transportation
The VVM (Verkehrsunternehmens-Verbund Mainfranken GmbH) operates a
network of bus lines, city bus lines and tram lines in the city and
district of Würzburg with the Kitzingen area with a common fare system.
In addition to the transport company of the city of Würzburg (WVV),
participants include Deutsche Bahn and other local transport companies.
The covered area is divided into a system of honeycombs, the central
honeycomb being the city of Würzburg with the number 100. The journey
between the start and destination honeycomb is billed in the network
system, and the choice of transport (train, bus, tram) is then free .
tram
The WVV (Würzburger Versorgungs- und Verkehrs-GmbH) operates
five tram lines in the Würzburg area with the numbers 1 - 5,
colloquially referred to as Strabba.
Line 1: Sanderau - main station
- Grombühl / university clinics
Line 2: Hauptbahnhof - Zellerau (west
bank of the Main)
Line 3: Heuchelhof - Heidingsfeld - Hauptbahnhof
(south of the center)
Line 4: Sanderau - (main station) - Zellerau
Line 5: Rottenbauer - Heuchelhof - Heidingsfeld - main station -
Grombühl / university clinics
The Hubland line as the sixth tram
line is being planned.
The main line is the section Hauptbahnhof
- Sanderring, which is touched by all lines, the entire line network
covers a distance of approx. 20 kilometers, all Straba stops are within
the Großwabe Würzburg.
city buses
The WVV also operates the
city buses in the Würzburg area, the bus routes are numbered 6 to 34.
The central bus station is to the left of the main train station and
north of the city centre, as seen from the city.
Rates
Price
examples for an adult (as of 2019), with the Großwabe Würzburg, price
levels otherwise by simply counting the traveled zones according to the
route map.
Short distance one+4, valid from the point of entry for a
maximum of four further stops, transfers, return and round trips not
permitted: €1.40;
Single ticket for a one-way trip from the specified
start to destination honeycomb. Transfers or breaks in the journey are
allowed, return and round trips are not allowed: €2.80; is also
available as a 6-card.
Day ticket solo, for one person and any number
of journeys between the specified start and destination honeycomb. Valid
until 3:00 a.m. the following day, transfers and interruptions to the
journey as well as return and round trips are permitted: €5.20;
Family day ticket: for up to 6 people, but no more than two people aged
15 and over, otherwise like day ticket: €10.60;
Reduced tariffs,
students and trainees, monthly tickets see VVM.
Further
information
VVM (Verkehrsunternehmens-Verbund Mainfranken GmbH,
tickets, fares, timetables, overviews of stops). Phone: +49 (0)1801 886
886, email: mail@vvm-info.de.
WVV customer center: Haugerring 5;
Opening hours: Mon - Fri 8.00 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.;
WVV city point in the
Echter gallery, Juliuspromenade; Opening hours: Mon - Fri 9.00 a.m. -
5.30 p.m.; Sat. 9.00 a.m. - 1.30 p.m
Current service and timetable
information for Würzburg see also: WVV (Würzburg Supply and Transport
GmbH, information on the VVM), Haugerring 5, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.: +49
(0)180 1 988 988 (WVV service telephone).
The best overview of the entire old town and its immediate
surroundings is from Marienberg Fortress and also from Käppele, a little
further away from the Würzburg North motorway rest area (to be reached
via the Randersacker junction in the direction of Frankfurt am Main) on
the BAB 3 via the whole city and the whole Main valley. From the
northwest of the city at the Schenkenturm (airfield Schenkenturm) and
from the Steinburg you also have a good overview of the Main Valley and
Würzburg.
residence
The Würzburg Residence is the city palace
of the prince-bishops of Würzburg and, due to its unity, is considered
the most beautiful baroque palace in Germany. The complex has been part
of the UNESCO World Heritage since 1981.
About history:
The
first planning began immediately after the election of Count Johann
Philipp Franz von Schönborn as prince-bishop with the participation of
all relatives throughout Europe. Imperial Chancellor Elector Lothar Max
von Schönborn from Mainz brought in his architects Maximilian von Welsch
and Johann Dientzenhofer, Imperial Vice Chancellor Friedrich Karl von
Schönborn from Vienna brought in his court architect Lucas von
Hildebrand. The French court architects Germain Boffrand and Robert de
Cotto were also consulted. Balthasar Neumann worked for the client and
managed to create a coherent whole from the various drafts and ideas of
all those involved.
The foundation stone was laid in 1720. With
the death of the builder in 1724, work also stopped. The successor,
Prince Bishop Hutten, did not want to invest any more money, only a
fifth of the building was completed.
In 1729, Chancellor Karl von
Schönborn became the new prince-bishop. The work continued and the shell
was completed in 1744.
The building has the dimensions of about
197 × 97m and has almost 400 rooms.
98% of the Residenz building
was destroyed during the Second World War, but miraculously the vaults
of the central building above the entrance hall, the staircase, the
White Hall and the Imperial Hall remained largely undamaged. Thanks to
immediate protective measures by the American art protection officer
David Skilton, these parts could be saved in their original form. Much
of the interior fittings and wall coverings had previously been
dismantled and outsourced. The reconstruction of the building was
completed in 1987 with the opening of the reconstructed Hall of Mirrors.
Sights inside the residence are:
The staircase:
The staircase,
which is free-standing in the lower part and has two flights after the
landing, is considered to be Neumann's greatest achievement because of
its spatial effect.
Largest coherent ceiling fresco in the world by
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (1750 – 1753) on the column-free vault above
the stairwell. The motif is the four continents known at the time:
Europe, Africa, Asia and America. Extensive restoration work was
completed in 2006. Dimensions of the "trough vault" above the stairwell:
18 x 32 meters;
White hall in plain white as a contrast to the
stairwell, with lively rococo stucco work by Antonio Bossi on the walls
and vault;
Emperor's Hall with magnificent stucco by Antonio Bossi,
frescoes by Tiepolo;
hall of mirrors
Green Cabinet
Venetian
room
Hofkirche, ingeniously integrated by Neumann into the rhythm of
the overall outer facade of the residence, side altars painted by
Tiepolo. The pulpit was created by Materno Bossi in the early classicist
style. The church vault also survived the stormy night of the Second
World War, but was severely damaged by the fire and the water used to
extinguish the fire.
Hofkirche freely accessible during the day;
visit the interiors of the residence as part of a guided tour;
Residenz Würzburg, Residenzplatz 2, 97070 Würzburg (east of the city
center). Tel.: +49 (0)931 355 17-0, Fax: (0)931 355 17-25
wikipediacommons. museum shop. Open: Apr-Oct: 9am-6pm; Nov - Mar: 10:00
- 16:30. Price: €7.50 regular.
Information on the restoration of the
ceiling frescoes: www.tiepolo-wuerzburg.net
Courtyard garden of
the residence
The layout of the court garden was created between 1756
and 1793 after the completion of the residence in a cemetery and on the
previously built-up outskirts of the city by the city wall. Garden
architect was Johann Prokop Mayer from Bohemia, the area is approx. 9
ha. Initially, the entire complex was planned in the elaborate Rococo
style. These plans were largely implemented in the eastern and southern
parts, but with the death of the builder Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim in
1778, the source of funds dried up, so that the western part of the
garden was designed more sparingly in the style of the then modern
landscape gardens.
Sights in the Hofgarten are:
In the east
garden, the circular parterre with a fountain, the outer arcade made of
mulberry trees, the inner arcade made of dogwood and larch, and the
garden sculptures by the sculptor Johann Peter Wagner in the classicist
style.
In the south garden, the 200-year-old, conically cut yew trees
around the fountain basin and the avenue of cherry trees in front of the
south facade.
The west garden as a landscaped part of the garden with
a hedge zone and the courtyard garden gate by Georg Oegg.
Hofgarten opening hours: daily until dark, 8 p.m. at the latest, free
admission.
residence square
The Residenzplatz was designed
between 1765 and 1774 according to plans by Johann Philipp Geigel.
Franconia fountain wikipediacommons erected on the Residenzplatz in
1894 by Balthasar Schmitt with the pedestal figures of three Würzburg
artists, who are shown in their respective activities:
The minstrel
"Walther von der Vogelweide" (probably died in Würzburg).
The
Würzburg carver and councilman "Tilman Riemenschneider".
The painter
Mathis Gotthard Neidhart, called Grünewald, probably born in Würzburg
(around 1480).
The patron saint of Franconia waves the Würzburg flag
high above the fountain.
Bronze monument for the prince-bishop's
court locksmith "Johann Georg Oegg" (d. 1783), erected in 1952 by the
sculptor Julius Bausenwein in front of the Hofgarten gate.
Marienberg Fortress
The Marienberg Fortress on the spur of the
Michaelsberg is a landmark of the city that can be seen from afar in a
strategically favorable position and exposed location around 100 meters
above the Main valley: With the exception of the flat west side as the
access side, the other mountain flanks drop steeply all around.
A
first Celtic refuge castle for the period around 1000 BC is known from
archaeological finds. BC, a first ducal castle is documented as
"Castellum Virteburg" for the year 704.
From 1200 and in the
following centuries, the medieval castle was extraordinarily developed
and expanded. In the middle of the 13th century, the complex became the
seat of the Würzburg bishops, it remained so until the move to the
residence built from 1720.
In 1525, in the Franconian Peasants'
War, a revolution of the common (simple) man, the sympathetic city of
Würzburg, including councilman Tilman Riemenschneider, was taken by the
insurgents, including Götz von Berlichingen, but the bishop's castle,
which had been bombarded, remained unconquered , Bishop Konrad and his
entourage had already fled to Heidelberg. The bishop, who returned with
troops, ended the uprising in a bloody slaughter. A small memorial on
the way up from the town to the fortress reminds us of this.
Riemenschneider was imprisoned on the Marienberg for two months and,
according to tradition, was tortured. The thumbscrews on him broke his
hands and destroyed the creative power of the most important sculptor of
his time.
Further expansion of the castle began under Prince
Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn. On October 18, 1631, during the
Thirty Years' War, the castle complex was temporarily conquered by the
Swedes under Gustav II Adolf, and numerous works of art that seemed to
be safe here were irretrievably carried away by the troops.
Subsequently, under Johann Philipp von Schönborn, with the numerous new
bastions, the castle was expanded into a cannon-proof fortress and a
Renaissance castle. The buildings are 600 meters long, the
fortifications cover an area of 2.5 km², making Marienberg Fortress one
of the largest defensive structures in Europe.
In 1796 the
complex was the scene of the Napoleonic wars, the French besieged the
fortress for four weeks in vain.
The Marienberg Fortress was last
involved in military action in 1866: it was fired upon by the Prussians,
on July 27 the arsenal burned, but the facility could not be taken. In
the following year, the fortress function was then abandoned, the
defense system is classified as militarily outdated due to the advanced
weapons technology. The date is representative of the end of all
fortresses, successor structures were the underground bunkers.
The buildings on the Marienberg were largely destroyed in World War II,
and reconstruction lasted until around 1990.
The bastions of the
fortifications are Bellona, Mars, Reichsravelin, Werk Frankenland and
Werk Teutschland on the east side (Main side), Bastion St. Nikolaus in
the south and St. Johann Baptist in the south-east.
Machicolation
tower
The four-story machicolatory tower with casemate, which
protrudes freely in the southwest in the bastion complex, was built by
Balthasar Neumann in 1724 - 1729 to secure the southern flank and was
designed by the Mainz court architect Maximilian von Welsch. It is one
of the most important individual structures of fortifications in
Germany:
The turret consists of three tiers for heavy guns and a top
platform for gunners. In addition to the normal embrasures, there are 21
shot openings pointing vertically directly downwards, these are the
"Maschickulis" that give it its name.
The Maschikuli Tower is
connected to the main castle by a 200 meter long underground casemate.
After the fortress status was abolished, the tower fell into
disrepair and was restored between 1987 and 1990 for around 1.5 million
euros.
The maschikuli tower with casemate is only open for
viewing a few days a year by the Würzburg Palace and Gardens
Administration.
Castle
The buildings of the castle are spread
over three courtyards, which follow one another from west to east.
Greifenklauhof: The Main Franconian Museum is housed in the witness
house in the first forecourt. Access is via the western gate with a
drawbridge system.
Echtersche Vorburg with the Echterbastei, the
bastion was built around 1600.
Inner courtyard, also "core
castle":
The interior of the 42 meter high keep from the 13th
century is freely accessible, there is no possibility to climb it.
The towers are the rectangular Kiliansturm in the north-west, the
Marienturm in the north-east and the Randersackerer Turm (sun tower) in
the south-east. The latter two are also the towers on the side of the
fortress that is visible towards the city.
The fountain in the
octagonal Renaissance fountain house has a depth of 104 meters. The
fountain temple was not uncovered again until 1937; it had been built
and protected by cannon-proof walls since the 17th century.
The
buildings are the Scherenbergtor, accessed via the moat from the
Echtersche Vorburg, the Fürstenbau with the Fürstenbaumuseum and the
Hofstubenbau.
The Fürstengarten is located to the south on the Main
side, it was restored in 1937/38 according to plans from the early 18th
century.
Marienkirche
The Marienkirche has its origins in the
Michaelskapelle of the fort from the year 705, it is considered the core
of the diocese of Würzburg founded in 742 and is one of the oldest
buildings in Germany. The chapel was extensively expanded around the
year 1000 and consecrated as the Marienkirche to the church patron
Maria. Worth seeing are the groin vaults and the grave slabs of the
Würzburg bishops, the chapel served as a burial place in the beginning.
Info
Bavarian Palace Administration, Residenzplatz 2, 97070
Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931 35 51 70. Guided tours (meet at the museum
shop), duration: approx. 45 - 50 minutes; Adults €4.50.
On the
fortress there is gastronomy in the tavern at the Alte Wache, in summer
there is also a beer garden.
Castle restaurants, Marienberg
Fortress, 97082 Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931 47012.
Access to the
Marienberg.
The fortress can be reached by bus no. 9 (April to
October, daily from approx. 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.) from the
Juliuspromenade (downtown) or the Residenz.
The fortress can be
reached by road via the B8 / B27 (Höchberger Str.), in the western
bastion systems / main moat there is a parking lot with a public toilet.
The fortress can be reached on foot from the city in around 20 minutes
via a footpath (49° 47′ 36″ N 9° 55′ 27″ E) that begins on the western
side of the Old Main Bridge.
The fortress (pdf) at
www.burgen-web.de
Castles, palaces and castles
Falkenhaus (House of the Falcon),
Marktplatz 9 (to the north of the Marktplatz). The falcon house with the
yellow rococo facade and white stucco ornament and the strikingly curved
three gables is, together with the red and white Gothic Marienkapelle,
one of the most popular photo motifs in the city. The building was the
residence of the cathedral priest in the Middle Ages and was bought in
1735 by the innkeeper Franz Thomas Meißner, whose widow Barbara then had
the facade of the inn decorated with Rococo stucco in 1751, probably by
wandering plasterers from Upper Bavaria. In the 19th century, the
building housed Würzburg's only concert and dance hall. In 1939 the
Falcon House was bought by the city, it was almost completely destroyed
in World War II, the reconstruction of the facade was based on
historical photos. Nowadays the city library with tourist information
and the ticket service are housed in the Haus zum Falken.
Department store at the market (Balthasar-Neumann-Kaufhaus), market
square No. 14 (south-east corner lower market square). The baroque
building was built from 1739 to 1742 according to plans by Balthasar
Neumann as the first large department store in Würzburg. It burned down
in World War II, but the outer walls with the original facade and
baroque stucco remained.
The whole thing has a
real Catholic feel to it. Thirty-nine towers indicate that a bishop
lives here...
The quote about Würzburg is attributed to
Heinrich von Kleist, who is rather uncatholic: Würzburg is world-famous
for its residence, the city is towered over by the Marienberg Fortress,
but the approximately 60 towers of the churches from all stylistic
epochs of German church building history are decisive for the townscape
a good dozen monasteries: the prince bishops of Würzburg made sure that
their faithful subjects did not have to travel long distances to the
nearest house of God.
In the night of the bombings of the Second
World War, almost everything was hit and a great deal was destroyed.
Much was then rebuilt, but much is also irretrievably lost.
Regular series of concerts take place in several churches: Käppele,
Stift Haug;
For Marienkirche, Würzburg's church with the oldest
origins, see Marienberg Fortress.
St. Burkard
St. Burkard was
built as a collegiate church of the Benedictine Andreas monastery of the
same name, founded around 750 by the first bishop of Würzburg (742 -
753). According to tradition, Burkard lived as a hermit near Homburg am
Main in the last years of his life. In 986, Bishop Hugo transferred the
bones of the founder to the monastery, which was renamed St. Burkard.
After a church fire around the year 1000, the early Romanesque part
of the church was built as a three-nave nave from 1033 and was built in
1042 in the presence of Emperor Heinrich III. inaugurated. St. Burkard
is thus the oldest church in the settlement area of the city of
Würzburg. From 1168 to 1180 the portal porch of the nave, also called
"paradise", was added to the north side of the church under Abbot
Engelhard. The upper floors of the two east towers were built around
1250. The east choir (main choir) with transept in late Gothic style was
built from 1464.
The monastery was always a private monastery of
the Würzburg bishops and only occupied by nobles. In 1470, the
Benedictine abbey was converted into a knight's monastery, also because
of the contradiction to the down-to-earth attitude of the Benedictines.
From 1663 to 1667 the west choir, west tower and two bays of the nave
were demolished in the course of construction work on the new
circulation canal and the baroque refortification of the city. The
baroque ridge turret was put on as a substitute and the rather
inconsistent exterior of the church emerged.
After secularization
and the abolition of the monastery, the church became a parish church in
1803. The fisherman's quarter on the left side of the Main in Würzburg's
old town is sometimes also called the Burkarder district after its
parish church.
In the night of the bombings of the Second World
War, the roof truss burned, parts of the interior and the baroque organ
were destroyed, but otherwise the church building remained largely
intact. In 1950 the most important restoration work was completed.
Particularly worth seeing inside is a bust of the Madonna (around
1490) by Tilman Riemenschneider, opposite the entrance and behind glass,
the carved choir stalls from the 15th century and a capital from the
13th century that was converted into a sacrificial box. The reliquary of
Saint Burkard is in the main chancel.
The organ with 28 registers
dates from 2003 and was made by the organ builder Richard Rensch
(Lauffen/N.).
Parish of St. Burkard, Burkarderstraße 40, 97082
Würzburg (on the Main and below Marienberg Fortress) .
St. Burkard
Monastery at the HdbG (House of Bavarian History).
Saint Kilian is the apostle of Franconia, he was martyred
in Würzburg with his companions Kolonat and Totnan around 689 and is
buried in neighboring Neumünster.
The diocese of Würzburg was
founded in 742 by Boniface, under the first bishop Burkard the
Salvatordom was built from 741 as the first Würzburg cathedral, it was
consecrated in 787/788 in the presence of Charlemagne. The old cathedral
burned down in 855 and 918 and was rebuilt several times during this
period.
From the year 1040 and under Bishop Bruno, the
construction of today's cathedral began, under Bishop Adalbero the work
on the church building was completed in 1075. The new construction of
the Würzburg Cathedral was based on the design of the Speyer Cathedral
and is now the fourth largest Romanesque church building in Germany due
to its length of 105 meters. Due to its high architectural quality, it
is one of the most important monuments of the Salian period. Only very
few details of the former interior have been preserved.
From 1133
the first conversion work took place, the barrel vault in the choir was
drawn in, 1225 the east towers were completed. Further alterations in
the Gothic style took place from 1500 and further conversions followed
around 1600 under Prince Bishop Julius Echter. Under Prince Bishop
Johann Philipp von Greiffenclau, the interior of the cathedral was given
a Baroque touch by Pietro Magno from 1701 and adorned with rich stucco.
Construction measures under Balthasar Neumann (around 1749) included the
sacristies and the new Schönborn chapel. From 1879 - 1883 the facade was
modified in the neo-Romanesque style.
During the night of the
bombing on March 16, 1945, the Kiliansdom was hit by aerial bombs: it
burned out completely, the roof collapsed. In the following year, other
parts of the unprotected building collapsed, only the crossing with the
transept and the chancel remained. The neo-Romanesque façade and the
towers facing Domstraße also remained almost intact.
By 1967, the
main reconstruction work on the building itself could be completed: the
exterior was rebuilt in the old form.
The renovation concept for
the interior came about after lengthy discussions and was implemented
from 1967: various stucco decorations from the Baroque period have been
preserved in the transept and chancel, and the missing and destroyed
parts were restored in the original Romanesque style. The choir room was
redesigned from 1987/88 according to a design by H. Elsässer.
Sights of the cathedral are:
The Gothic cloister in the southern part
of the cathedral.
The bronze baptismal font in the baptistery,
created in 1279 by the Worms master Eckart.
The bronze portal
designed in the Expressionist style by the sculptor Fritz Koenig.
The
menorah, the seven-armed candelabrum at the main entrance, is a symbol
of Judaism and the Old Testament as the root of Christianity.
Inside
there are also several bishop's tombs from around 1190, including those
of Rudolf von Scherenberg († 1495) and Lorenz von Bibra († 1519), both
created by Tilman Riemenschneider.
The Schönborn chapel on the
transept is considered one of Balthasar Neumann's most important
buildings; it served as a burial place for the prince-bishops of the
Schönborn family. The frescoes are by the court painter Rudolf Byß.
In the spring of 2008, the ringing of the cathedral was expanded to
include the cimbalom ringing, and eight additional bells sounded an
octave above the twelve that already existed. With a total of 20 bells,
the cathedral has the largest number of coordinated bells in Germany.
The largest is the Salvator bell with 9 tons and a diameter of 2.31 m,
the oldest is the Lobdeburg bell from 1257, which was also the only one
to survive the war, as it was removed before the great fire of March 16,
1945 had been. The computer-aided control of the bell can play 40
different sound motifs.
Würzburg Cathedral Music,
Domerschulstraße 2, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931 386 622 71. The
four Würzburg cathedral choirs are the cathedral choir, the cathedral
boys' choir, the girls' choir and the chamber choir with 500 active
members. They are responsible for the cathedral music and organ music,
especially the musical design of the liturgy and especially for that of
the Sunday convent office at 10 a.m. In addition, there is the series of
events of the Würzburg Cathedral Concerts, regularly with guest
contributions from soloists and choirs outside of Würzburg.
The
historic organs in the cathedral were destroyed in the war, both new
organs were dedicated in 1969 to mark the end of the reconstruction. The
main organ is on the west side of the nave above the main entrance, the
organ case and comes from Josef Schäfer. The organ's 87 registers
control the sound of 6,620 pipes and reeds. As a special feature, the
clockwork of the tower clock was integrated into the organ. The smaller
choir organ is located in the gallery of the south transept and has 20
stops with 1,398 pipes and reeds. For the regular series of concerts
with organ music in the Würzburg Cathedral, see Cathedral Music.
From mid-summer 2011 to the 2nd Advent 2012, the cathedral was
completely closed for renovation work: since then, the white baroque
interior has looked almost like new again.
Further information at
www.dom-wuerzburg.de and at Dombaumeister e.V.
According to legend, Neumünster, originally Romanesque, was built on the
spot where the Frankish apostle Kilian and his companions were martyred
around the year 689 and initially buried; in the spiritual meaning as
the original site of Christianity, the Neumünster is therefore
considered the most important church for Catholic Franconia.
The
history of a first church building at today's location is partly
unclear, various even the very first Würzburg cathedral building "Dom I"
was suspected here. According to the latest research, Bishop Megingoz
(751 - 768) built a small church in the eighth century to commemorate
the martyrs.
After the founding of a collegiate church (1058 to
1063), Bishop Adalbero (1045 – 1063) built what is now “Neumünster”
around 1060 as the collegiate church and as a double-choir Romanesque
basilica with a dome. In 1188 it was extended to the east, and in 1550
the single tower was added to the north-west. From the beginning of the
17th century, the church was baroque-style in several phases: in 1614
the vault was drawn in, from 1711 to 1716 the western part was
completely rebuilt by Joseph Greising, the new baroque facade in red
sandstone comes from various masters and probably also from Johann
Dientzenhofer, the Kilian's crypt was also rebuilt during this phase.
The monastery was dissolved during the secularization (1802), the
church became state property and was temporarily used as an ammunition
depot. During the night of the fire in the Second World War, the church
roofs and the cupola were destroyed, all altars, the figures of the
Frankish apostle Tilman Riemenschneider, numerous paintings, the organ
case and the pulpit from the Baroque period were destroyed. After the
reconstruction, the Neumünster was first a cathedral church and then
again a side church of the cathedral parish. From 2007 to 2009 another
interior renovation followed.
Until the cathedral was
reconsecrated in 1967 and also currently during the ongoing renovations
in the neighboring cathedral, the Neumünster took over the function of
the episcopal church.
Inside, the baroque interior is
particularly worth seeing, a Madonna from the workshop of Tilman
Riemenschneider and the crypt of Kilian with the shrine of the saint of
Franconia and further stone coffins of bishops from the 8th century. On
the north side of the church in the former cloister of the monastery is
the Lusam garden with the presumed grave of the minstrel Walther von der
Vogelweide.
Public tours: from Easter Tuesday to October 31 on
workdays at 12.20 p.m. after the midday meditation; Sundays and public
holidays at around 12.30 p.m. after the last morning service. Prices
adults: 3.- €
Barrier-free access to the Neumünster is possible
via the side entrance to the Lusam garden.
Since the 15th
century, Neumünster has also been a pilgrimage church, the destination
of Kilian worship. Every year since 1647, the "Kreuzbrotherhood" has
carried out the Würzburg Kreuzberg pilgrimage, the starting and ending
point of which is the church.
Location: Domerpfarrgasse 10 (near
the cathedral), (49° 47′ 38″ N 9° 55′ 54″ E).
On the internet:
The website of the cathedral:
www.neumuenster-wuerzburg.de and the
diocese of Würzburg: www.bistum-wuerzburg.de. Page to the baroque
facade.
Today's Augustinian church was
built in the late Romanesque or early Gothic period as the church of the
Dominican monastery and is located on Dominikanerplatz, which is still
known today, just north of the city center. The foundation stone was
laid in 1266, the choir was built around 1275, the monastery itself and
the first three-aisled nave of the church were completed around 1308.
Today's nave, which was completely redesigned by Balthasar Neumann
and richly decorated in the Baroque style on the inside, and the rather
plain white and yellow Baroque façade, date from 1741.
After
secularization, the monastery was taken over by the Augustinians, whose
own church on Augustinerstraße was demolished in 1824.
The church
was badly damaged in the Second World War and the baroque interior was
largely destroyed. The restoration of the interior was carried out in a
modern and, in the sense of the mendicant order, simple and bright and
friendly style with many windows and in a mix with the choir decorated
with stucco and the Gothic flying buttresses. This first restoration was
completed in 1975.
The Klais organ was completely cleaned from
1995 - 1996, revoiced and expanded to 75 registers.
In 2010 and
2011, the spatial concept of the church was reworked and is now aimed
primarily at mourners. At the end of November 2011, the church was
reopened after 15 months of renovation.
Information page on the
conversion at www.bistum-wuerzburg.de
The huge dark altarpiece is
particularly worth seeing, it shows Mary in heaven.
In addition
to the year-round organ concerts, there is a special musical offer in
the church during Advent.
Augustinerkirche Würzburg,
Dominikanerplatz 4, 97070 Würzburg.
Also
called Schottenkirche or formerly St. Jakobs-Kirche.
All of
Mainfranken was Christianized by Iro-Scottish monks (Kilian and
companions, Boniface, St. Burkard) in the 7th century. The Scots
Monastery in Würzburg was founded in the 11th century on the initiative
of the Irish Benedictines from Regensburg, who housed the numerous
pilgrims from Ireland, known at the time as "Scots", in the monastery.
In 1138 the first Jacob's chapel was consecrated, and in 1156 the
large abbey church was completed as a Romanesque pillared basilica.
At that time there was also a royal court on the area of the
Schottenanger with the Schottenkloster, where Friedrich Barbarossa and
Beatrice of Burgundy probably married in 1156.
The history of the
monastery is quite changeable, it was plundered, fell into ruin, was
abandoned and refounded. The basilica was completely renovated in 1719.
After secularization, the monastery complex served as a storage depot
and for military purposes. During the Second World War, the church was
completely destroyed except for the pair of Romanesque towers and the
east section with the early Gothic choir.
After the war, the
complex was rebuilt and taken over by the Salesian Order of Don Bosco,
which runs various social institutions here.
Salesians of Don
Bosco, Schottenanger 15, 97082 Würzburg.
The Würzburg
Schottenkloster at the HdbG
Originated as a
church of the Teutonic Order, construction started in 1270 and completed
in 1296.
In 1694 Antonio Petrini redesigned the convent building
and the basement of the tower in a baroque style. After secularization,
the church was first profaned and served as a military magazine for 120
years. From 1922 it was taken over by the Evangelical Church as their
third Würzburg church and survived the Second World War almost
completely undamaged, making it Würzburg's oldest undamaged church.
The exterior of the church has been preserved largely unadulterated
and, in terms of art history, is regarded as the noblest building of the
beginning of High Gothic in Franconia. Most of the historic interior of
the church was destroyed in the course of profanation. The main portal
“Schöne Pforte”, the baptismal font from 1569 and the restored pulpit
from the late Renaissance are particularly worth seeing.
Congregation Deutschhauskirche, Schottenanger 13, 97082 Würzburg (in the
fishing district on the west bank of the Main).
The striking red and white Marienkapelle dominates the market square, it
was built on the initiative of the citizens of Würzburg and is
considered the highlight of Gothic architecture in Lower Franconia.
In the Middle Ages, the place of today's market square was the
swampy and rather inhospitable ghetto of the Jews; at that time, the
market square was still the cathedral square. The Jews were held
responsible for the plague epidemic in 1347, in the persecution of the
Jews in 1349 almost all Jews in Würzburg were cruelly killed, their
houses were razed and today's market square was leveled.
As
atonement by the townsfolk for leaving the place in the town to the Jews
(and not for the massacre), the Marienkapelle was built as an atonement
chapel in place of the former wooden synagogue. Below the sacristy there
is still the mikvah, the Jewish ritual bath, as the last remnant of the
former synagogue.
The construction of the chapel began in 1377,
initially a basilica was planned, then due to lack of money a
three-aisled hall church with a disproportionately large choir was
built. The municipal architects Weltz, Eberhard Friedeberger, Linhard
Strohmaier and Hans von Königshofen were responsible. The church was
consecrated in 1392, the construction of the tower was completed in
1479, and Tilman Riememschneider's sculptural decorations with the Adam
and Eve figures above the south portal also date from around 1480.
The tower was badly damaged by a lightning strike in 1711 and in
1713 received a baroque copper-covered tower dome. In the 19th century,
a rigorous exterior renovation took place: today's Gothic spire and the
tracery rosette on the gable of the west facade were created, the
interior was redesigned in neo-Gothic style.
In the Second World
War, the church building with its interior was largely destroyed, as was
the entire city center of Würzburg. The tower remained almost intact in
the landscape of ruins. In 1962 the restored church was consecrated
again, the figures and the rather sober interior are by contemporary
artists and were financed by endowments and donations from the citizens.
Particularly worth seeing are:
The three church portals on the
south, north and west sides.
Tilman Riemenschneider's Adam and Eve
above the south portal, the originals of the figures are in the Main
Franconian Museum. The world-famous figures stand for the transition
from late Gothic to Renaissance style. Particularly softly modeled
facial expressions and fine hair stand for the mastery of craftsmanship,
the particularly youthful portrayal of Adam is probably intended to
represent innocence before the fall.
On the north portal there is a
contemporary depiction of the virginal conception of Mary: the tiny baby
Jesus slides down headfirst on the breath of God the Father and into
Mary's ear.
Inside there are numerous tombs, among others for Konrad
von Schaumberg (prince-bishop's envoy), the church is also the burial
place for Tilman Riemenschneider and for Balthasar Neumann
(commemorative plaque).
The net vault in the central nave and the
cross rib vaults in the two aisles.
Above the altar in the southern
aisle is a relief of Christ on a branch cross (around 1400).
The
small shops on the outside wall are responsible for the picturesque
exterior of the church, they were part of the church building from the
beginning and financed it through the rent.
In the Middle Ages,
the imposing church building always stood for the independent
bourgeoisie in the city of the prince-bishop, the sacred building never
became a parish church and therefore remained a chapel. Today it is a
subsidiary church of the cathedral and Neumünster parishes and is owned
by the Marienkapelle Foundation.
In addition to church services,
numerous concerts, events and meditations take place in the
Marienkapelle all year round and especially in the run-up to Christmas.
Location: on the market square; Information on the Marienkapelle at
the diocese.
Haug pen
The church of St. John in Haug Abbey is
the church of the former collegiate monastery of St. John in Haug:
around the year 1000 a monastery was built on a hill in Würzburg (Old
High German "houc"), the monastery was dedicated to John the Baptist and
its residents were "The Lords of the Mountain".
The monastery was
very rich through donations, it was originally located unprotected in
front of the city wall in the area of today's train station (Hauger
Vorstadt) and was also plundered several times. In the course of the
baroque city fortifications in the 17th century, the monastery was then
relocated to its current location inside the new city walls.
The
collegiate church was then rebuilt between 1670 and 1691: It is
considered to be the first large church building of the Baroque period
in Franconia and is also considered the most important work of the
Italian architect Antonio Petrini, who was the prince-bishop's master
builder in Würzburg at the time. The church building is 62 meters long,
the crossing dome is 65.5 meters high and dominates the entire area, the
tips of the spires on the double-tower facade reach a height of 75
meters.
In 1803, the Haug Abbey was dissolved in the course of
secularisation, and the collegiate church became a parish church.
Inside, the church was furnished with rich baroque furnishings,
which burned down completely in the night of the bombings in 1945. The
restoration of this destruction took place in a rather simple form and
was only completed in 1964, the Klais organ dates from 1971, the main
altar and the side altars date from 1991.
The most important
sight inside the church is in the new altar and in the center under the
crossing dome, the huge Crucifixion from 1583 by Jacobo Tintoretto, a
student of Titian. The altar was designed by Franz Mikorey. In the side
chapels there are some pictures that were taken from Würzburg to Munich
in 1803 as secularisation goods and were hung up again as loans after
the renovation phase in 1991, including paintings by the Würzburg court
painter Oswald Onghers (1628-1706).
Parish of St. John in Haug
Abbey, Haugerpfarrgasse 14, 97070 Würzburg. Summer organ concert series
in Haug Abbey at 8 p.m., see the program at the parish.
The Capuchin monastery Käppele in an exposed location on the forest
slope of the Nikolausberg above the Main and opposite the Marienberg
Fortress is another landmark for Würzburg.
Around 1640, during
the Thirty Years' War (1618 to 1648), a fisherman on the Main erected a
shrine with a depiction of the Virgin and ten years later a small wooden
chapel ("Käppele"). The miraculous healings and apparitions described
are the beginning of the pilgrimage to Käppele.
From 1748 to 1752
today's Käppele was built according to the plans of Balthasar Neumann,
the official name is "Visitation of the Virgin Mary", the church is the
last work of the great master builder and the Marian sanctuary is
considered one of the most beautiful churches in Franconia. The
Capuchins were ordered to look after the church and the pilgrimage.
On the outside of the church, the two-tower facade with onion domes
and the central dome are striking. Inside, the rich stucco of the Rococo
interior and the numerous votive tablets in the Miracle Hall are worth
seeing. The frescoes of the interior are by the Augsburg artist Matthäus
Günther, the rich shell stucco was created by the Wessobrunn artist
Feuchtmeyer, which then moved on to Vierzehnheiligen. The wooden
miraculous image is located at the altar.
Also worth seeing is
the view over the city and the Marienberg Fortress from the terrace in
front of the church.
The Käppele is one of the few Würzburg
buildings that survived the siege of the opposite Marienberg Fortress by
the French and then the fire on March 16, 1945 in the Second World War
largely unscathed.
A Way of the Cross with 14 chapels and a
staircase of 256 steps leads up to the church from the Main valley. The
stations were created from 1761 to 1799, also based on documents by
Balthasar Neumann, the life-size groups of figures were created by the
Würzburg court sculptors Peter Wagner and Simon Wagner. The Way of the
Cross is the largest in Germany and was extensively renovated from 2002
to 2006 for 4.4 million euros.
The Käppele is still one of the
most important places of pilgrimage in Franconia, with a high point of
the pilgrimage at Pentecost and on the Marian holidays. The Käppele is
also one of the most popular churches for weddings in the entire
Würzburg area, it is "fully booked" on Saturday mornings.
In
summer, numerous concerts of sacred music and organ concerts are held in
the church. The first organ work and the historical prospectus in the
Rococo style were created in the period 1753-1755, the current
instrument is new and dates from 1990.
Capuchin Monastery
Käppele, Nikolausberg, 97082 Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931 794 07 76 0.
Paul Werner Scheele: The Würzburg Käppele. Verlag Schnell and Steiner,
2010, ISBN 978-3795423940; 228 pages.
More Churches
Franciscan
Monastery, Franziskanergasse 7, 97070 Würzburg.
St. Peter and Paul,
Peterplatz 8, 97070 Würzburg.
St.Johannis, Hofstallstrasse 5, 97070
Würzburg.
Adalbero Church, Neubergstrasse 1A, 97072 Würzburg.
St.
Bruno, Steinbachtal 2A, 97082 Würzburg.
Old Main
Bridge
One of the first German stone bridges once stood on the site
of today's Old Main Bridge, officially "Marienbrücke". This first bridge
was completed around 1133, but was severely damaged by a flood in 1322,
operated with a temporary wooden structure and then finally torn away in
1442 by logs floated down the Main.
The bridge pillars of the
successor building that is still in existence today were probably
completed around 1488, the arches in 1543. The Marienbrücke was
Würzburg's only bridge until the completion of the
Luitpoldbrücke/Friedensbrücke in 1888.
The span of the arches is
approx. 15.74m to 17.53m, the total length of the bridge is 192m.
The bridge gates that used to exist no longer exist today, but the
building is marked by the twelve larger-than-life bridge saints from the
first half of the 18th century, with swinging robes in the Baroque
style. These are the Frankish apostles St. Kilian, Kolonat and Totnan,
the bridge saint Nepomuk, bishops of the city and other kings with
Emperor Charlemagne.
The southern row was created by the Hassfurt
brothers Sebastian and Volkmar Beck under Prince Bishop Hutten, the
northern row by Claude Cure under Friedrich Karl von Schönborn.
Between 1852 and 1926 the original figures were completely replaced due
to severe weathering of the soft sandstone. These new figures were
damaged in the war but could be restored.
The Old Main Bridge is
closed to motorized traffic and is reserved for pedestrians and pushing
cyclists.
The Elferrat carnival society's bridge festival is held
every year at the end of June on the bridge and in the immediate
vicinity.
The complex of the Würzburg town hall was
created over the centuries from several different sections and in a wide
variety of architectural styles:
Grafeneckart:
With its
striking, 55 meter high Romanesque tower, it is the oldest part of
Würzburg's town hall. The Grafeneckart was first mentioned in 1180,
making Würzburg one of the oldest town halls in Germany. The building
initially served as a residence for bishop officials, it got its name
from the bishop's mayor and vice-burgrave "Eggehardus" who lived here.
In 1316 the building was then acquired by the city, the Wenzelsaal (old
council hall) from the 13th century has been the place for council
meetings for a long time and is now the oldest secular room in the city.
It is named after King Wenzel, who sold Würzburg's freedom of the
empire. The hall is used for representative purposes and is also rented
out.
The Grafeneckart has been rebuilt, expanded and supplemented
several times over the course of time, the towering shape stands for the
assertiveness of the Würzburg bourgeoisie in the city of the
prince-bishops.
The painted green tree from the 16th century as a
symbol of jurisdiction is striking on the front of the tower. The
Germans already held their courts under court trees, and the sundial
from the 15th century. On this south facing side there are also numerous
coats of arms above the ground floor, such as the Würzburg city coat of
arms and other coats of arms of prominent Würzburg noble families.
The red building at the town hall connects west to the Main on the
Grafeneckart:
The somewhat inconspicuously recessed building with the
town hall entrance was built in 1659/60 according to plans by Philipp
Preiss and Sebastian Villinger with a red sandstone facade in the late
Renaissance style. Today's council chamber is also located in the
western section of the town hall.
The newest part of the town hall is
located on the site of the former monastery of the Carmelites in the
Shoe and connects to the north to the rear, the main courtyard is open
to the north: the monastery itself was founded around 1255, after
secularization in 1822 the monastery complex came into the possession of
the city and was demolished in 1824/25 to expand the town hall.
Only the Grafeneckart and the gable front of the Red Building survived
the night of bombing in the Second World War, but the first council
meeting was held in the Red Building as early as 1949, and the rapid
reconstruction of this section stood for the will to survive of the
citizens in a city that was 90% destroyed, in the There is a memorial
room inside the Grafeneckart.
Citizens' office, town hall (free
guided tours of the town hall from May to October every Saturday at
around 11 a.m.), Beim Grafeneckart, 97067 Würzburg (meeting point in the
town hall courtyard opposite the four-tube fountain). Tel.: +49 (0)931
37 26 09. Detailed building history of the Grafeneckart as a pdf.
The square in front of the Grafeneckart is called "Beim
Grafeneckart" and is one of the liveliest places in Würzburg with its
street cafes and restaurants. It is located almost directly on the
eastern landing of the Marienbrücke and thus on the main medieval street
axis from the fortress via the Mainbrücke and Domstraße to the
cathedral. The route crossing the east bank of the Main from north to
south is another important city axis and is also located geometrically
here about the middle of the old town. "Beim Grafeneckart" is surrounded
by a few other historic patrician houses worth seeing, the gaps left by
the Second World War were closed with post-war architecture.
The
baroque four-tube fountain on the square in front of the Grafeneckart is
a popular meeting place and one of the most famous fountains in
Würzburg. It was created around 1765 by Lukas von der Auvera in a design
based on the dolphin fountain on the Pantheon in Rome. The figures were
made by Peter Wagner, they symbolize various virtues, the war-damaged
originals are in the Main Franconian Museum. Frankonia holds up the
Franconian flag at the top of the fountain column.
One of the
anecdotes about the fountain is that, on special occasions, wine is
spilled out of the four tubes instead of water.
Interesting
information about mathematics at the four-tube fountain.
The Old Crane is another landmark for the city of Würzburg. It
was built between 1767 and 1773 by Franz Ignaz Neumann, a son of the
baroque master builder Balthasar Neumann.
A first crane for
loading the Main ships has stood here since 1560 on the site of the
warehouses and the former Oberzollamt. The new stone tower structure
with the distinctive oak double jib, which is fitted with copper
sheeting and can be rotated with the roof tip, has two chains - a rarity
among cranes, was internally driven by two 5.20 meter high and 1.45
meter wide running wheels for lifting and lowering the loads. This
lifting construction can be rotated as a whole around the crane column
(Kaiserbaum) of the tower crane. Up to six people (winch drivers,
Kärrner) were required for each wheel for the maximum lifting capacity
of around one tonne per jib.
The cranes on the crane wall on the
Main side are adorned, among other things, with the coat of arms of the
client, Prince Bishop Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim, with the gods
Franconia and Moenus (river god Main) and the sign of Neumann.
The Latin motto "aCCIpIo traDo qVoDL Vbet eXpeDIo" applied here is "I
receive, transmit and convey everything that one wants"; the number
letters in upper case (CCIIDVDLVXDI = DDDCCLXVVIII = MDCCLXXIII = 1773)
stand for the year 1773.
The old crane was replaced by a younger
iron loading crane in 1846, its mechanics are still intact and it was in
operation again at the beginning of the 20th century.
The
structure survived the bombs of the Second World War without damage, and
the Old Crane is one of the few preserved industrial and architectural
monuments from the Baroque period. Similar loading cranes are also in
Andernach on the Rhine and in Trier on the Moselle, but these structures
were in operation much longer and their mechanics are therefore not in
comparably good condition.
The Kranenkai is a shipping pier and,
with a beer garden, is also a popular meeting place for locals and city
visitors. The measuring point for the water level of the Main, Würzburg
level, with the markings of the highest levels of the Main flood is also
located at the Old Crane.
Location: at Kranenkai (49° 47′ 46″ N
9° 55′ 34″ E).
The Old Crane and more detailed information about
the circumstances of its creation with a computer animation at
www.ca-wallau.com.
The Juliusspital was
donated by Prince-Bishop Julius Echter as a hospital for the poor,
pilgrims, orphans, and above all as a hospital and after the citizens'
hospital (founded as early as 1316) as a second hospital for the city.
The foundation, which is responsible for the facility, was equipped with
extensive agricultural and forestry properties from Echter's private
assets, including the vineyards with the Würzburger Stein site. The deed
of foundation was struck in stone by the sculptor Hans Rodlein in 1576
and hangs in the passage from the inner courtyard to the park.
The cornerstone for the first hospital building on the site of the
former Jewish cemetery that had been bought was laid on March 12, 1576
and at that time outside the city walls. The Juliusspital went into
operation in 1579 and is today considered the first modern hospital
building in Germany.
After a fire in 1699, the baroque princely
building was rebuilt as a rear building under Prince-Bishop Johann
Philipp von Greiffenclau, the architect was Antonio Petrini. The garden
pavilion in the park adjoining the inner courtyard was designed by Josef
Greising between 1705 and 1715 and was Würzburg's first baroque hall.
In 1745 the central building burned down and was rebuilt under
Balthasar Neumann according to the plans of Antonio Petrini.
The
front building on the Juliuspromenade was redesigned in 1789 by the two
master builders Ickelsheimer and Geigel.
The Juliusspital complex
was completely destroyed during the Second World War and was rebuilt in
1956. The Julisusspital Foundation is one of the largest charitable
foundations in Germany. The assets today include around 1,100 hectares
of agricultural goods and 172 hectares of vineyards, including numerous
top locations throughout Weinfranken, e.g. E.g.: Würzburger Stein,
Randersackerer Pfülben, Iphöfer Julius-Echter-Berg, Rödelseer
Küchenmeister, Escherndorfer Lump. With 3,224 hectares of wood floor
area, the foundation is also one of the largest forest owners in the
Free State of Bavaria.
Worth seeing at the Juliusspital (49° 47′
54″ N 9° 55′ 58″ E) is the facade of the rear building (access to the
inner courtyard from the Juliuspromenade) and the park area with the
garden pavilion to the rear. The allegorical figures on the baroque
Greifenbrunnen (also: Four Rivers Fountain, Auvera Fountain), created in
1706 by Jakob van der Auvera, symbolize the four Franconian rivers. On
the ground floor of the front building is one of the most beautiful
rococo pharmacies in Germany with original furnishings from that time.
See also the Juliusspital winery, for the hospital see the Health
section.
For the Franconia fountain, see
Residenzplatz;
For the four-tube fountain, see "Beim
Grafeneckart" (square in front of the town hall);
Kilian's
fountain
The Kiliansbrunnen fountain, made of Carrara marble and
shell limestone according to a design by Bernatz, the city planning
officer, is located in the center of the station forecourt and was given
to the city of his birth by Prince Regent Luitpold in 1895 and unveiled
on Kilian's Day on July 8th. The monarch had traveled all the way from
Munich for this purpose. The central fountain bowl is decorated with
stone-carved masks that refer to the effects of drinking wine.
The Kilian figure was cast in bronze by Ferdinand von Miller, the figure
survived the Second World War and March 16, 1945 through a strange twist
of fate: the National Socialists had sold it to Hamburg in 1943 together
with some of the Würzburg bells to be melted down. After the end of the
war, the figure was rediscovered, largely intact, by the then head of
the Mainfränkisches Museum at a scrap dealer, bought back and put up
again as a fountain figure in 1949.
At Marienberg
Fortress
Main Franconian Museum. Tel.: +49 (0)931 205940, fax: +49
(0)931 2059456. A unique collection of works by Tilman Riemenschneider,
as well as a prehistoric collection, evidence of Franconian wine culture
and a folklore department. Open: Apr-Oct: Tue-Sun 10am-5pm, Nov - Mar
Tue-Sun 10am-4pm. Last admission 30 minutes before closing. Price:
adults €3.00, groups of 20 or more people €2.00 per person, reduced:
€1.50, guided tours for groups by arrangement.
Fürstenbaumuseum .
With living quarters for the prince bishops, treasury and department for
the city history of Würzburg. Open: Apr-Oct: Tue-Sun 9am-6pm, Nov-Mar
closed, ticket office closes 30 minutes before closing. Price: Adults
€4.00, groups of 15 or more people €3.00 per person, combined ticket for
the castle tour and Fürstenbaumuseum €5.00, groups of 15 or more people
€4.00, combined ticket for the Main Franconian Museum and the
Fürstenbaumuseum €5.00.
In the city
Hospitals, on the Old Main
Bridge. For more than 40 years, the Spital, the former "Hofspitalkirche
zu den 14 Nothelfern" has been an art gallery of the VKU (Association of
Artists in Lower Franconia), a gallery with changing exhibitions of
contemporary art. Open: Tue-Thu 11am-6pm, Fri 11am-8pm, Sat + Sun
11am-6pm, Monday closed. Price: Admission free.
Museum im
Kulturspeicher, Veitshöchheimer Straße 5. Tel.: +49 (0)931 322250, fax:
+49 (0)931 3222518. Concrete Art in Europe after 1945 - the Peter C.
Ruppert Collection, Municipal Collection (19th - 21st th century);
temporary exhibitions. In 2005 the museum received the Bavarian Museum
Prize for high-quality and innovative museum work. Open: Monday closed,
Tue 13:00-18:00, Wednesday, Fri-Sun 11:00-18:00, Thu 11:00-19:00.
Museum at the Cathedral, Kiliansplatz (Cathedral Street). Tel.: +49
(0)931 38665600, Fax: +49 (0)931 38665609. The permanent exhibition
focuses on modern and contemporary internationally renowned artists such
as Joseph Beuys, Otto Dix and Käthe Kollwitz. But masters of the
Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque periods can also be found in works by
Johann Zick, Georg Anton Urlaub and Tilman Riemenschneider. Open: April
to October: Tue-Sun 10am-6pm, November to March: Tue-Sun 10am-5pm.
Closed on Monday. Price: Adults €3.50, groups of 10 or more €2.50 per
person Combined ticket for the Museum am Dom and Domschatz: €4.50,
guided tours for groups by arrangement. Discounts apply to pupils,
students, the unemployed, people on social security, groups of 10 or
more people, and Friends of the Museum am Dom e.V.
Cathedral
treasure, Domstraße 43, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931 38665600, Fax:
+49 (0)931 38665609. Grave goods, goldsmith work and liturgical
vestments from the 11th - 20th centuries from the Würzburg Cathedral of
St. Kilian. Guided tours for groups by appointment. Open: Tue-Sun
2pm-5pm, Mon closed. Price: Admission: Adults €2.00. Discounts apply to
pupils, students, the unemployed, people on welfare, groups of 10 or
more people: €1.50, combined ticket for the Museum am Dom and Domschatz:
€4.50.
Art ship Arte Noah, Willy-Brandt-Kai (Upper Mainkai). Tel.:
+49 (0)171 5454325. Annually 5 - 6 exhibitions of contemporary artists
of the Kunstverein Würzburg e.V. Open: Wed–Sat 3:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m., Sun
1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m., Mon+Tue closed. Price: Admission: Adults: €1.00.
Martin-von-Wagner-Museum, on the 2nd and 3rd floor in the south wing of
the Würzburg Residence. Tel.: +49 (0)931 312866. Access through the
courtyard next to the Hofkirche. Elevator available. One of the largest
university museums in Europe. It consists of a collection of
antiquities, a picture gallery, in which sculptures are also shown, and
a graphic collection. Open: varies by department. Price: Admission free.
Mineralogical Museum, University of Hubland. Tel.: .+49 0931 8885407.
Precious stones, minerals, crystals, ores, meteorites. Open: Wed 2
p.m.–4 p.m., Sun 2 p.m.–5 p.m. (closed during the Christmas holidays),
guided tours for groups by arrangement.
11 Roentgen Memorial Site,
Roentgenring 8. Tel.: +49 (0)931 3511103. Original laboratory where
Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered the rays named after him. Open:
Mon-Fri 8am-7pm, Sat 8am-5pm. Price: free; Guided tours and groups by
arrangement, then costs €2.50 per person.
Siebold Museum, Frankfurter
Strasse 87. Tel.: +49 (0)931 413541, Fax: +49 (0)931 6192240. Permanent
collection and temporary exhibitions e.g. with exhibits from the estate
of the Würzburg Japan researcher Philipp F. v. siebold Original Japanese
tea house. Open: Mondays closed, Tue-Fri 3pm-5pm, Sat & Sun 10am-12pm
and 3pm-5pm and by appointment. Price: adults €3.00, pupils and students
€2.00.
Würzburg Railway Museum (BW-Würzburg), Veitshöchheimer Straße
107 b, 97080 Würzburg. Email: info.wuerzburg@dgeg.de. The museum is not
a museum in the traditional sense (with exhibits), but a museum train
and a workshop for working (you can also actively participate yourself).
Open: Tuesday evenings and Saturdays.
Würzburg is a green city. In addition to the surrounding
vineyards on the slopes of the Main Valley, there are numerous other
green areas.
For the courtyard garden of the residence see at the
residence.
For the Fürstengarten, see the section on Marienberg
Fortress.
For the park at the Juliusspital, see Juliusspital.
The Ringpark, also called Glacis, was created on the site of the Glacis,
which was the undeveloped open space in front of the baroque city wall
of the old town for strategic reasons. The Glacis encloses the inner
city of Würzburg as a green lung in a semicircle from Main to Main on
the south, east and north side. The English-style green area is around
3.3 km long and up to 240 m wide with an area of 27 hectares. It is one
of the few well-preserved ring parks in Germany from the late 19th
century. The park was created in the period from 1878 and was
essentially created in 1896, the work on the pond and flower landscape
of Klein-Nizza in the part of the fortification walls of the Hofgarten
was subsequently completed by 1900. There are numerous monuments,
fountains and a wide variety of trees and shrubs to see, as well as
playgrounds and sports areas.
Botanical Garden, it has been a central
facility of the University of Würzburg since 2003 and, in addition to
research and teaching, is also used for recreation. In the garden there
are 15 greenhouses such as a tropical house, a mountain plant house, a
medicinal plant house or a Mediterranean house. The open spaces are
divided into departments such as an ornamental plant garden, tertiary
forest or downy oak forest.
Botanical Garden of the University of
Würzburg, Julius-von-Sachs-Platz 4, 97082 Würzburg (in Heidingsfeld on
the B19 in the south of the city). Tel.: +49 (0)931 31 86240
wikipediacommons. Open: Outdoor area: April - September: 8:00 am - 6:00
pm, October to March: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm, also open on weekends and
public holidays. Price: Admission free.
Garden show grounds,
created for the State Garden Show in 1990 on the west bank of the Main
on the glacis of Marienberg Fortress. The fortress walls are integrated
into the park, the complex connects to the glacis of the eastern city
fortifications on the western bank of the Main. There are various themed
gardens to see, such as the Japanese Garden, Scottish Garden, American
Lilac Garden or Wicklow Garden (Ireland).
Opening times: November -
March 7 am - 5 pm, Sat, Sun, public holidays 8 am - 5 pm; April -
October evenings until 9 p.m. Admission free. The entrance at
Friedensbrücke can be reached on foot from the city center in about 10 -
20 minutes. (49° 47′ 51″ N 9° 55′ 16″ E)
In 2018, Würzburg will host
the Bavarian State Garden Show for the second time.
The Mainkai
is the east bank of the Main along the city center. The Kranenkai is the
part of the Old Crane and as a green area with numerous seating areas
and a few restaurants from the Juliuspromenade to the Old Main Bridge,
it is also a bit of a promenade. The Obere Mainkai is the part north of
the Ludwigsbrücke, the Ludwigskai is the part of the Mainkai south of
the Ludwigsbrücke. In the Würzburg language, the Ludwigsbrücke is the
Löwenbrücke, which is easy to recognize. One of the two lions is
Catholic and one is Protestant.
The Leonhard-Frank-Promenade is the
western bank of the Main opposite the old town. The green area with the
row of plane trees is named after the writer and poet Leonhard Frank,
who was born in Würzburg. There are two beer gardens in the park, which
is popular both during the day and in the evening. Alcohol has been
banned outside the beer gardens since 2010. The reason for this was
previous alcohol excesses with fights, since the prohibition decree it
has become more comfortable again in the evenings on the
Leonhard-Frank-Promenade.
Lusam Garden:
Quiet little oasis in
the city center, created from the north wing of the cloister in the
Neumünster collegiate monastery, which was only rediscovered in 1883,
the original row of arcades of the Romanesque cloister from the Staufer
period (approx. 1170 - 1180) was then re-erected after the Second World
War in 1953, the Arches had been installed in an adjoining farm building
of the monastery.
In the Middle Ages, the cloister was a burial
place for a long time and is also considered to be the place for the
presumed grave of the minstrel Walther von der Vogelweide, the most
important poet of the Middle Ages, who lived in or near Würzburg with a
fief from the emperor and permanent residence since 1220. A verse has
been handed down about the fiefdom received in Würzburg:
"I have my
fiefdom, as long as it's alive, I have my fiefdom. Now I didn't kidnap
the hornunc to my toes..."
I have my life! I call it out to the whole
world: I have my life! Now I no longer fear the February frost on my
toes..."
The memorial stone for the poet dates back to 1930, and
the garden survived the Second World War largely undamaged. In summer,
concerts in original costumes and with original instruments from the
Middle Ages take place in the Lusamgärtchen.
Location: Martinstraße
4, access somewhat hidden between the cathedral and the back of the
Neumünster from Kiliansplatz: (49° 47′ 39″ N 9° 55′ 54″ E).
Steinbach valley:
In the southern part of the idyllically situated
Steinbachtal, a green space was created as a local recreation area by
the Würzburg Beautification Association on the southern slope of the
Steinbachtal from 1895.
The entire valley is popular with joggers and
walkers. There are several fountains and an educational bird trail,
among other things. The lower part of the north slope in the Steinbach
valley is built on and is considered Würzburg's most exclusive
residential area, from the upper part of the north slope you have a wide
view over the Main valley.
A trail leads through the natural monument
Annaschlucht from the rear Steinbachtal to the Nikolausberg and further
in the direction of the Frankenwarte. The Guggelesgraben is another
protected area in the rear Steinbachtal with a valuable stock of trees.
Location: on the western bank of the Main and south of the Nikolausberg
with the Käppele (49° 46′ 16″ N 9° 54′ 43″ E).
s.Oliver Arena (until 2004 Carl-Diem-Halle, access by public
transport, tram lines 1, 4: stop Königsberger Straße), Stettiner Str. 1,
97072 Würzburg (in der Sanderau). Tel.: +49 (0)931 79 08 45 2 (Sports
Department of the City of Würzburg). The hall was opened in 1981 and is
primarily a venue for the city's Bundesliga basketball team, the
S.Oliver Baskets.
Climbing Center Würzburg (DAV Würzburg, arrival by
public transport bus, lines 7, 22, 48: Vogel Verlag stop; tram lines 2,
4: DJK-Stadion or Max-Planck-Str. stop), Weißenburgstraße 55, 97082
Würzburg (in the Zellerau ). Tel.: +49 (0)931 780 125 11. 200 routes of
varying difficulty for beginners and advanced; 1740 m² total climbing
area, 370 m² of which is outdoors. Open: Mon - Wed: 2pm - 11pm; Thursday
- Sunday: 9 a.m. - 11 p.m.
Canoeing. Tel.: +49 (0)9305 9882112.
Departures from Volkach or Würzburg, also multi-day tours. Open: from
May to the end of October. Price: Smallest tour, 3.5 hours, adults €22,
up to 12 years €17. Last modified: May 2017 (information may be out of
date)
Climbing Forest Einsiedel Infotel. +49 (0)179 7677772 Safe
climbing for the whole family from 4 years on weekends or daily during
the holidays in the Gramschatzer Forest near Rimpar, with beer garden
and forest adventure center.
City tours
Extensive range of
public tours and group tours.
Indoor pools
Sandermare (access
by public transport tram lines 1, 3, 4 and 5, stop Sanderring),
Virchowstr. 1, 97072 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931 260 240. Sports pool
(lane length of 25 m), brine pool, sauna and separate baby paddling
pool. Located south of the center and can be reached on foot from there.
Wolfgang-Adami-Bad (pool owned by the swimming club Würzburg 05 e.V.),
Oberer Bogenweg 1, 97074 Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931 79 79 5-0. Sports
pool (lane length 50 m), brine pool, sauna and separate baby paddling
pool. Restaurant with a summer garden. The occupancy times for club
sports must be observed.
Outdoor pools
Dallenbergbad (access
by public transport tram lines 3 and 5, Dallenbergbad stop),
König-Heinrich-Straße 52, 97082 Würzburg (in Heidingsfeld). Tel.: +49
(0)931 74 46 0. Sports pool (lane length 50 m), separate diving pool
with 10 m diving tower, large slide and separate baby paddling pool.
Nautiland (adventure pool, municipal pool), Nigglweg, 97082 Würzburg (in
the Zellerau). Tel.: +49 (0)931 362600. Public transport: Tram lines 2
and 4, stop Neunerplatz. Approx. 12 - 20 mins walk from the city center.
Stadtstrand ("summer location", beach season on the Main; Ludwigkai,
near Löwenbrücke). Tel.: +49 (0)931 790 33 40. Open: mid-April -
mid-September from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Regular events
Epiphany
swimming. Dreikönigsschwimmen in the Main (on January 6th): as a long
distance from Randersacker (5 km) and as a short distance from
Graf-Luckner Weiher (approx. 2.5 km) to the Löwenbrücke in Würzburg,
organized by the DLRG Unterfranken. The Main is briefly closed to
shipping. With water temperatures around 3°C, icy fun without age
restrictions, but a wetsuit is mandatory.
Carnival procession
Würzburg. Würzburg's Gaudiwurm takes place on Shrove Sunday and, with
over 100,000 visitors, is the largest in southern Germany.
Spring
Festival, Talavera.
8 Africa Festival. Largest festival for African
music and culture in Europe, every year, usually around Pentecost on the
Talavera-Mainwiesen.
Weindorf (culinary wine festival; on the market
square). Open: 10 days from the last Friday in May.
Wine Festival
(Hofgartenfest), in the Hofgarten. At the beginning of July in the
courtyard garden of the residence. One of the most famous wine festivals
in Weinfranken.
In vain and outside festival, on the
Talavera-Mainwiesen.
Killiani, Talavera. Lower Franconia's largest
folk festival, always at the beginning/middle of July.
harbor summer.
Phone: +49 (0)931 36-2010. Culture festival on the flight of stairs in
the Old Port between Kulturspeicher and Arte Noah. Price: Day tickets
from €7.00 - €19.00 (as of 2011).
Mozart festival. Renowned classical
music festival in the Hofgarten and other venues in the summer months.
Barbarossa Spectaculum (large medieval festival; Marienberg festival).
Open: Every two years (even years) in August.
STRAMU. Europe's
largest stage-free street music festival, street theatre, fire artists,
swordsmen, storytellers, etc. On a weekend in early September on various
squares in Würzburg's pedestrian zone.
The largest city in Lower Franconia is also the regional shopping
metropolis. In the old town of Würzburg there is a large number of shops
with a wide selection.
Mantle Sunday is an annual shopping Sunday
on the last weekend in October with shops open in the afternoon, free
parking spaces and cheap parking prices in the multi-storey and
underground car parks with up to 150,000 visitors (2013).
The
culture and shopping night takes place on the Saturday of the first
weekend in Advent. Most shops are open until 11 p.m., the Würzburg
Christmas market until 10 p.m., there is an atmospheric supporting
program suitable for the Advent season.
1 Kaufhof department
store, Schönbornstrasse 3, 97070 Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931 3088.
2
OSKA, Plattnerstrasse 10, 97070 Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931 35986192.
3 comma, Store, Domstrasse 2, 97070 Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0931) 32 26
40.
4 Wöhrl, Beim Grafeneckart 10, 97070 Würzburg (centrally at the
Old Main Bridge). Phone: +49 (0)931 354 80-0.
Groceries:
5 E
Center Popp, Nürnberger Str. 61, 97076 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931
35969240. Open: Mon – Sat 7 a.m. – 8 p.m.
6 EDEKA Freshness Center
Trabold, Randersackerer Str. 53, 97072 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931
3592080. Open: Mon – Sat 7 a.m. – 8 p.m.
7 Kaufland, Industriestrasse
7, 97076 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931 4543470. Open: Mon – Sat 7 a.m. – 8
p.m.
8 Kaufland, Nürnberger Str. 12, 97076 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931
8012180. Open: Mon – Sat 7 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Culinary:
9 Hofmann's
No.1 (wine store, delicatessen), Maulhardgasse 3, 97070 Würzburg
(between the market square and Juliuspromenade). Phone: +49 (0)931
58586.
Sports, outdoors:
10 base camp (specialist shop for
trekking and mountaineering), Martinstr. 2, 97070 Würzburg. Phone: +49
(0)931 161 85.
Literature, travel literature and maps, regional
literature:
11 thirteen and a half (bookstore), Eichhornstr. 13, 1/2
97070 Würzburg (near the theater / market square). Phone: +49 (0)931
4652211.
12 Hugendubel (bookstore), Kürschnerhof 4, 97070 Würzburg
(near the market square).
13 Schoeningh (academic bookstores),
including: Franziskanerplatz 4 (at the Old University); Uni am Hubland
(canteen).
Outside of the city center
14 XXXL Neubert,
Mergentheimer Straße 59, 97084 Würzburg (in Heidingsfeld in the south of
the city). Phone: +49 (0)931 61060.
15 S. Oliver Outlet Rottendorf,
Am Moritzberg 3, 97228 Rottendorf (directly at the Rottendorf exit of
the B8 federal road). Tel.: +49 (0)9302 3096495. Factory outlet at the
headquarters of the international fashion and lifestyle company, which
was initially founded in Würzburg in 1969 as a boutique. Open: Mon -
Fri: 10 a.m. - 7 p.m., Sat.: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
In the Lengfeld district
of Würzburg (49° 48′ 50″ N 9° 58′ 47″ E), around three kilometers
northeast of the city center and on the B19 federal road in the
direction of Bad Neustadt, there is an industrial and commercial area
with several shopping and wholesale markets, including Ikea furniture
store, Media-Markt TV-Elektro, Hornbach Baumarkt.
Würzburger Bratwurst, also known as "Winzerbratwurst", is a slightly
spicier bratwurst that also contains a proportion of white Franconian
wine. It is not grilled, but fried in fat in a pan and creased in the
middle and served in a bun (Weck).
For hotel catering, see also the
Accommodation section.
Cheap
2 Restaurant "Am Stift Haug",
Textorstrasse 24-26, 97070 Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931 54383, email:
b.zehe@am-stift-haug.de. The former "Alte Grenadier" has a good
selection of beers and good food.
3 Zum Schützenhof, Mainleitenweg
48, 97082 Würzburg (10 minute walk from Käppele). Phone: +49 (0)931
72422, fax: +49 (0)931 783440, email: info@schuetzenhof-wuerzburg.de.
The restaurant with a large beer garden in a panoramic location above
the Main valley is the meeting place for young people and students in
Würzburg, especially on warm summer nights. Feature: regional cuisine.
Open: Mar-mid Oct: Tue-Sat 11:00-23:00, Sun+holidays 11:00-21:00, end
Oct.-mid-Dec.: Wed-Sat 12:00-23:00, Sun +Holidays 12:00-16:00.Last
modified: May
4 Karthäuser, Ludwigstraße 1, 97070 Würzburg (opposite
the Mainfrankentheater). Phone: +49 (0)931 547 23, email:
restaurant-karthäuser@web.de. Good food at reasonable prices in a
central location. Features: regional cuisine, pizza. Open: Daily
11:30am-8:30pm. Last modified: May
5 “Zur Sonne” inn, Frankfurter
Strasse 54, 97082 Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931 46006220, email:
info@zur-sonne-wuerzburg.de. Feature: Greek cuisine. Open: daily 11:00
a.m.–2:00 p.m. + 5:00 p.m.–0:00 a.m.
6 Restaurant Luisengarten,
Martin-Luther-Straße 1, 97072 Würzburg (5 minutes on foot to the
residence, another 5 to 10 minutes to the market square). Tel: +49
(0)931 51230. Feature: Iranian cuisine. Open: Sun 11:00 - 22:00, Mon -
Wed 17:00 - 22:00, Fri - Sat 17:00 - 23:00.
7 Gaststätte Jahnwiese,
Wiesenweg 2, 97084 Würzburg (in the district of Heidingsfeld, right next
to the large furniture store). Tel: +49 (0)931 9914 8870. Good food at
reasonable prices. Feature: regional cuisine. Open: Mon–Sat 10:30
a.m.–00:00 a.m., Sun + public holidays 10:00 a.m.–10:30 p.m.
8
Restaurant Büttnerstuben, Wenzelstraße 38, 97084 Würzburg (in the
Heidingsfeld district, near the large furniture store). Tel: +49 (0)931
54627. Good food at reasonable prices. Features: German cuisine,
regional cuisine. Open: daily from 11:30 a.m., Sun + public holidays
from 11:00 a.m., hot meals until 9:30 p.m.
9 Würzburger Hofbräu
Keller, Jägerstrasse 17; 97082 Würzburg (directly at the Würzburger
Hofbräu brewery). Tel.: +49 (0)931 42970. Good food at reasonable
prices, in summer also in a beautiful beer garden. Feature: regional
cuisine. Open: daily from 10:00 a.m. to midnight, hot meals throughout
the day from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., snacks until 11:00 p.m.
10
Ristorante & Pizzeria da Toni, Wörthstrasse 13-15, 97082 Würzburg.
Phone: +49 (0)931 70525052, email: info@da-toni-wuerzburg.de. Feature:
Italian cuisine. Open: Mon-Fri 11:30-14:30 + 17:00-22:00, Sat
16:00-22:00.
11 Olympia, Gegenbaurstrasse 25, 97074 Würzburg. Phone:
+49 (0)931 71856, email: info@olympia-wuerzburg.de. Feature: Greek
cuisine. Open: daily 11:00 - 15:00 + 17:00 - 23:00.
12 Restaurant
Mykonos, Brettreichstrasse 4, 97074 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931 75770.
Typical Greek restaurant for over 30 years. Feature: Greek cuisine.
Open: daily 11:00-14:30 + 17:00-00:00.
13 Dahimy, Sanderring 12,
97070 Würzburg. Tel: +49 (0)931 51045. Feature: Asian cuisine. Open: Sun
11:00 - 22:30, Mon - Sat 11:00 - 23:00.
14 Mama Pao, Versbacher Str.
207, 97078 Würzburg. Tel: +49 (0)931 68087232. Thai restaurant. Feature:
Thai cuisine. Open: Tue-Sat 17:30-22:00, Sun 11:00-14:30 + 17:30-22:00.
15 Gasthaus zum Adler, Versbacher Str. 199, 97078 Würzburg. Tel.: +49
(0)931 283241. In Würzburg only "der Ölles". Overnight accommodation
available. Features: German cuisine, regional cuisine. Open: Mon - Wed +
Fri - Sat: 11:30 - 14:30 + 17:00 - 22:30, Sun 11:30 - 21:00.
16
Ristorante & Pizzeria da Toni, Wörthstr. 13-15, 97082 Würzburg (in the
Eurocenter). Tel: +49 (0)931 70525052. Excellent pizzas, went there
today. Open: Mon – Fri 11.30 a.m. – 2.30 p.m. + 5 p.m. – 10 p.m., Sat 4
p.m. – 10 p.m., Sun is closed.
Middle
17 Eiscafe Fontana (ice
cream parlour, café with terrace, Italian restaurant), Beim Grafeneckart
8, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 931 3292180. Very popular ice cream parlor
in a prominent location on the Old Main Bridge/four-tube fountain.
18
Brewery-Gasthof Alter Kranen / L'Osteria (Franconian inn, beer garden),
Kranenkai 1, 97070 Würzburg (on the Main). Tel.: +49 931 99131545. In
the warehouse of the historic slewing crane. Open: 11:30 am - 1:00 am,
Fri-Sat until 2:00 am. Price: Pork crust roast €9.40.
19 Four Seasons
Würzburg (Restaurant), Haugerpfarrgasse 3, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 931
3047916. Good Franconian dishes at a reasonable price.
20 Goldene
Gans (beer garden, house brewery: unfiltered naturally cloudy beer),
Burkarderstr. 2-4, 97082 Würzburg (on the west side of the Old Main
Bridge). Phone: +49 931 29190817.
21 Backöfele, Ursulinergasse 2,
97070 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 931 59059. The Backöfele stands for upscale
and still affordable Franconian cuisine. This also includes a
well-assorted wine list.
22 Würzburger Ratskeller, Langgasse 1, 97070
Würzburg (in Grafeneckart). Tel.: +49 931 13021. Wine bar and café with
regional and international cuisine. Open: daily from 10:00 a.m. to
midnight.
23 Locanda, Kranenkai 1, 97070 Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931
46795180, email: wuerzburg@locanda.de. Italian restaurant. Open: Sun–Thu
11:30 a.m.–12:00 a.m. (kitchen until 11:00 p.m.), Fri–Sat 11:30
a.m.–2:00 a.m. (kitchen until 0:00 a.m.).
upscale
24 Alte
Mainmühle (Franconian inn, upscale Franconian specialties, wine, fish),
Mainkai 1, 97070 Würzburg (directly at the Old Main Bridge). Tel.: +49
931 16777. The restaurant runs a wine bar directly on the Old Main
Bridge, which is open from morning to evening: stand on the bridge with
a glass of Franconian wine and watch the water.
25 Kuno 1408 (gourmet
restaurant), Neubaustraße 7, 97070 Würzburg (in the Hotel Rebstock).
Tel.: +49 931 30930. The restaurant has had two stars in the Michelin
Guide since 2013.
26 Weinhaus zum Stachel (Restaurant), Gressengasse
1, 97070 Würzburg (near Unterer Markt). Tel.: +49 931 52770. The wine
house with fine cuisine is housed in the historical "Hinteren
Gressenhof" or Stachel, which was first mentioned in 1413.
27
Restaurant Stephans (Franconian restaurant, upscale, old Franconian
cuisine made from regional, seasonal ingredients), Sanderrothstraße 1,
97074 Würzburg (Frauenland/Keesburg/Sieboldshöhe). Phone: +49 931 75631.
28 Wein & Fischhaus Schiffbäuerin, Katzengasse 7, 97082 Würzburg. Tel:
+49 931 42487. The restaurant opened in 1890. Regional, upscale fish
cuisine, there are few standard dishes and a selection of fish depending
on the season and catch. You can choose the method of preparation and
side dishes for each fish separately. There are no meat dishes on the
menu. Open: Tue – Sat 11:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.,
Sun and public holidays 11:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., closed on Mondays, in
June, July and August closed on Tuesdays too. Price: The fish are billed
by weight.
29 Steakhouse, Bachgasse 6, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 931
55050. Open: Tue – Sun 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. + 5:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.,
closed on Mondays.
30 Beef800°, Kranenkai 1, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.:
+49 (0)931 46795186. Grill & Bar. Open: Sun – Thu 17:00 – 00:00, Fri +
Sat 17:00 – 2:00.
31 Pizzeria Dolce Vita, Am Sonnenhof 8, 97076
Würzburg. Tel: +49 (0)931 273474. Italian restaurant. Feature: Italian
cuisine. Open: Mon + Tue 5:30 p.m.–11 p.m., Wed–Fri 11 a.m.–2 p.m. +
5:30 p.m.–11 p.m., Sat 5:30 p.m.–11 p.m., Sun + public holidays 11
a.m.–2 p.m.: 00 + 17:30 – 22:00.
32 Nikolaushof, Albert-Günther-Weg
1, 97082 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 931 797500. Franconian and international
cuisine with panoramic views. Open: May-Sep: Tue-Fri 14:00-23:30,
Oct-Apr: Tue-Fri 16:00-23:30, Oct-Apr: Tue-Fri 16:00-23:30. Last
modified: Jul. 2018 (information may be out of date)
33 Reisers am
Stein, Mittlerer Steinbergweg 5, 97080 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931
286901, fax: +49 (0)931 2008699, e-mail: mail@der-reiser.de. Star chef
Bernhard Reiser's restaurant, awarded two stars by the Michelin Guide in
2013. Feature: Michelin 2*Michelin 2*. Open: Mon – Sat 5:30 p.m. – 11:00
p.m., Sun is closed. Last modified: Feb.
34 Hotel & Restaurant "Zur
Stadt Mainz", Semmelstrasse 39, 97070 Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931
206777-0, fax: +49 (0)931 206777-19, e-mail: info@zurstadtmainz.de.
Upscale Franconian cuisine. Open: Tue – Sat 7 a.m. – 12 a.m., Sun 7 a.m.
– 4 p.m.
Wine
For detailed information on Franconian wine in
general, see the article on the Mainfranken region.
The Würzburg
vineyards are the renowned Würzburger Stein, Stein-Harfe, Innere leiste,
Abtsleite, Pfaffenberg, Kirchberg and Würzburger Schloßberg. Cultivated
wine varieties are Müller-Thurgau, Silvaner, Riesling, Traminer, Pinot
Gris, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Noir.
The best-known Würzburg wine is
the Würzburger Stein site in the south and in the north of the city:
Germany's largest single site is divided between the Bürgerspital,
Juliusspital and Staatlicher Hofkeller wineries, while the Weingut am
Stein and Weingut Reiss have smaller shares.
One of the
best-known lovers of the Würzburg stone is Goethe, a letter has survived
with the quote “I don’t like any other wine, and I’m peevish when I lose
my usual favorite drink”, his daily requirement is estimated by
historians at around two liters, also proven by various calculations.
A sweet Würzburg Stein from the 1540 vintage was also the oldest
wine that was ever drunk and was edible: in 1961, the London wine
merchant Ehrmann served a select group of wine connoisseurs, including
the journalist Hugh Johnson, a 421 as the highlight of a wine tasting in
London Year-old wine bottle from Würzburg: the wine remained drinkable
for a few minutes before it turned to vinegar under the influence of
oxygen. Two much younger wines from the 19th century had previously been
classified as "dead" and undrinkable.
The Bockstüte is documented
as a wine container in the form of a clay flat-bottomed flask from the
time of the Celts around 1400 BC. A copy can be viewed in the Main
Franconian Museum. The Bocksbeutel can also be found in the foundation
relief of the Juliusspital from the year 1576, a first protection
regulation by the Würzburg city council dates back to the year 1726.
Originally the Würzburg stone was bottled in the Bocksbeutel, later also
other Franconian wines. The origin of the name "Bocksbeutel" is unclear,
one theory derives it from the "bug", for the abdomen, according to
another theory from the scrotum of the buck.
Wineries
The
three large wineries in Würzburg are the Staatliche Hofkeller, the
Juliusspital and the Bürgerspital, they are among the largest wineries
in Germany. All wineries offer guided tours through the vineyards and
through the wine cellar, wine tasting and wine sales, often on Sundays
and usually also a wine bar with tasting and restaurant business.
Juliusspital (winery, wine shop, vinotheque), Klinikstr. 1, 97070
Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931 393-1400.
The Juliusspital has its
origins in a donation by Prince Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn
(1545 - 1617) for the Juliusspital based on the model of the Hospices de
Beaune. Around 168 hectares of vineyards are cultivated throughout
Franconia, making it the second largest winery in Germany, and the wines
are among the very best in Germany.
State Hofkeller Würzburg
(winery, vinotheque), Rosenbachpalais Residenzplatz 3, 97070 Würzburg.
Phone: +49 (0)931 3050923.
The Hofkeller has origins going back to
the year 1128 and a donation to the Zell monastery, it is the Hofkeller
of the Würzburg prince bishops and in 1814 falls with Würzburg to the
Free State of Bavaria. The vineyard area is about 120 hectares and is
distributed over Franconia. With an annual production of around 850,000
bottles, the Hofkeller is the third largest winery in Germany.
Citizens' Hospital e.g. Holy Spirit (winery), Theaterstraße 19, 97070
Würzburg. Tel: (0)931 3503-441. The Bürgerspital has its origins in a
civic foundation in 1316 for the Bürgerspital. Around 110 hectares of
vineyards are cultivated throughout Franconia.
Weingut am Stein
(Ludwig Knoll), Mittlerer Steinbergweg 5, 97080 Würzburg. Tel: (0)931
25808. 5th generation family run business.
Weingut Reiss,
Unterdürrbacher Strasse 182, 97080 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931 94600.
Family business with 16 hectares of vineyards. Open: Mon-Fri 8am-6pm,
Sat 8am-5pm and by appointment.
Night of the open wine cellars:
every year at the end of October, the Würzburg wineries open for wine
cellar tours with wine tasting and a small supporting programme.
Wine bars and bakeries
The "Bäcken" are a special feature of
Würzburg: you can eat your own food here. The name originally derives
from the bakeries: they sold the workers their bread rolls and bread for
snacks, and guests consumed what they had brought with them, such as
sausage and cheese, and the bakers were then allowed to serve their own
wine for snacks. This also results in the opening times, as the bakeries
are open on weekdays during the day and into the evening and are closed
on Sundays and public holidays.
Wine bars of the wineries see
above.
Weinstube Halbleib, Kolpingstr. 9, 97070 Würzburg (in the city
center). Tel.: +49 (0)931 51916. Smaller dishes, specialty is chicken.
Johanniterbäck, Johanniterplatz 3, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 931 543 68.
Weinstube, regional Franconian cuisine. Last change: Jul. 2018
(information may be out of date)
Weinhaus Schnabel, Haugerpfarrgasse
10, 97070 Würzburg (near Haug Abbey / Julius Promenade). Tel.: +49
(0)931 53314. Family business since 1899 and thus one of the oldest inns
in Würzburg, Franconian cuisine.
Weinstube Maulaffenbäck,
Maulhardgasse 9, 97070 Würzburg. Phone: +49 931 523 51.
Sandertorbäck, Sanderstraße 18, 97070 Würzburg (in the south of the old
town near Ludwigsbrücke). Phone: +49 931 13360.
Sophienbäck,
Sophienstrasse 6, 97072 Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931 7841259.
There is no curfew in Würzburg, there is a "cleaning hour" with a
shutdown between five and six in the morning.
Congress Center
(CCW, events: concerts, operas, musicals; conferences),
Pleichertorstraße, 97070 Würzburg (am Main / Kranenkai). Phone: +49
(0)931 372335.
Cinemas
Cinemaxx, Veitshöchheimer Strasse 5a,
97080 Würzburg. Tel.: (0)1805 - 24 63 62 99. Seven cinemas with over
1800 seats.
CENTRAL program cinema, Maxstraße 2, 97070 Würzburg (near
Residenz). Tel.: +49 (0)931 78011055. The cooperatively run cinema was
built in autumn 2010.
Festungsflicker (open-air cinema). For around
two weeks at the end of July, on the Neutorwiese below Marienberg
Fortress and above the city.
Cafes and pubs
Café Schönborn
(central and therefore very popular modern cafe), Marktplatz 30, 97070
Würzburg (on the upper market square). Tel.: +49 (0)931 4044806. Open:
Tue - Sat 8.30 a.m. - 2.00 a.m.; Sun 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Mon 8.30 a.m. -
1.00 a.m.
Stadtcafé Jenseits (beer garden, bar, bistro, music pub,
home-style and Mediterranean cuisine.), Schenkhof 2, 97070 Würzburg
(between market square and cathedral square). Tel.: +49 (0)931 1 64 44.
Open: Mon - Sat 10 a.m. - 1 a.m.; Sun & public holidays 12.00 p.m. -
01.00 a.m.
Sternbäck (tavern, pub), Sterngasse 2, 97070 Würzburg
(between the cathedral and the old Main bridge). Tel.: +49 (0)931 540
56, fax: +49 (0)931 570 88. Stronghold for fools during the carnival
season: overcrowded from midday.
Hans Huckebein, Textorstr. 5, 97070
Würzburg. Tel: (0)931 51905.
Mainkai 7 (cafe, bar, restaurant),
Büttnerstr. 72, 97070 Würzburg (riverside promenade / Mainkai, south of
the Old Main Bridge). Tel.: +49 (0)931 99119911. Open: Mon - Fri 6 p.m.
- 11 p.m., Sat, Sun & public holidays 12 p.m. - 11 p.m.
87 Bar,
Frankfurter Strasse 87, 97082 Würzburg. Tel: +49 (0)931 78023947. Cafe.
Open: Mon - Wed 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Thu - Sat 10 a.m. - 10 p.m., Sun
closed.
Café Fred, Herzogenstrasse 4, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.: +49
(0)931 70526783. Open: daily 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. Edit info
1 Zweiviertel,
Hörleingasse 2, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931 99136104. Open: Mon –
Thu 9 a.m. – 1 a.m., Fri + Sat 9 a.m. – 2 a.m., Sun 10 a.m. – midnight.
Living room bar, Tiepolostrasse 21, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931
13417. Open: Mon – Thu 11 a.m. – 2 a.m., Fri 11 a.m. – 3 a.m., Sat 9
a.m. – 3 a.m., Sun 9 a.m. – 1 a.m. Last modified: Jan. 2020 (information
may be out of date)
Standard, Oberthürstrasse 11A, 97070 Würzburg.
Phone: +49 (0)931 51140, email: trismus@web.de. Open: daily 11.30 a.m.
until "one closes" (quote).
PEPE im Cosmo, Peterstrasse 12, 97070
Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931 46521655. Open: daily from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Juliuspromenade
Hasenstall (reggae pub, cocktail bar),
Juliuspromenade 4, 97070 Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931 35986529.
Joe
Penas (Restaurant, Bar, Mexican), Juliuspromenade 1, 97070 Würzburg.
Phone: +49 (0)931 571238.
Sanderstrasse
Sanderstraße, located
in the university quarter in the southern part of the old town, becomes
the city’s fan and party mile with sports and student pubs on the
occasion of international sporting events such as the World Cup and
European Championships or US basketball (49° 47′ 20″ N 9° 55′ 51″O).
Escobar (Cuba / Caribbean bar: tapas and cocktails), Sanderstraße 7,
97070 Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931 296 963 0.
Loma (bar, club,
Bundesliga afternoons on Saturdays), Sanderstr. 7, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.:
+49 (0)176 20188771. Open: Mon - Sat: Sept - May: from 7 p.m. June, Aug.
from 8 p.m.; open end
M.U.C.K (cafe, daily changing lunch specials,
in the evening "student prices"), Sanderstr. 29, 97070 Würzburg. Phone:
+49 (0)931 4651144.
Reuererbäck, Sanderstrasse 21, 97070 Würzburg.
Phone: +49 (0)931 54945, email: reuerer@gmx.de. Bar + café with a large
selection of cocktails and long drinks. Open: Opening hours: Tue – Thu 7
p.m. – 2 a.m., Fri + Sat 7 p.m. – 3 a.m., closed on Mondays.
Clubs
Airport, Gattingerstr. 17, 97076 Würzburg (on the B8 just
outside the city). Tel.: +49 (0)931 2 37 71. House and techno, indoor
disco, is not only one of Würzburg's best-known and oldest clubs, but is
also known throughout Germany. Open: Wed 10 p.m. - 5 a.m.; Fri & Sat
9.30pm - 5am.
Boat (club, disco, the name says it all),
Veitshöchheimer Str. 14, 97080 Würzburg (on/on the Main). Tel.: +49
(0)931 59 35 3. Open: Thurs, Fri, Sat & before public holidays 9 p.m. -
5 a.m.
L Club (club, house, minimal, after-hours, very student-like),
Inner Aumühlstraße 9, 97076 Würzburg (on the Stadtring/ B19). Open: Fri
& Sat 10pm - 5am; Sat, Sun: 6 a.m. - XX p.m.;.
Kamikatze (club,
disco), Gerberstr. 14, 97070 Würzburg (near the old town). Open: Mon
11pm - 5am; Fri, Sat & before public holidays 11pm-5am.
Labyrinth
(club, disco, rock, alternative, the fries are legendary), Beethovenstr.
3 97080 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931 16212. Open: Tue 9 p.m. - 4 a.m.;
Fri, Sat 9 p.m. - 5 a.m.
Odeon Lounge (club, rather "upscale"
audience), Augustinerstr. 18, 97070 Würzburg (near Mainkai between Alter
Mainbrücke and Ludwigsbrücke). Tel.: +49 (0)931 3044898. Open: Wed, Fri,
Sat from 9.30 p.m.
Omnibus (live music vault, blues, jazz, folk,
rock, salsa, Latin, reggae, rock 'n' roll etc.), Theaterstraße 10, 97070
Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931 5 61 21.
Tirili (Studentenkeller, Rock,
Metal, Pop, Electro, Hip-Hop, etc.), Am Exerzierplatz 1, 97070 Würzburg
(to the south of the center). Tel.: +49 (0)931 88 24 20. Open: Wed 24.00
- 03.00; Thurs 9:00 p.m. - 3:00 a.m.; Fri 10pm - 5am; Sat 10 p.m. - 5
a.m.
Zauberberg (club, disco, beer garden), Veitshöchheimer Str. 20,
97080 Würzburg (at the old port). Tel.: +49 (0)931 329 26 80. Open:
Thurs 9 p.m. - 4 a.m.; Fri, Sat & before public holidays 9 p.m. - 5 a.m.
stage
The Würzburg theater landscape is broad: in addition to the
municipal stage of the Mainfranken-Theater, several private theaters
with modern and experimental theater, music theater and also several
children's and youth theaters are represented in the city's cultural
scene.
Main Franconia Theater
Three-section house with "Big
House" for operas, operettas, musicals and plays as well as chamber
plays in the main building of the theatre; Concerts by the Würzburg
Philharmonic Orchestra in the concert hall of the University of Music. A
total of around 420 performances a year; celebrated its 200th
anniversary in 2004;
Mainfranken Theater (arrival by public transport
bus lines 6, 15, 16, 17 (Kardinal-Faulhaber-Platz); 12, 20, 26, 28
(Ludwigstraße);), Theaterstr. 21, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931
3908-124 (advance booking), fax: +49 (0)931 3908-100. Prices': music
theater €12.00 - €29.00; Drama €9.00 - €19.00; chamber plays €11.00;
Symphony concerts €12.00 - €23.00. Open: Tue - Fri: 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.,
Sat: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Cabaret Bockshorn (theater,
chanson), Veitshöchheimer Straße 5, 97080 Würzburg (cabaret stage in the
Kulturspeicher). Phone: +49 (0)931 4 60 60 66.
Das Kasperhaus (puppet
theatre, fairy tales for children and parents), Julius-Echter-Straße 8,
97084 Würzburg (in Heidingsfeld). Phone: +49 (0)931 3593494.
Plastic
Theater HOBBIT, Münzstraße 1, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931 59830.
The theater was founded in 1976 by Bernd Kreußer (born 1952) as a mobile
theatre. Together with Jutta Schmitt, they developed a play technique
based on acting with figures and objects, both for children and adults.
In 2010 the theater received the Culture Medal of the City of Würzburg.
Theater Chambinzky (Boulevardtheater), Valentin-Becker-Str. 2, 97072
Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931 51262.
theater ensemble (free stage,
experimental theater, unusual productions), Frankfurter Straße 87, 97082
Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931 44545.
Theater am Neunerplatz,
Adelgundenweg 2a (schoolyard), 97082 Würzburg (in the Zellerau). Tel.:
+49 (0)931 41 54 43. The theater was founded in 1985 by Thomas Heinemann
as a theater for children and young people. The program concept is
"Theater by children for children". In the evening there is a mix of
cabaret and cabaret scenes.
Theater Spielberg (puppet theater with
programs for children and adults), Reiserstr. 7, 97080 Würzburg (in a
backyard in the Grombühl district). Tel.: +49 (0)931 26645
(reservations).
Theater "tanzspeicher wurzburg" (the only theater for
contemporary dance in southern Germany), Oskar-Laredo-Platz 1, (formerly
Veitshöchheimer Str. 5), 97080 Würzburg (venue is the Kulturspeicher).
Tel.: +49 (0)931 45 25 855 (reservations), email:
tanzspeicher@tanzspeicherwuerzburg.de.
TheaterWerkstatt (1985-2013:
"Werkstattbühne"), Rüdigerstr. 4, 97070 Würzburg (near
Mainfrankentheater). Tel.: +49 (0)931 59400, email:
kontakt@theater-werkstatt.com. Würzburg's oldest private theater with 60
- 70 seats, literary-political plays and modern classic productions with
amateur and professional actors are shown.
Cheap
1 DJH Jugendherberge Würzburg, Fred-Joseph-Platz 2, 97082
Würzburg (directly below Marienberg Fortress, on the west bank of the
Main). Phone: +49 (0)931 42590.
2 Pension Siegel, Reisgrubengasse 7,
97070 Würzburg (near the main train station). Tel.: +49 (0)931 52941.
Features: Garni, free WiFi.
3 Babelfish-Hostel Würzburg, Haugerring
2, 97070 Würzburg (near the main train station). Tel.: +49 (0)931
3040430. Payment methods accepted: debit card, credit card.
4 Hotel
Dortmunder Hof, Innerer Graben 22, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931
56163, fax: +49 (0)931 571825, e-mail: info@dortmunder-hof.de. Price:
Single room from €42, double room from €76.
5 Hotel Meesenburg,
Pleichertorstr. 8, 97070 Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931 46558405, fax: +49
(0)931 46558424, e-mail: info@meesenburg-hotel.de. The hotel is very
centrally located between the city center and the Main, about 50 meters
from the congress center. Price: Single room from €40, double room from
€75.
6 City Hotel Schönleber, Theaterstrasse 5, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.:
+49 (0)931 3048900, fax: +49 (0)931 30489030, e-mail:
reservierung@cityhotel-schoenleber.de. Price: Single room from €43,
double room from €69.
Middle
7 Goldenes Fass (hotel,
restaurant, Franconian cuisine), Semmelstraße 13, 97070 Würzburg (near
the theater). Tel.: +49 (0)931 45256810. Feature: ★★★. Open: 7:00 a.m. -
11:00 p.m.
8 Hotel Franziskaner, Franziskanerplatz 2, 97070 Würzburg
(south of the cathedral). Phone: +49 (0)931 3563-0. Price: double room
from €78; SR from €54.
9 Hotel Zum Winzermännle, Domstraße 32, 97070
Würzburg (at the Domplatz). Tel.: +49 (0)931 54156. Feature: ★★★. Price:
double room from €75; SR from €62.
10 Hotel zum Hirschen,
Laurentiusstr. 5, 97076 Würzburg OT Lengfeld. Phone: +49 (0)931 271937,
fax: +49 (0)931 278300, email: kontakt@schoemig-lengfeld.de. The hotel
has an inn and a butcher's shop. Price: single room from €62, double
room from €82 (each including breakfast); WLAN (Wi-Fi) is available in
all rooms.
11 Hotel Fischzucht, Julius-Echter-Strasse 15, 97084
Würzburg OT Heidingsfeld. Tel.: +49 (0)931 619870, fax: +49 (0)931
6198750, e-mail: mail@hotel-fischzucht.de. Feature: ★★★. Open: Opening
hours of the associated Ristorante La Terrazza (Italian cuisine): Mon,
Tue, Fri + Sat 5:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m., Wed is a day off, Sun + public
holidays 11:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. + 5:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m . Price: Single room
from €65, double room from €95 (each including breakfast).
12 Post
Hotel, Mergentheimer Strasse 162-168, 97084 Würzburg OT Heidingsfeld.
Tel.: +49 (0)931 6151-0, fax: +49 (0)931 6585-0, e-mail:
info@posthotel-wuerzburg.de. The hotel has its own restaurant
Postillion. Price: Single room from €63, double room from €76.50.
13
Hotel Brehm, Stengerstrasse 18, 97084 Würzburg OT Heidingsfeld. Phone:
+49 (0)931 619950, fax: +49 (0)931 6199577, email:
kontakt@hotel-brehm.de. The hotel has a restaurant with Franconian
cuisine, it is open Tues - Sat, Sun + Mon are days off. Price: Single
room from €65, double room from €89 (each including breakfast).
14
Hotel Stadt Mainz, Semmelstrasse 39, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931
53155, fax: +49 (0)931 58510, e-mail: info@hotel-stadtmainz.de. Price:
Single room from €94, double room from €119.
15 Hotel Strauss,
Juliuspromenade 5, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931 3057-0, fax: +49
(0)931 3057-555, e-mail: frage@hotel-strauss.de commons. The Würzburg
restaurant with Franconian and international specialties belongs to the
hotel. Price: Single room from €60, double room from €75.
16 Hotel
Alter Kranen, Karrnergasse 11, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931 3518-0,
fax: +49 (0)931 50010, e-mail: mail@hotel-alter-kranen.de. Feature: ★★★.
Price: Single room from €69, double room for single use from €69, double
room from €99, suite from €125.
17 Central Hotel Würzburg,
Koellikerstrasse 1, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931 460884-0, fax: +49
(0)931 50808, e-mail: info@centralhotel-wuerzburg.de. Price: Single room
from €63.50, double room from €78.
18 Non-smoking hotel "Till
Eulenspiegel", Sanderstraße 1a, 97070 Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931
355840, fax: +49 (0)931 3558430, e-mail:
info@hotel-till-eulenspiegel.de. Right in the middle of Würzburg's bar
mile par excellence. There is also a wine bar in the same building.
Open: Hours: Daily 6pm-1am; and a beer cellar, opening times: Mon–Sat
6:00 p.m.–2:00 a.m., Sun 7:00 p.m.–1:00 a.m. (the Altbier punch is a
specialty!). Price: Single room from €75, double room for single use
from €85, double room from €99.
19 Hotel Residence, Juliuspromenade
1, 97070 Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931 35934340, fax: +49 (0)931 12597,
email: info@residence-wuerzburg.de. Restaurant with Mexican cuisine and
southern joie de vivre. Open: Opening hours of the restaurant "Joe's"
(in the building): Sun–Thu 5:00 p.m.–1:00 a.m., Fri+Sat 5:00 p.m.–2:00
a.m.; Check-in from 2 p.m., check-out by 11 a.m.; Breakfast buffet: 7:00
a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Price: Single room from €68, double room from €92.
20 Popular City Hotel, Textorstrasse 17, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.: +49
(0)931 322770, fax: +49 (0)931 3227770, e-mail: hello@hotelpoppular.de.
Breakfast times Mon–Fri 6:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m., Sat + Sun 7:30 a.m.–11:00
a.m. Feature: ★★★. Price: Single room from €67, double room from €98
Upscale
21 Maritim Hotel Würzburg, Pleichertorstraße 5, 97070
Würzburg (at the Congress Center / Friedensbrücke). Phone: +49 (0)931
3053-0, email: info.wur@maritim.de. Services: swimming pool (opening
hours: 6:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m., temperature: 28°C), sauna, steam bath and
fitness room; free internet; Evening turndown service in select room
types and suites; Public underground car park with 228 spaces; Green fee
reduction on the golf course in Würzburg; The following languages are
spoken in the hotel: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian,
Hungarian, Russian, Bulgarian, Thai, Swedish, Ethiopian, Turkish, Urdu,
Romanian, Moroccan. Feature: ★★★★. Price: Additional costs: garage 8€
per day; Breakfast €19 per person/day, HB €26 per person/day; FB €45 per
person/day; Sauna €5 per person/day.
22 Hotel Würzburger Hof,
Barbarossaplatz 2, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931 53814, fax: +49
(0)931 58324, e-mail: info@hotel-wuerzburgerhof.de commons. Very
centrally located, only a few hundred meters from both the train station
and the market square or the residence. Feature: ★★★★.
23 Best
Western Premier Hotel Rebstock, Neubaustrasse 7, 97070 Würzburg. Phone:
+49 (0)931 30930, Fax: +49 (0)931 3093100, Email: rebstock@rebstock.com.
The star restaurant Kuno 1408 belongs to the hotel. Feature: ★★★★.
24
Greifensteiner Hof, Dettelbachergasse 2, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.: +49
(0)931 3517-0, fax: +49 (0)931 57057, e-mail: info@greifsteiner-hof.de.
Feature: ★★★★. Price: Single room from €85, double room from €120.
25
Hotel Wittelsbacher Höh, Hexenbruchweg 10, 97082 Würzburg. Phone: +49
(0)931 453040, fax: +49 (0)931 415458, email: info@wittelsbacherhoeh.de.
Open: The associated restaurant has the following opening hours: daily
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. (in good weather also on the garden terrace);
Kitchen hours: warm meals daily 12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. + 6:00 p.m.–10:00
p.m. Price: Single room from €75, double room from €90, suite from €125
(plus €6.80 for breakfast).
26 Hotel Schloss Steinburg, Am Steinberg,
97080 Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931 9702-0. Feature: ★★★★.
27 Hotel
Lindleinsmühle, Frankenstrasse 15, 97078 Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931
250490, fax: +49 (0)931 2504949, e-mail: email@hotel-lindleinsmuehle.de.
Price: double room for single use from €75, double room from €98 (each
including breakfast).
28 Hotel Grüner Baum, Zeller Strasse 35/37,
97082 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931 45068-0, fax: +49 (0)931 45068-88,
e-mail: info@gruener-baum-wuerzburg.de. The hotel is located in
Würzburg's oldest district, the Mainviertel, below the Marienberg
Fortress. Price: single room from €89, double room from €125; Breakfast
12€ extra, garage parking 8€ per day.
Würzburg is a university town with three universities and around
35,000 students.
Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg,
Sanderring 2, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931 31 0. The
tradition-steeped Julius-Maximilians-Universität traces its beginnings
back to the year 1402 and was the sixth university to be founded in the
German-speaking region. Today it is a leader in the humanities and
social sciences. The ten faculties are spread over several locations,
the main building is on Sanderring near the Hofgarten / city center.
University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (University of
Applied Sciences), Münzstraße 12, 97070 Würzburg (in the city center,
south of the Residenz am Hofgarten). Phone: +49 (0)931 3511-0. The
Würzburg-Schweinfurt University of Applied Sciences offers many
engineering courses as well as social science and economics courses. The
faculty for applied natural sciences and humanities is located in
Würzburg.
University of Music Würzburg, Hofstallstr. 6–8, 97070
Würzburg (in the city center, north of the Residenz am Hofgarten).
Phone: +49 (0)931 32187 0, Fax: +49 (0)931 32187-2800. The Hochschule
für Musik Würzburg has its beginnings in the "Collegiums Musicum
Academicum Wirceburgense" founded in 1798 by Franz Joseph Fröhlich,
making it the oldest public music training center in Germany. In
addition to the possibility of studying, the university also organizes
numerous events (series of concerts, festivals, lectures) on the subject
of music. The university has its own concert halls, the largest with
almost 850 spectators, and a theater with 234 seats.
Würzburg is often referred to as the city of civil servants, which
means that the vast majority of jobs are in public administration. The
largest employers are the universities and the city of Würzburg itself.
Other large public employers are the government of Lower Franconia,
which is based in Würzburg, and the Sparkasse Mainfranken.
The
largest industrial company is König & Bauer AG (KBA), which is one of
the largest manufacturers of printing presses in the world. It is also
the oldest: König & Bauer was founded in 1817 in the former Oberzell
monastery near Würzburg by Andreas Bauer and Friedrich Koenig, the
inventor of the high-speed press , founded.
The security situation in Würzburg corresponds to that in the rest of
Bavaria, which is one of the safest regions in Europe.
Of course,
you should also observe the usual rules here (e.g. do not leave
valuables in the car, always lock bicycles, etc.).
Würzburg City
Police Station, Augustinerstraße 24/26, 97070 Würzburg. Phone: +49
(0)931 457-0, Fax: +49 (0)931 457-2239.
Police station Würzburg-Land,
Weißenburgstrasse 2, 97082 Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931 4570.
hospitals
In addition to the university clinic with a tradition
going back more than 400 years, there are numerous other clinics in
Würzburg. Among the hospitals are also the Juliusspital and the
Bürgerspital, both hospitals are funded by foundations and these two
foundations are owned by renowned wineries. So anyone who drinks the
wines of these hospitals is definitely supporting the health of others.
1 University Hospital Würzburg (institute under public law),
Josef-Schneider-Str. 2, 97080 Würzburg (northeast of the city center on
the B19 towards Bad Neustadt). Phone: +49 (0)931 201-0. 19 clinics with
polyclinics.
2 Red Cross Clinic Würzburg, Kapuzinerstraße 2, 97070
Würzburg (near Residenz). Tel.: +49 (0)931 3092 0. Specialties are
ophthalmology, surgery, gynaecology, neurosurgery, orthopaedics, ear,
nose and throat medicine and anesthesia
3 Hospital of the
Juliusspital Würzburg Foundation, 19, 97070 Würzburg (downtown). Phone:
+49 (0)931 393-0. Public hospital with 11 specialist departments. The
hospital has a history going back more than 430 years: The sponsor is
the Juliusspital Foundation, which was founded on March 12, 1576 by the
Würzburg Prince-Bishop Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn with his private
wealth. He provided the foundation with agricultural and forestry goods
as a financial mainstay, see also the Juliusspital above.
4 Citizens'
Hospital e.g. Holy Spirit, Theaterstraße 19, 97070 Würzburg (downtown).
Tel.: +49 (0)931 3503 0. Geriatric rehabilitation. The Bürgerspital has
its beginnings in a foundation of the Würzburg patrician Johannes von
Steren (approx. 1270 - 1329), who sold his property at the current
location around 1316 to take in people in need of care . The founding of
the Bürgerspital is confirmed in a papal bull in Avignon on October 1st,
1320. The hospital was initially called the "Neues Spital", and the
foundation has been called the Bürgerspital since the 16th century.
Numerous endowments of money and real estate followed, among other
things, the Bürgerspital winery belongs to St. Geist, one of Würzburg's
top locations, to the hospital foundation.
5 Theresienklinik
Würzburg, Domerschulstr. 1+3, 97070 Würzburg (downtown near the
Residenz). Phone: +49 (0)931 3514-0. Specialist departments are general
surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, ear, nose and throat medicine.
6
Mission Medical Clinic, Salvatorstraße 7, 97074 Würzburg. Tel.: +49
(0)931 7910. Specialist departments are anaesthesia, surgery, gynecology
and obstetrics, internal medicine, pediatric and youth medicine,
radiology, tropical medicine and urology.
pharmacies
7
Pharmacy at the train station, Kaiserstrasse 33, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.:
+49 (0)931 15215, fax: +49 (0)931 15265, e-mail:
service@apoambahnhof.de. Open: Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 6.30 p.m., Sat 9 a.m.
- 4 p.m.
8 Markt-Apotheke, Marktplatz 12 / corner of Schustergassem,
97070 Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931 54744, fax: +49 (0)931 571271, email:
info@markt-apotheke-wuerzburg.de. Open: Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat 9
a.m. - 6 p.m.
9 St. Rochus Pharmacy, Versbacher Strasse 108, 97078
Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931 299320, fax: +49 (0)931 2992611, email:
info@sankt-rochus-apotheke.de. Open: Mon, Tue, Thu 8 a.m. - 7 p.m., Wed
- Fri 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat 8 a.m. - 1.30 p.m.
10 Adalbero Pharmacy,
Neubergstrasse 2, 97072 Würzburg. Tel.: +49 (0)931 72624, fax: +49
(0)931 7849935, e-mail: adalbero.apotheke@t-online.de. Open: Mon - Fri 8
a.m. - 6.30 p.m., Sat 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
11 City Pharmacy,
Haugerpfarrgasse 1, 97070 Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931 17333, fax: +49
(0)931 57858, email: info@city-apotheke-wuerzburg.de. Open: Mon - Fri
7.30 a.m. - 7 p.m., Sat 8.30 a.m. - 3.30 p.m.
12 Pharmacy in the
Hubland Center, Rottendorfer Str. 65, 97074 Würzburg. Phone: +49 (0)931
35986464, fax: +49 (0)931 35986458, e-mail:
info@apotheke-hubland-center.de. Open: Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 6.30 p.m., Sat
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
13 Grombühl Pharmacy, Brücknerstrasse 3, 97080
Würzburg. Tel: +49 (0)931 2877011, Fax: +49 (0)931 2877012, Email:
gromapo2@gmail.com. Open: Mon - Fri 8.30 a.m. - 6.30 p.m., Sat 8.30 a.m.
- 1.30 p.m.
14 Glocken-Apotheke, Kaiserstr. 13, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.:
+49 (0)931 50166, fax: +49 (0)931 50168, e-mail:
info@glocken-apotheke-wuerzburg.de. Open: Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Tourist Information & Ticket Service, Falkenhaus am Markt, 97070
Würzburg (in the Falkenhaus). Tel.: +49 (0)931 37 23 35, +49 (0)931 37
23 98 (ticket reservation).
The Würzburg Welcome Card gives you
discounts on various city tours, sights, museums, theaters and boat
trips to Veitshöchheim. Available for €3.00 at the Tourist Information,
valid for one week.
Würzburg City Library, Falkenhaus am Markt, 97070
Würzburg (in the Falkenhaus). Tel.: +49 (0)931 373438. Open: Mon - Fri
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Thursday 10.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.; Sat 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Würzburg City Archives, Neubaustr. 12, 1st floor, 97070 Würzburg. Tel.:
+49 (0)931 37 3111. Open: Mon - Thurs 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., Fri 8 a.m. - 12
p.m.
Holiday pass: numerous discounts, valid during the summer
holidays for children and young people from the district of Würzburg
from 6 years up to the age of 18 and for children and young people who
spend their holidays in the district of Würzburg; Price: €5.00,
available from local council offices;
There are free public toilets
in the city at all the important places, such as Marktplatz (underground
car park) on Ludwigkai, Sanderring (kiosk), Barbarossaplatz and also on
the Festung (car park). There are no longer any public toilets at the
old cranes / shipping pier.
Nice toilet: Würzburg has also been
taking part in the campaign since autumn 2010. At the correspondingly
signposted shops and restaurants, the use of the toilets is also
possible for passers-by free of charge.
Language
The
colloquial language is "Meefrangisch" (Eng. Main Franconian). The
shortest possible sentence is "E Ä ü.", which translated into High
German means: One egg left. When it comes to pronunciation, the
Würzburger knows no difference between "B" and "P" or between "D" and
"T", which usually only leads to misunderstandings among
non-Franconians. If the Würzburger wants to emphasize which of the
letters it is actually about, he speaks either of the "soft B" or of the
"hard B", i.e. the "P". The same applies to the "soft D" or the "hard D"
("T").
Miscellaneous
Würzburg main post office, Bahnhofsplatz
2, Würzburg (directly at the main train station). Open: Mon - Fri 8.30
a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Würzburg hotspots:
www.hotspot-wuerzburg.de/;
WiFi (free WiFi) from the operator Kabel
Deutschland has been available for the first time since August 2013 for
30 minutes of free surfing a day and at 11 hotspots in the area of
Würzburg's old town ("KD WiFi Hotspot+" or "30 Min Free WIFI").