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At night floodlights dramatically illuminate the hulking structure, which has only been
penetrated once, by Swedish troops in 1631 during the Thirty Years' War. In summer, the
gently sloping lawns are strewn with picnickers.
The prince-bishops' pompous lifestyle is on show in the residential wing at the
Für-
mid-Mar-Oct)
, the highlight of which is a huge tapestry showing the entire family of
Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn. The city's history is laid out in the upper-level exhibition
rooms.
A striking collection of Tilman Riemenschneider sculptures take pride of place in the
furniture and other such objects illustrate life during the baroque and rococo eras; from
the same period are the sketches and drawings by Neumann and Tiepolo.
The fortress is a 30-minute walk up the hill from the Alte Mainbrücke via the
Tellsteige
trail
, which is part of the 4km-long
Weinwanderweg
(Wine Hiking Trail) through the
vineyards around Marienberg.
Neumünster
(Schönbornstrasse; 6am-6.30pm Mon-Sat, from 8am Sun)
In the Altstadt, this satisfy-
ingly symmetrical church stands on the site where the three ill-fated Irish missionaries
who tried to convert Duke Gosbert to Christianity in 686 met their maker. Romanesque at
its core, it was given a baroque makeover by the Zimmermann brothers. The interior has
busts of the three martyrs (Kilian, Colonan and Totnan) on the high altar and the tomb of
St Kilian lurks in the crypt.
CHURCH
CHURCH
Dom St Kilian
(
www.dom-wuerzburg.de
)
Würzburg's Romanesque Dom St Kilian was built between
1040 and 1237, although numerous alterations have added Gothic, Renaissance and
baroque elements. The whole ecclesiatical caboodle was under heavy renovation at the
time of writing, but was set to reopen in early 2013.
MEMORIAL
Grafeneckart
