Object information:

Address

95326 Kulmbach
Telephone  (0 92 21) 82 20-0
fax (0 92 21) 82 20-26

Information

Schloss- und Gartenverwaltung
Bayreuth-Eremitage
Ludwigstraße 21
95444 Bayreuth
Telefon (09 21) 7 59 69-0
Fax (09 21) 7 59 69-15
E-Mail sgvbayreuth@
bsv.bayern.de
externer Link / external link www.bayreuth-wilhelmine.de

Opening hours

April-October: 9 am-6 pm
November-March: 10 am-4 pm
open daily

Closed on: 
1.1., Shrove Tuesday, 24.12., 25.12., 31.12.

Guided tours on the Margravial Rooms and "Hohenzollerns in Franconia" Museum

April-October:
9.15 am-3.15 pm every hour
and at 4.30 pm
November-March:
10.15 am-1.15 pm every hour
and at 2.30 pm,
and on request

Admission charges 2012 

4.50 euros regular
3.50 euros reduced internal link

internal link Annual season tickets /
14-days-tickets

Overview about all admission  charges and opening hours
external linl - link opend in a new window download (pdf-file)

Guided tours on the castle (outside)

"Kanonen, Krieg und Kasematten – ein Rundgang durch die Festungswerke der Plassenburg"
1 May - 30 September;
every Saturday at 2.15 pm;
ca. 90 mins.

More information interner Link
(notes for the disabled, further museums, restaurants, …)

 

Information for the disabled:

Parts of the "Landschaftsmuseum Obermain" and of the "Zinnfigurenmuseum" are accessible for wheelchair users; toilet for the disabled available

Museums under differnt administration:

Deutsches Zinnfiguren-
museum (Museum of german pewter figures, run by the town of Kulmbach)
tel (0 92 21) 80 45 71

Landschaftsmuseum Obermain (Museum of the upper Main region, run by the town of Kulmbach)
tel (0 92 21) 80 45 71

Shop:

Shop
tel (0 92 21) 9 47-5 05

Franchised restaurants and hotels:

Burgschänke
Tel. (0 92 21) 8 13 13
externer Link www.burgschaenke-kulmbach.de

Nearest railway station:

Bayreuth or
Kulmbach
External link www.bahn.de

Public transport with nearest stop:

From Bayreuth: Bus 8354 to "Kulmbach/Busbahnhof"
From Kulmbach:
Bus to the castle

Parking space:

No car park at the castle; central car park on the "Marktplatz"


The weather today:

www.wetter.com

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Plassenburg Castle – Kulmbach

Picture: Plassenburg Castle

This massive fortress belonged from 1338 to 1791 to the Burgraves of Nuremberg and subsequent Margraves of Brandenburg, members of the Hohenzollern family.
In 1559, Georg Friedrich von Ansbach commissioned Caspar Visher to build a four-winged complex. The Schöne Hof (Beautiful Courtyard), an arcaded courtyard richly decorated with relief work, is one of the finest examples of German Renaissance art.

Picture: Margravial Room

Margravial Room
External link Click on the picture to enlarge

 Further highlights are the "Hohenzollerns in Franconia Museum", the "Frederick the Great Army Museum" (Windsheimer Collection) and the Margravial Rooms with historic pictures of the construction work, portraits of margraves and the gilt canopied bed of Margravine Maria (ca. 1630).

internal link Further information on the "Hohenzollerns in Franconia Museum" and the "Frederick the Great Army Museum" you will find here.


The following rooms are available for your events:

For details please choose a room by clicking on the picture or on the text.

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