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Object information:

Kulmbach

Plassenburg Castle

Address

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

Information

Schloss- und Gartenverwaltung
Bayreuth-Eremitage
Ludwigstraße 21
95444 Bayreuth
(09 21) 7 59 69-0
Fax (09 21) 7 59 69-15
sgvbayreuth@
bsv.bayern.de
www.bayreuth-wilhelmine.de

Opening hours

April-September: 9 am-6 pm
October-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

4 euros regular
3 euros reduced

Annual season tickets /
14-days-tickets

Guided tours on the castle (outside)

"Die Plassenburg als Festung"
Every Saturday at 2.15 pm
(ca. 90 mins.; 4 euros regular/ 3 euros reduced)

Please note

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

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
tel (0 92 21) 9 47-5 05

Restaurant "Burgschänke"
tel (0 92 21) 8 13 13
Opened from November to March only in case of reservation
www.burgschaenke- kulmbach.de

Bayreuth or
Kulmbach
www.bahn.de

From Bayreuth: Bus 8354 to "Kulmbach/Busbahnhof"

From Kulmbach:
Bus to the castle

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

Overview about all admission charges and opening hours
download (pdf-file)

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Object description:

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.

Margravial Room
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).

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.