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Object information:
Würzburg
Maschikuli Tower and Casemate at Marienberg Fortress
Address
Festung Marienberg
Nr. 239
97082 Würzburg
(09 31) 3 55 17-50
Information
Schloss- und Gartenverwaltung Würzburg
Residenzplatz 2, Tor B
97070 Würzburg
(09 31) 3 55 17-0
Fax (09 31) 3 55 17-25
sgvwuerzburg@
bsv.bayern.de
www.residenz-wuerzburg.de
Opening hours
Easter (Sunday and Monday), 1 May, Whitsun (Sunday and Monday), 15 August and 3 October: 11 am to 5.30 pm and on request
Admission charges
3 euros regular
2 euros reduced 
Annual season tickets
/
14-days-tickets
Guided tours
Tours of the castle (without Maschikuli Tower and Prince's Building) from April-October:
Tuesday to Friday at 11 am,
2 pm, 3 pm; on weekends and public holidays at 10 am,
11 am, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm (Meeting point: Pferde- schwemme):
3 euros regular
2 euros reduced
Please note
Rooms in the fortess only accessible via staircase
Shop at Prince's Building
www.schloesser-
bayern-shop.de
Restaurant
"Zur Alten Wache"
tel (09 31) 4 70 12
Closed November- February
Castle restaurant
tel (09 31) 4 70 12
Closed Mondays
www.burg
gaststaetten.de
Würzburg
www.bahn.de
Bus 9 to "Festung"
(only April-October)
Car park and 10 bus parking spaces available (with costs)
Overview about all admission charges and opening hours
download (pdf-file)
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Object description:
The massive, four-storey tower was built in 1724-1729 by Balthasar Neumann to guard the south flank of the fortress. Above the three levels for heavy artillery is a platform for riflemen. In addition to the normal firing slits it has a further 21 vertical openings, angled downwards: these are the "Maschikulis" from which the tower takes its name.
On the valley side the tower is decorated with coats of arms of the Prince Bishop Christoph Franz von Hutten dating from 1727, the work of Jakob van der Auvera. Above them is a bust of St Nepomuk.
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