Object information:

Würzburg

Maschikuli Tower and Casemate  at Marienberg Fortress

Address

Festung Marienberg
Nr. 239
97082 Würzburg
Telephone  (09 31) 3 55 17-50

Information

Schloss- und Gartenverwaltung Würzburg
Residenzplatz 2, Tor B
97070 Würzburg
Telefon (09 31) 3 55 17-0
Fax (09 31) 3 55 17-25
E-mail sgvwuerzburg@
bsv.bayern.de

externer Link 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 internal link

internal link 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 internal link

Please note

Information for the disabled:

Rooms in the fortess only accessible via staircase

Shop:

Shop at Prince's Building
External link www.schloesser-
bayern-shop.de

Franchised restaurants and hotels:

Restaurant 
"Zur Alten Wache"
tel (09 31) 4 70 12
Closed November- February

Castle restaurant
tel (09 31) 4 70 12
Closed Mondays
External link www.burg
gaststaetten.de

Nearest railway station:

Würzburg
External link www.bahn.de

Public transport with nearest stop:

Bus 9 to "Festung"
(only April-October)

Parking space:

Car park and 10  bus parking spaces available (with costs)

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

 

The weather today:

www.wetter.com

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Object description:

Picture: Maschikuli Tower

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.

internal link Princes' Garden

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