Object information:

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 2012

3.50 euros regular
2.50 euros reduced

Annual season tickets /
14-days-tickets

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

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

Rooms in the fortess only accessible via staircase

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

Schänke
"Zur Alten Wache"
Tel. (09 31) 4 70 12

Burggaststätte
Tel. (09 31) 4 70 12
externer Link 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)

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Maschikuli Tower and Casemate at Marienberg Fortress – Würzburg

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.

Princes' Garden