It was our brief decision during the way back from Nürnberg. We have
been there for three hours and, well, in the beginning we were moderately
excited. The post-war architecture close to the Hauptbahnhof was noticeable.
But the deeper we were bushing, the more obviously the conviction was embracing
us that we were entirely underestimating this city.
Würzburg has everything. The panorama
of styles of churches; the old bridge with sculptures of bishops, the castle,
the monastery... Well, one should be not astonished, taking into
account that The most famous german Romantic Road begins just there.
The plan of Würzburg has not survived
in my drawer, so I cannot describe monuments in details, but maybe these
photos will express to you the feeling of the old-city.
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Würzburg has its main prospect, beginned by the real Romanesque fortified
cathedral (with pretty baroque chapel behind - what a surprise ;-) ), the
old Town Hall, and led by darn moody bridge with figures of medieval
bishops
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We have found the representative baroque church with gorgeously painted
and ornated ceiling
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Just from the first view from the Hauptbahnhof you realize the reigning
of the huge fortress Marienburg over the city. You must surround it to
enter. The castle was however closed during our visit (sunday, late afternoon,
you know how it is...) But we could make it on swings by bushing in the
grape plantations, just on the slope of the castle's hill.
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A nice way through the street along the Main River (the same Main !..)
leeds you to the byzantine-styled monastery. It seats on the hill and is
accessible by the beautiful monumental Way of the Cross.
You can try to find additional information here
for instance:
http://gogermany.about.com/travel/gogermany/msub21.htm
or on the official Würzburg Home Page:
http://www.wuerzburg.de
Good luck, friends!
Here is a short "plug-in" by Przemo:
well, in this beautiful description of Würzburg Chris has forgot about two things.
The first is that you don't need to walk around the castle to get inside
(it's rather loooong walk...). There exists a nice shortcut,
you just have to check the map before you start. (by the way, we got a fine map at the Bahnhof)
It seems to be so simple but somehow we weren't capable enough and had discovered it
only in our way back (thanks to it some of us had problems with walking for several days ;-)))
Next discovery which we made already in the return train was that Würzburg is also the town
of Wilhelm Röntgen. His laboratory where X-rays were "seen" for the very first time is
situated extremely close to the Central Station. It's just impossible to miss it! (However we were
"skilled" enough to miss... It was a pity! I still regret it. ;-(
Maybe you will have better luck...
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