The Marienberg Fortress
The walk to the Marienberg was a bit steep. By the time we reached it other tourists were already on their way out having visited it much, much earlier than we did. I remember seeing many gates before we actually reached the fortress grounds. It is worth remembering that this fortress was severely damaged by British bombs in March 1945 and that the fortress was fully rebuilt in 1990. Today, it houses two museums, one of which we visited on our way out.
That said, the Marienberg Fortress is a prominent landmark on the left bank of the Main River in Wurzburg. It was home to local prince-bishops for nearly five centuries and has been a fort since ancient times. It is said that many of the current structures were originally built in Renaissance and Baroque styles between the 16th and 18th centuries.
We spent a lot of time here and the best views of the city can be viewed from the fortress gardens.
If I am not mistaken, this was the very first gate we passed through to go to the fortress.
The bridge crossing the now dried our moat leading to the first gate and entrance to the fortress.
Here's another gate!
This looked like a residence built into the fortress wall.
This was part of the Franconian museum which we visited. We initially thought it was small and for kids until one lady employee led us to one door that opened up to the real treasures of the site. We were impressed!
And another!
A close up view of the main facade of the last gate we crossed to enter the fortress grounds.
And yet another gate!
The moat
A view of the inner courtyard
A scene from the inner courtyard
This is just one of the many pictures we took from the fortress gardens. We were actually about to leave the fortress after our museum visit until one elderly and friendly German gentleman advised us to pay this spot a visit for the views. He was not kidding!