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Encyclopedia > Fortress Marienberg

Fortress Marienberg is a prominent landmark on the Main river in Würzburg, Germany. It has been a fort since ancient times. After Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden conquered the area in 1631, the castle was reconstructed in the Baroque style. Today, it is a park and museum. In 704 A.D., the Marienkirche was built atop a former Celtic shelter and in the 13th century was surrounded by the first fortification. In 1482, the main castle was encircled by a medieval ring wall with the Scherenberg gate. In about 1600, Julius Echter rebuilt the fortress into a Renaissance palace. After the conquest by Gustav Adolf of Sweden in 1641, the fortress was reconstructed as a Baroque fortification, and a princely park was laid out. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1734x1128, 615 KB)Fortress Marienberg, Würzburg photo G Larson File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Map showing the position of the Main in Germany The Main (pronounced in FUCKKKK GERmany! German like the English word mine) is a river in Germany, 524 km long (including White Main 574 km), and one of the more significant tributaries of the Rhine river. ... Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. ... Gustav II Adolph Gustav II Adolph (December 9, 1594 - November 6, 1632) (also known as Gustav Adolph the Great, under the Latin name Gustavus Adolphus or the Swedish form Gustav II Adolf) was a King of Sweden. ... // Events February 5 - Roger Williams emigrates to Boston. ... The main gatehouse of Harlech Castle, Wales. ... Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens: dynamic figures spiral down around a void: draperies blow: a whirl of movement lit in a shaft of light, rendered in a free bravura handling of paint. ...


The Baroque Armory, built 1702-1712, houses the Mainfränkisches Museum, an excellent collection of Franconian works of art, including world-famous sculptures by Tilman Riemenschneider. The Fürstenbau Museum in the princes’ The mighty Fortress Marienberg is the symbol of Würzburg and served as a home of the prince-bishops for nearly five wing of the fortress offers a stroll through 1200 years of Würzburg’s history.


Contact. Tel: +49 (0)931/4 38 38 Fax: +49 (0)931/519 25 Website:www.schloesser.bayern.de Email: sgvwuerzburg@bsv.bayern.de


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Fortress Marienberg: Information from Answers.com (425 words)
Fortress Marienberg is a prominent landmark on the Main river in Würzburg, Germany.
Still, during the Napoleonic Wars, the fortress was captured and, of course, the fortress wasn't defended in 1945 when the US Army quickly captured the side of the Main river on which Marienberg is located, across from the city center of Würzburg.
The mighty Fortress Marienberg is the symbol of Würzburg and served as a home of the prince-bishops for nearly five centuries.
Festung Marienberg (482 words)
The Marienberg Fortress is the landmark of Wuerzburg and "resides" over the city, clearly visible from afar.
The newest part of the Fortress is the Greiffenclau courtyard with the Commandant's Apartments and the baroque arsenal (1709 - 1712).
Both buildings served military purposes, a task which the Fortress was exclusively responsible for after the residence of the prince-bishops was moved to the municipal Residenz in the middle of the 18th century.
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