Festung Marienberg (Marienberg Fortress)
The Marienberg, which has been inhabited since the late Bronze Age, was probably the site of a fort of the Franconian-Thuringian dukes in the early 8th century with a church, which was elevated to the status of the first Würzburg bishop's church in 741. Bishop Konrad v. Querfurt began building an unusually large castle around 1200, which was extended and enlarged in the late Middle Ages under Rudolf v. Scherenberg and Lorenz v. Bibra and in the Renaissance by Julius Echter. The storming of the castle in 1631 by the Swedes during the Thirty Years' War prompted Johann Philipp v. Schönborn to surround the Marienberg with a ring of massive bastions, to which Christoph Franz v. Hutten added the Maschikuli Tower around 1725. In 1945, the fortress was badly hit by bombs and almost completely burnt out. Reconstruction lasted until 1990.
Last edited on 13.12.2024
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