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Marienberg
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The
Mainfraenkisches Museum is located in the Commandant's Apartments and
in the Echter Bastion of the Marienberg Fortress. The department covering
the history of the city of Wuerzburg is in the Fuerstenbau (the east wing
of the castle).
The Marienberg Fortress is the landmark of Wuerzburg and "resides" over
the city, clearly visible from afar. From 1201 until they moved to the
Residenz, the fortress was the seat of the Wuerzburg prince-bishops. Traces
of human settlement going as far back as the Hallstatt Period (around
1000 BC) were found during excavations here.
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Like the rings of a tree trunk, the growth of the Fortress can be pursued
from its central core towards the outside:The oldest parts are located in
the innermost courtyard of the castle, with Mary's Church, which has its
origins in the 8th century, the keep and the well temple which was erected
over a 104 metre (!) deep shaft which guaranteed the water supply of the
fortress. This yard is bordered on the town side by the so-called Fuerstenbau
(princely apartments) with the "princely" gardens in front. |
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The Scherenberg Gate, which originally could only be reached from the outside
by means of a drawbridge, forms the connection to the second courtyard,
whose outlines were laid under Prince-Bishop Julius Echter (1573 - 1617),
with the service buildings, bastion and a watering place for the horses.
The newest part of the Fortress is the Greiffenclau courtyard with the Commandant's
Apartments and the baroque arsenal (1709 - 1712). The Mainfränkisches Museum
is thus right at the beginning of a tour of the Fortress. A visit is therefore
a must for anyone touring the Fortress! |
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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. The collections of
the Mainfränkisches Museum are located here nowadays. |
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The Mainfraenkisches Museum is thus right at the beginning of a tour of
the Fortress. A visit is therefore a must for anyone touring the Fortress!
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History of the Museum |
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The
Mainfraenkisches Museum is an institution of the city of Wuerzburg. It was
founded in 1913, and lost its premises in the Maxstrasse and large parts
of its collection in the fires in Wuerzburg on March 16th, 1945.
Since 1947 it has been located in the Marienberg Fortress in the baroque
arsenal and in the Echter bastion of 1605/06.
The rich collections reflect the history of art and culture in Lower Franconia,
in the former diocese of Wuerzburg, in the Duchy of Franconia and in the
old bishopric of Wuerzburg. |
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The Museum shows a multi-faceted selection of everything that Franconian
artists and craftsmen, and those working for Franconians, have created in
the course of the centuries. The time frame extends from the early Stone
Age up into the second half of the 19th century. The showrooms are organised
thematically, with the historical architecture offering an effective framework
for the collections. Each room in the Museum gives a different view of the
past. As in a kaleidoscope, the various collections come together again
and again to offer new impressions. The Mainfraenkisches Museum has a total
of 45 show-rooms. These also include the Municipal History Department of
the Fuerstenbau Museum in the third inner courtyard of the Marienberg Fortress.
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