Wuerzburg Sightseeing

Last Wednesday me and my friend made a trip to Germany's University City, Wuerzburg. I just find this city very interesting. As we go around walking, we saw a lot of historical buildings which I also want to share with you. Below are some information of this ancient seat of powerful princebishop's city.

Würzburg (Wuerzburg in English spelling) is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located on the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken. The regional dialect is Franconian.

Würzburg is approximately 80 minutes train journey from Frankfurt, and almost an hour from Nuremberg. Distances to the nearest cities by motorway: Frankfurt 115 km, Nuremberg 115 km, Stuttgart 150 km, Kassel 215 km.

The city of Würzburg is not included in district of Würzburg, but is its administrative seat.

Fountain In Wuerzburg

view to the Castle of Wuerzburg

The Market Square with the Chapel of Our Lady

inside the Cathedral

entrance of the Cathedral

By 1000 BC a Celtic fortification stood the site of the Fortress Marienberg. It was Christianized in 686 by the Irish missionaries Kilian, Colman and Totnan. The city is first mentioned as Vurteburch in 704. The first diocese was founded by St. Bonifatius in 742. He appointed the first bishop of Würzburg, St. Burkhard. The bishops eventually created a duchy with its center in the city, which extended in the 12th century to Eastern Franconia. The city was the seat of several Imperial diets, including the one of 1180, in which Henry the Lion was banned from the Empire and his duchy was handed over to Otto of Wittelsbach.