Wülzburg
Wülzburg is a historical fortress of the Renaissance-age in Germany. It is about 2 kilometres east of the center of Weißenburg in Bayern. It stands on a hill 200 metres above Weißenburg, at an elevation of 630.5 metres, and was originally a Benedictine monastery dating from the 11th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: fortress in Germany
- Also known as: “Wuelzburg”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lämmerberg and Festung Wülzburg war memorial.
Bismarckturm
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Rena02, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bismarckturm is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 2 km north of Wülzburg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gänswirthshaus and Rohrbach.
Rohrbach
Village
Photo: Derzno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rohrbach is a village, which is situated 4½ km northeast of Wülzburg.
Hattenhof
Village
Photo: Mef.ellingen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hattenhof is a village, which is situated 4½ km west of Wülzburg.
Wülzburg
- Categories: fortress, Ortsteil, castle, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Weißenburg, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Middle Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.02548° or 49° 1′ 32″ northLongitude
11.00498° or 11° 0′ 18″ eastElevation
629 metres (2,064 feet)Inception
1588Open location code
8FXH22G3+5XOpenStreetMap ID
way 972354467OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Tahitian—“Wülzburg” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Вюльцбург”
- Breton: “Wülzburg”
- Catalan: “Wülzburg”
- Cebuano: “Wülzburg”
- Corsican: “Wülzburg”
- Czech: “Wülzburg”
- Danish: “Wülzburg”
- Dutch: “Wülzburg”
- Estonian: “Wülzburg”
- French: “Wülzburg”
- German: “Wülzburg”
- Hebrew: “וילצבורג”
- Indonesian: “Wülzburg”
- Irish: “Wülzburg”
- Italian: “Wülzburg”
- Japanese: “ヴュルツブルク城”
- Low German: “Wülzburg”
- Maltese: “Wülzburg”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Wülzburg”
- Polish: “Wülzburg”
- Portuguese: “Wülzburg”
- Romanian: “Wülzburg”
- Russian: “Вюльцбург”
- Spanish: “Wülzburg”
- Swedish: “Wülzburg”
- Tahitian: “Wülzburg”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Wülzburg”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.