Ochsenfurt Historic Sites
Historic Sites in Ochsenfurt, Germany
Ochsenfurt Historic Sites
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- mike rBromsgrove, UK1,322 contributionsThe hourly display is the main attraction here which can be seen from the outside, just join the people taking a photo, it happens quite quickly though so be ready.
This is hardly an old town hall, the mechanism is original and there is some old art work on display inside.
This is best appreciated with a guide especially if you want to enter the old building. This is probably the highlight of this charming little town.Written 26 September 2022This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - gregp422Appleton, WI456 contributionsnice park like walk around the old town. Excellent way to see the wall around the old town and soak in the history.Written 1 December 2019This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Ralf KWurzburg, Germany1,494 contributionsThe core of the palatium comes from the 14./15. Century and has been the former official seat of the chapter of the wurzburg dome. After the secularization it served as a legal seat of the district authority of the bavarian kingdom. Later it became part of district administration of the district of Ochsenfurt.
The architecture of the building is a so called Tempelherrenkirche.
Its a 3 floor building made of quarry stone with a gable roof, stair gable with figures, stair tower and cross vault ground floor hall from the years 1491 until 1499. It was changed in the 19./20. Century.Written 18 August 2016This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - folieske4Antwerp, Belgium7,285 contributionsFormer ammunition depot and prison. In front of it the fortification with a small round tower, the pulverurm. The idyllic city moats with its numerous small turrets is the decor for a large flea market and for the German-French-Italian wine festival with "Art in the ditch". One can stroll trough the moat an see the city from a different view.Written 5 December 2011This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- folieske4Antwerp, Belgium7,285 contributionsMedieval city moat with thick Tower and St. Nicholas tower that has obvious signs of the 7 year old war. one can stroll trough the moat and have a look at the city wall, one also passes the Domkapitel Palatium.Written 5 December 2011This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- TheBigEaterCaldwell, Texas53 contributionsRothenberg is a place that is wonderful taken as a whole experience. Travelers who have seen several Gothic or renaissance town halls will find this one to be okay.Written 21 September 2012This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- folieske4Antwerp, Belgium7,285 contributionsPigeon tower with triple-secured port bastion, stronghold, historic "Freilichtschmiede" and modern monument to the brave women of Ochsenfurt. Is part of the medieval fortifications which enclose the town of Ochsenfurt with a square rampart. Between the pigeon Tower and the stronghold is in a broad niche a style faithful "open-air forge" built together with the lattice of the Tower creates a picturesque effect.Written 5 December 2011This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- folieske4Antwerp, Belgium7,285 contributionsThis building complex was originally owned by the noble Knight St. Burkard zu Würzburg and served as former granary and and fruit spike. Karl Ehemann was one of the first in Ochsenfurt who dared to risk the hard craft of brewing. In 1809 he founded the "Ehemannsche Brauerei" in the Kastenhof, the origin of the contemporary Kauzen Bräu. His pupil Johann Jacob Gehring from Herchsheim, a tiny rural village near Giebelstadt, had a great skill in the brewing process and was by childless Ehemann appointed as his successor. Gehring, great-great-grandfather of the current owner, bought the brewery in 1848 and led it for several decades with great skill. Today the renovated courtyard houses several shops and restaurants.Written 5 December 2011This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- folieske4Antwerp, Belgium7,285 contributionsEven before 1400 existed outside the city walls a so-called “Plague House” for lepers. After the enlargement of the city East direction and the associated expansion of its city walls the hospital relocated. After a brevis (papal summary) dating November11, 1245 by Pope Innocent IV (born in Genoa as Sinibaldo dei Fieschi, count of Lavagna) lepers should not be housed and had to live without priests nor church life, the single-storey house became a “Seelhaus” (house for souls) and served poor, passers-by, etc. as accommodation, to the existing buildings was a bathhouse added in 1425 and the buildings served as housing for poor old handicapped without family, thanks to the Ochsenfurt citizens who by “pious foundations for their souls salvation” gathered the necessary funds. With the approval of the cathedral chapter and “with God's help and pious peolple gifts and charity” in 1431 a hospital was built, i.e. the existing buildings converted. Early 16th century, after enlargement of the Church this hospital was demolished and re-built. This reconstruction was completed in 1551, it is mainly this building which has been preserved. The hospital itself had several possessions such as a “Hof” (farm and utility buildings) in Geißlingen and Euerhausen, two more of such near Geißlingen, and another one in Pfahlheim, the cathedral chapter had devised the Main-mill which already existed in 1397. The last prebendary moved out around 1890, the daily church service in the Kreuzkirche (also called Sacred Heart Church) was limited. Many decades the “Armen Schulschwestern” (School Sisters of Notre Dame) lived in the monastery buildings. They had a child repository, were active in the primary school and later led the Maria-Theresia kindergarten, at present the building is used by a number of clubs, on the first floor objects of the Heimatmuseum arekept. Eastern direction, located hidden behind the Church and the monastery is an enchanting “sleeping beauty”-garden with “stuck in the middle” a piece of city wall and a thick fortress Tower (which is very renovation-needy), in the long term a herbal garden à la Hildegard von Bingen or a biblical Garden may arise.Written 10 December 2011This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- folieske4Antwerp, Belgium7,285 contributionsThe impressive Klingentorturm, former prison, serves today as youth hostel. Must be great as accomodation with a panorama over Ochsenfurt, looks very "pink" dough.Written 5 December 2011This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
Frequently Asked Questions about Ochsenfurt
- These places are best for historic sites in Ochsenfurt:
- Neues Rathaus
- Stadtbefestigung (fortifications)
- Palatium Ochsenfurt
- Altes Rathaus (old townhall)
- Stadtgraben mit dickem Turm & Nikolausturm