Wülzburg
Sign in to savethumb|The Fortress thumb|The fortress in 1656 Wülzburg is a historical fortress of the Renaissance-age in Germany. It is about east of the center of Weißenburg in Bayern. It stands on a hill above Weißenburg, at an elevation of , and was originally a Benedictine monastery dating from the 11th century.
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- Instance of
- Ortsteil
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Weißenburg in Bayern
- Area
- 73000
- Elevation
- 631
- Image
- Wuelzburg-panorama.jpg
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- street address
- Wülzburg 6,Wülzburg 9
- native label
- Wülzburg
- architectural style
- Renaissance
- commissioned by
- George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
- Commons category
- Festung Wülzburg
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thumb|The Fortress thumb|The fortress in 1656 Wülzburg is a historical fortress of the Renaissance-age in Germany. It is about east of the center of Weißenburg in Bayern. It stands on a hill above Weißenburg, at an elevation of , and was originally a Benedictine monastery dating from the 11th century.
It is one of the best-preserved Renaissance fortresses in Germany. Today it is as Ortsteil (locality) a part of the city of Weißenburg. It was converted into a fortress from 1588 to 1605 by George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wülzburg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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