# Plassenburg

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Canonical page: https://mytuur.com/en/city/kulmbach/spot/plassenburg/

Content updated: 2026-10-31

This page is about one place: Plassenburg, a spot in Kulmbach with a story of its own. The story itself lives in the myTuur app, and it begins when you arrive and the app knows you are standing there.

- City: [Kulmbach](https://mytuur.com/en/city/kulmbach/)

## Photos

- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_BSV_Plassenburg_6acbf77a69303282e668fa81_bsv0_mvtifdbz_cad9fae67502483397214dff5572abb7.jpg) — [Image: Plassenburg, Kulmbach – © Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung (Foto: Hajo Dietz)](https://www.schloesser.bayern.de/deutsch/service/fotodownload/download.asp)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_BSV_Plassenburg_6acbf77a69303282e668fa81_bsv1_mvtifelz_22f0e7f0833144ba91e185f4fedff809.jpg) — [Image: Schöner Hof, Plassenburg, Kulmbach – © Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung (Foto: Maria Scherf/ Andrea Gruber)](https://www.schloesser.bayern.de/deutsch/service/fotodownload/download.asp)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_BSV_Plassenburg_6acbf77a69303282e668fa81_bsv2_mvtifgks_b5b68a11e5a342e1a2ce4632d88cf7e7.jpg) — [Image: Markgrafenzimmer, Plassenburg, Kulmbach – © Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung (Foto: Thomas Köhler)](https://www.schloesser.bayern.de/deutsch/service/fotodownload/download.asp)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_BSV_Plassenburg_6acbf77a69303282e668fa81_bsv3_mvtifjzt_7105d5fa86fc446fb068e7c752b63fad.jpg) — [Image: Museum "Hohenzollern in Franken", Plassenburg, Kulmbach – © Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung (Foto: Thomas Köhler)](https://www.schloesser.bayern.de/deutsch/service/fotodownload/download.asp)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_commons_Plassenburg_4_6ae4ef10507fb230a4a21137_7740b21e0df64e1da91796eb1a230b6d.jpg) — [Image: Blick über Kulmbach auf die Plassenburg – Foto: DYVER, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blick_auf_Kulmbach_und_die_Plassenburg_-_Panorama.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_commons_Plassenburg_5_6ae4ef10507fb230a4a21137_03785236699049b7b542f4620847e066.png) — [Image: Die beleuchtete Plassenburg bei Nacht – Foto: Arek Sztama, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arek_jpg_1_.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_commons_Plassenburg_6_6ae4ef10507fb230a4a21137_d313d82c30e74804b54800860a2ad235.jpg) — [Image: Der Schöne Hof der Plassenburg mit seinen Arkaden – Foto: GFreihalter, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kulmbach_Plassenburg_Sch%C3%B6ner_Hof_593.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_commons_Plassenburg_7_6ae4ef10507fb230a4a21137_f0f4d0c35ada4bb0890521712dce1305.jpg) — [Image: Panorama des Schönen Hofs – Foto: ErwinMeier, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kulmbach_Plassenburg_06.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_commons_Plassenburg_8_6ae4ef10507fb230a4a21137_009a942d2a334ae7858812d78fd1d901.jpg) — [Image: Arkaden mit Reliefschmuck im Schönen Hof – Foto: Benreis, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plassenburg_Sch%C3%B6ner_Hof_\(2\).JPG)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_commons_Plassenburg_9_6ae4ef10507fb230a4a21137_69bd6e2e5c364511ae3660aadc62a616.jpg) — [Image: Westportal zum Schönen Hof – Foto: ErwinMeier, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kulmbach_Plassenburg_05.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_commons_Plassenburg_10_6ae4ef10507fb230a4a21137_5fbc52fc4bc440c7a20d59bdb6067d88.jpg) — [Image: Sonnenuhr im Schönen Hof – Foto: ErwinMeier, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kulmbach_Plassenburg_07.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_commons_Plassenburg_11_6ae4ef10507fb230a4a21137_1e73f72ddfa74460ac508bb9c3d48460.jpg) — [Image: Christiansportal im Kasernenhof der Plassenburg – Foto: DYVER, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Christiansportal_im_Kasernenhof_der_Plassenburg.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_commons_Plassenburg_12_6ae4ef10507fb230a4a21137_c3ddacb9cea24e66b7454432759b7459.jpg) — [Image: Auffahrt zur Plassenburg – Foto: DYVER, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Auffahrt_zur_Plassenburg.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_commons_Plassenburg_13_6ae4ef10507fb230a4a21137_afbf08e771cb44a18a95e47f2554b0b5.jpg) — [Image: Altar der Burgkapelle der Plassenburg – Foto: JensKunstfreund, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blick_auf_den_Altar_\(Burgkapelle_-_Plassenburg\).jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_commons_Plassenburg_14_6ae4ef10507fb230a4a21137_a9bca363f58349feb8e23200b4b74448.jpg) — [Image: Zinnfiguren im Deutschen Zinnfigurenmuseum auf der Plassenburg – Foto: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_great_army_\(25129327701\).jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_commons_Plassenburg_15_6ae4ef10507fb230a4a21137_53cb25f2ab1840f8a175a0977d725b73.jpg) — [Image: Diorama mit Zinnfiguren: Kreuzritter stürmen eine Burg – Foto: Thomas Quine, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crusaders_attack_Saracen_castle_\(25177856334\).jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_commons_Plassenburg_16_6ae4ef10507fb230a4a21137_4fc98be079d54a4587319f40f4c9e401.jpg) — [Image: Die Plassenburg und Kulmbach um 1648, Kupferstich aus der Topographia Franconiae von Matthäus Merian – gemeinfrei, via Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:De_Merian_Frankoniae_049.jpg)

Spots like this one are the stops myTuur strings into tours through Kulmbach. In the app, each story begins where you stand: walk up to a spot and it starts, read it on screen or listen as you go, then follow the route to the next one.

## What is myTuur?

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