# innere Burg

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The Innere Burg forms the oldest, walled core of Festung Marienberg above Würzburg, with a central courtyard and Marienkirche. Old residential buildings stand beside defensive walls and the octagonal Bibra staircase tower. Vineyards cover the surrounding slopes, while gardens and parks extend below the fortress.

People settled this hill during the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age, leaving pottery shards in the courtyard. Frankish rulers used the fortified hill by the sixth century. A convent stood here around 700, followed by a six-metre wooden-and-clay defence under Charlemagne, according to tradition. Stone walls emerged during the Staufer period, between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. Konrad von Querfurt added a high ring wall, covered walkway, moat, and western drawbridge. Prince-bishops established their court here in the thirteenth century, then added towers and buildings.

Late medieval walls gained strength against firearms, and a cannon appears in fortress records from 1347. A 1572 fire destroyed parts of the castle, including its library. Julius Echter rebuilt the south wing and Marienkirche, while later baroque bastions followed the Swedish occupation of 1631. Museum für Franken presents Franconian art, prehistoric finds, and wine culture, while Fürstenbaumuseum preserves princely rooms and treasures. Centuries of settlement remain visible in the pottery shards found beneath the central courtyard.

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