178 BACK ROADS GERMANY
Right Outdoor café outside tall, half-timbered
houses, Ochsenfurt Below Vineyards near
the small town of MarkbreitWHERE TO STAYMARKTBREIT
Zum Löwen moderate
Located close to the Rathaus, the rooms
at this splendid half-timbered inn vary
in style from rustic to elegant.
Marktstrasse 8, 97340; 09332 505 40;
http://www.zum-hotel-loewen.deOCHSENFURT
Gasthof zum Bären inexpensive
This traditional hotel and restaurant at
the entrance to Ochsenfurt’s old town
has 24 refurbished rooms, each with
an en suite bathroom and TV.
Hauptstrasse 74, 97199; 09331 86 60;
http://www.hotel-baeren-ochsenfurt.deWÜRZBURG
Zur Stadt Mainz moderate
Housed above a wonder fully
traditional restaurant, this family-
run hotel has 15 comfortable rooms
with en suite bathrooms and TV.
Semmelstrasse 39, 97070; 0931 531 55;
http://www.hotel-stadtmainz.de
Hotel Rebstock expensive
With a magnificent Rococo façade and
a history that goes back to 1408, this
hotel has individually designed rooms
in a tasteful, contempo rary style. The
restaurant is one of Würzburg’s best.
Neubaustrasse 7, 97070; 0931 309 30;
http://www.rebstock.deASCHAFFENBURG
Wilder Mann moderate
On the edge of the old town, this is
a historic four-star hotel that has 74
en suite rooms. The 600-year-old, half-
timbered Goldener Karpfen opposite
is run by the same group.
Löherstrasse 51, 63739; 06021 30 20;
http://www.hotels-wilder-mann.det Ochsenfurt
Bavaria; 97199
Though its outskirts are somewhat
disfigured by the sugar works for
which it is known, Ochsenfurt pre-
serves a wonderful historic Altstadt
(old town) behind high medieval
walls. The focal point is the 16th-
cen tury Rathaus, with a clock upon
which miniature figures perform eachr Marktbreit
Bavaria; 97340
Marktbreit was once a significant
center for trade between the Main
and the Danube. With a splendid
gabled Renaissance Rathaus
of chateau-like proportions
and a number of impos ing
merchants’ houses, this
town has an archi tectural
heritage that out shines its
relatively mod est present-
day importance. It was the
birthplace of the psychiatrist and
neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer
(1864–1915), after whom the
degenerative brain disease is named.
ª Take Ochsenfurter Strasse,
following signs for Stadtmitte (city
center) to Ochsenfurt’s old town.VISITING WÜRZBURGParking
The 600-space Marktgarage
underground parking lot, beneath
the Marktplatz, is near the tourist
information office.
Tourist Information
Falkenhaus, Marktplatz 9, 97070; 0931
37 23 98; http://www.wuerzburg.de; Jan–
Mar: open Mon–Sat; Apr–Dec: open
Mon–Sat; May–Oct: open dailyhour. The 14th–15th-century
Stadtpfarrkirche St. Andreas,
St. Andreas’s church, con tains a statue
of St. Nicholas by sculptor Tilman
Riemenschneider (1460–1531), while
along side the wall is the Palatium,
the seat of the Würzburg cathedral
chapter between 1334 and 1810.
ª Cross the Main on the B13 and
continue to Würzburg.Franconian Wine
Würzburg’s traditional Weinstuben
(wine bars) are excellent places to
try Franconia’s dry white wines,
which are as distinctive as the
stubby Bocksbeutel in which they
are bottled. The climate encou rages
the use of earlier-ripening grape
varieties, with Silvaner being the
best known; Müller-Thurgau, also
known as Rivaner, and Bacchus are
also popular as well. Red wines are
grown in the western part of the
region, close to Aschaffenburg.y Würzburg
Bavaria; 97070
One of Franconia’s finest historic
cities, Würzburg rose from the ashes
after being destroyed in World War II.
It was the home of sculp tor Tilman
Riemenschneider and his wood-
carvings can be seen at the
Mainfränkisches Museum (closed
Mon) in the Marienberg fort-
ress above the city. The 18th-
cen tury Residenz (open daily)
is Bavaria’s most enchanting
Baroque palace, designed
by the German archi tect
Balthasar Neumann
and the Viennese archi-
tect Johann Lukas von
Hildebrandt for Prince-Bishop Johann
Philipp Franz von Schönborn.
ª Take the B8, following signs to
Marktheidenfeld. At Marktheidenfeld,Sculpture in Würzburg’s
magnificent Residenz