European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Above it Irmburg hugs both wants of the main Valley far Eft the City s 1sfh-Cennry old Crane delights modern Day engineers if it the famed fun Ken wine bocks Cutet or be/weo1 bottle. Guided Tours of the resident there Are no longer English language guides also include glimpses of the staterooms Many redone in Empire style for visits by no Poteon in the 19th Century. The resident is open Dairy except monday 9 . To 5 . I am april through september and 10 . To 4 . The rest of the year. Entry is 3.50 Marks or about $1.50. Behind the building Are the fabulous court gardens covering nearly three City blocks. Crisp lawns and roses color the lower stretches thick shrubbery and an Arbor walk decorated with the cherubic figures of court Sculp Lif Peter Wagner cover the Garden s upper Levels. Entry to the hardens is through the ornate Gates of court Locksmith Lunn egg. The gardens Are open daily to the Public at no charge and usually remain open until dusk. The Fine fountains and sculptured shrubbery of the Southern gardens can be viewed sitting Down from the resident Gasthaus on the right of the parking lot. The meals Here Are nothing fancy mostly Good German cuisine at reasonable prices but the menu does include a few Franken specialities bavarian Ham with Apple horseradish Lor 12.60 Marks about $4.25for example. The service is Friendly and usually f pm although the help slows Down around 3 . When the Coffee and take crush begins. The court Chapel entry is from a separate Entrance on the front Southern Wing is richly appointed in the viennese Brioc be style of Lucas von Hild Brandl. Tiepolo s the Angel and Assumption of the Virgin Del or Ite the Side Walls and the Lull Interior although lit from Only one Side sparkles under heavy Gilt. The Chapel is open daily without admission charge and services ire still held there on sunday. Within the South Wing of the resident i the Martin von Wagner museum founded by the son of the court sculptor in he 19th Century. A Large collection of greek pottery modern graphics and paintings is pm display. Entry is free. Although f or less spectacular in a baroque St me Marienburg the fortress overlooking the City is breath taking in its own right. Perched on a Hill on the far Side of the main the fortress served the Prince Bishops in two capacities Protection irom angry invaders and Protection from angry the political temperament of the town Over the centuries being a changeable As the course of the self wilted River main. The first fort tit Lions Here were celts around 1,000 b.c., when what was to become stir Hurt w. Is Little More than a crude fishing Village. The Prim e Bishops began their fortress in tar t3lh Enimo Wilb idler rulers adding their nun towers and lout Hes Vanenberg today i. A Hodgepodge of Art Hiles h e spanning More than 700 Unis. Thick Gray Battlene. Tii j a like spider s leg a Crest of the Hill while in in a red and Pale Ryllo a of the main buildings within catch the Sun at the Hill Crest. Art students from the University Are near fixtures at Marienburg sketching the jumbled design in the constantly changing hues of Light and season. However intimidating the Walls and approaches May seem Marienberg fell into invaders hands a number of times. The Mot notable defeat Here by the swedes in 1631, led to a four year reign by King Adolf. He plundered much of the Castle s Art and other treasures some of which can be seen in the Vatican today thanks to the generosity of Sweden s Queen Christine in the late 17th Century. The fortress did withstand the peasant revolt of 1525 when reports say the Rno auran with Wurzburger blood and local serfs tried to destroy the fortress by burrowing into Ike Hill and planting explosives. The sculptor Riemenschneider who took part in the revolt was imprisoned for a time in the Berg s Rande Sacker Tower built by the townspeople to penance for a previous and also unsuccessful revolt take most of .1 Day Ion a maj Irner s hulking Walls and Mynak its Lay Inlet Tine Imil to is Ami oddities including the Well building it covers a 100-Yard Chingis louver and the horse Pool Noble Surik one c i Coli h their hooves. Olp tic ular note ate the baroque a and conf Fiji to on pair i i m p e/n6er 26, 7905 stripes Nuj Ino
