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Veitshöchheim Palace – Schenkenturm Observation Tower loop from Veitshöchheim

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Lower Franconia

Landkreis Würzburg

Veitshöchheim

Veitshöchheim Palace – Schenkenturm Observation Tower loop from Veitshöchheim

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Veitshöchheim Palace – Schenkenturm Observation Tower loop from Veitshöchheim

02:55

10.8km

140m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: February 17, 2026

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288 m

Veitshöchheim Palace

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The Veitshöchheim Castle is a former summer residence of the Prince-Bishops of Würzburg, later the kings of Bavaria, in Veitshöchheim near Würzburg. The castle complex is known for the surrounding Rococo garden.
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307 m

Königspavillon Veitshöchheim

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The King's Pavilion is part of the Veitshöchheim train station at kilometer 7.0 of the Würzburg-Aschaffenburg railway line (KBS 800).

Gottfried von Neureuther began planning the Veitshöchheim train station in 1853 in the style of an Italian Renaissance villa. Construction work was completed in 1855. The station is flanked by loggia-like flanking buildings with the King's Pavilion to the north, which was built directly on the main axis to Veitshöchheim Castle. This was connected to the reception building with a walkway. The idea was to create a representative waiting area for the Bavarian King Maximilian II Joseph of Bavaria when he got on or off the train in Veitshöchheim. However, he never used the building.

For the facade design, Gottfried von Neureuther chose carefully hewn yellow-white and red Heigenbrücken red sandstone and had it built in layers. Veitshöchheim received a particularly representative reception building as a station for the royal palace.

The station and the royal pavilion are now used by the municipal library in the station and the youth center of the Veitshöchheim community.

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3.23 km

View of the Vineyards and Roßberg Viaduct

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Good opportunity to walk in the vineyards (and taste a grape or two)

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3.88 km

Steinfrau (Stone Woman Sculpture)

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4.30 km

View of the Neuer Hafen (Würzburg)

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The New Harbor is an inland harbor (branch basin) with an industrial park in the Dürrbachau district in the west of Würzburg. It was put into operation in the autumn of 1940 after six years of construction. The harbor area has a total area of 87 hectares. Immediately adjacent is the river harbor, which is often included in the area of the New Harbor.

The city of Würzburg therefore took the financing into its own hands: in September 1933, the city council approved 110,000 Reichsmarks for the excavation of the harbor basin. The first contract for the excavation work went to the Würzburg construction company Buchner, which in particular provided construction supervision and equipment. Support was provided at times by the Reich Labor Service. [3] Several departments of the RAD-Gau 28 "Franken" were deployed on construction projects along the Main and usually dug the harbor basins using muscle power. The waste was transported away by field railways. [4] The groundbreaking ceremony took place on February 4, 1934. [2] However, the Würzburg construction company was not awarded the contract for the further expansion of the port - the contract was awarded to the Mannheim company Grün & Bilfinger in 1935. The further construction work in Dürrbachau cost the city six million Reichsmarks. [5]

The topping-out ceremony for the New Port took place on December 11, 1937. The new port was celebrated pompously by the National Socialists under Mayor Theo Memmel. A harbor basin up to 65 meters wide and over 3 meters deep was created, and there were numerous loading and storage facilities. These included three Reichsnahrungsstand silos. The tracks of the harbor railway provided a connection to the Reichsbahn. The first shipload was unloaded in the new harbor on September 27, 1940. The facilities officially went into operation on October 1, 1940. [2] In the years that followed, the port experienced an enormous turnover of goods, which was accompanied by a loss of importance of the Old Port.

During the bombing raids on Würzburg in 1945, the New Port was largely spared due to its location. [1] From 1946 to 1984, the Neckermann & Hofmann shipyard was located on Südliche Hafenstraße.

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4.55 km