Last Updated: May 2026
Würzburg sits in the heart of Franconian wine country along the Main River — a city of extraordinary depth, where a magnificent Baroque palace, a medieval hilltop fortress, and one of Germany’s most beautiful old bridges coexist with a vibrant university town energy and some of the finest white wines in the country. We arrived from Wertheim aboard the River Duchess, sailing upriver along the Main to dock in Würzburg. Sandy and I had been looking forward to this stop since Frankfurt — the Würzburger Residenz alone is worth the journey, and Würzburg delivered far more than even that world-class landmark. Its origins trace back to a Celtic settlement around 1000 BC, evolving through Roman, Frankish, and medieval influences to become one of Bavaria’s most significant religious and architectural treasures.
