On this episode of Searching for History, Erin, my brother Sterlin and I visit Würzburg, Germany. People have lived in the Würzburg area since the bronze age. The town of Würzburg was founded in 742 when Saint Boniface appointed the first bishop of Würzburg. Around the end of the 12th century when Würzburg was the seat of a bishop, Kaiser Barbarossa, the Holy Roman Emperor came here to get the bishop’s approval for a divorce. The bishop granted the divorce and Barbarossa thanked him by making the bishop the secular ruler of Franconia. At that point the bishop of Würzburg became the prince-bishop of Würzburg. In the early 1700s the prince-bishop vacated the Marienberg Fortress on the hill overlooking the city, to move down to his new palatial Residence. In this episode we visit the Würzburg Residence, walk down the Domstrasse, check out the medieval Old Main Bridge, take a look at the Festung Marienberg and end our time at the Würzburger Dom.
Music Attributions
Song 1: To the Top by Silent Partner (KZread Audio Library License, no attribution is required)
Song 2: A Baroque Letter by Aaron Kenny (KZread Audio Library License, no attribution is required)
Song 3: The Golden Present by Jesse Gallagher (KZread Audio Library License, no attribution is required)
Song 4: Fractal of Light by Chris Haugen (KZread Audio Library License, no attribution is required)
Song 5: Drifting at 432 Hz by Unicorn Heads (KZread Audio Library License, no attribution is required)
Image Attributions
Image 1: “Nuremberg chronicles - HERBIPOLIS,” by Michel Wolgemut, Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, date 1493, located at: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi.... This work is in the public domain.
Image 2: “Braun & Hogenberg - Braun Würzburg UBHD,” Source: Universität Heidelberg, date 1572, located at: picryl.com/media/braun-wurzbu.... This work is in the public domain.
Image 3: “Dankaerts-Historis-9309,” by Matthäus Merian the Elder, date 1642, located: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi.... This work is in the public domain.
Image 4: “Us-luftbild 1945 wuerzburg stadtmitte no.7065,“ by United States Army Air Force, date November 4, 1945, located at: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi.... This work is in the public domain.