Steinburg Castle, Würzburg

Architecture

Castle-like building of 1897/98 high above the famous Würzburger Stein vineyard – once the clubhouse of the artists' society "Roßperger", today a hotel.

Interesting facts

A wine merchant gave it the name "Schloss Steinburg" around 1900.
The house was originally the meeting place of the artists' society "Roßperger".
It has been a hotel since 1958.

Why visit

Setting above the Würzburger Stein vineyard
Late 19th-century castle romanticism

Steinburg Castle (Schloss Steinburg) stands above the famous Würzburger Stein vineyard in the Grombühl district. The Würzburg architect and builder Andreas Pfannes erected the castle-like building in 1897 and 1898 in a Gothic-inspired style: a three-storey complex of rusticated limestone masonry with oriels, projections and towers with conical and pyramid roofs.

The house was originally the clubhouse of the artists’ society “Roßperger”. Around 1900 the wine merchant J. W. Meuschel bought it and named it “Schloss Steinburg”. The building was simplified in 1937. It has been used as a hotel since 1958, and in 2012 the conference centre “Refugium” was added. The building is a listed monument.

History

Built 1897/98 by Andreas Pfannes as the clubhouse of the artists' society "Roßperger", bought around 1900 by the wine merchant J. W. Meuschel and named "Schloss Steinburg", simplified in 1937, a hotel since 1958, extended with the "Refugium" conference centre in 2012.

Special features

Gothic-inspired building of rusticated limestone with towers, oriels and projections above the vineyards of the Würzburger Stein.

Practical information

Suitable for: Visitors interested in architecture, vineyard walkers.
Getting there: Above the Würzburger Stein vineyard in the Grombühl district. The building is a hotel; tours of the interior are not described as a public offer.

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