Wülzburg is a historical fortress of the Renaissance -age in Germany . It is about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) east of the center of Weißenburg in Bayern . It stands on a hill 200 metres (660 ft) above Weißenburg, at an elevation of 630.5 metres (2,069 ft), and was originally a Benedictine monastery dating from the 11th century.
6-578: It is one of the best-preserved Renaissance fortresses in Germany. Today it is as Ortsteil (locality) a part of the city of Weißenburg. It was converted into a fortress from 1588 to 1605 by George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach . In the 19th century it was a garrison of the Bavarian Army . During World War I, Charles DeGaulle was imprisoned at the Wülzburg. The Nazis also used it as
12-563: A prison camp during World War II; it was here that the Czech composer Erwin Schulhoff was held for over a year before he died of TB . After the war it was a refugee camp . 49°1′32″N 11°0′19″E / 49.02556°N 11.00528°E / 49.02556; 11.00528 This article about a Bavarian building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen location article
18-475: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a castle in Germany is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach George Frederick of Brandenburg-Ansbach ( German : Georg Friedrich der Ältere ; 5 April 1539 in Ansbach – 25 April 1603) was Margrave of Ansbach and Bayreuth , as well as Regent of Prussia . He
24-791: The death of his cousin Albert Alcibiades in 1557, also in Kulmbach . He took over the administration of the Duchy of Prussia in 1577, when the then-reigning Duke Albert Frederick became ill. He was the last of the old Franconia line of the House of Hohenzollern. Upon his death Ansbach and Kulmbach were inherited by younger princes of the Brandenburg line according to the House Treaty of Gera of 1598. George Frederick rebuilt
30-777: The palace and fortress of Plassenburg , which had been destroyed in the Second Margrave War (1552–1554). It became one of the most impressive residences of the Renaissance in Germany. He also built the fortress of Wülzburg and the old palace in Bayreuth . During his reign between 1557 and 1603 in the Franconian territories of the Hohenzollern (Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach) he kept peace, rebuilt cities and castles, founded several schools and
36-527: Was the son of George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and a member of the House of Hohenzollern . He married firstly, in 1559, Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Küstrin (29 August 1540 – 8 March 1578). He married secondly, in 1579, Sophie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (30 October 1563 – 1639), daughter of William of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Dorothea of Denmark . George Frederick reigned in his native Ansbach , Franconia and Jägerndorf , Upper Silesia since 1556 and, after
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