Tauberfränkisches Landschaftsmuseum im Kurmainzischen Schloss
Formerly the seat of the Mainz Oberamtmann. Castle with two Gothic hallways, late 13th century to 16th century. In 17 rooms: sacred art, furniture from the Renaissance, Baroque to Biedermeier, traditional peasant costumes, furniture, household and craft utensils, pipe collection, prehistoric collection from the Palaeolithic to the Franconian conquest; Grünewald altar from Tauberbischofsheim from 1524 (copy).
The Kurmainzische Schloss developed from a royal court that had existed since the early Middle Ages and, in its oldest Romanesque components, was a medieval fortification, a castle surrounded by a moat.
After Bischofsheim (this was the name of the town until the mid-19th century - see the medieval initials.s - see the medieval initial "B" in the margin) finally fell to Electorate Mainz in 1237, the early Gothic construction phase under Archbishop Werner von Eppstein of Mainz around 1280 saw the construction of the keep, today's landmark of the town, and the main building of the c
⏖ Schlossplatz 7 97941 Tauberbischofsheim