| Originally fortified retreat of the Hallstatt period (about 1000 b.C.) 706:consecration of the Marienkirche. About 1200:foundation of the fortress. 1253 - 1719: residence of the Princebishops. 1482: main castle was encircled by medieval ring-wall with the Scherenberg gate. About 1600: Julius Echter rebuilt the fortress into a Renaissance palace, Echter bastion was built. |
