Bergfried

Schloss Wörth stands on the left bank of the Main at the southern edge of Wörth am Main, a small town in Lower Franconia. It began as a medieval lowland castle and grew over centuries into a four-winged Renaissance residence. The old bergfried, or keep, formed the core of the complex, its 20-metre height marking the skyline. The site reached its peak in the 1620s under Count Adam Philipp XI of Cronberg, who remodelled it after Schloss Johannisburg. After destruction in the Thirty Years War and later flooding, the buildings were repaired but never regained their former importance. By the late 18th century the castle was sold into private hands and, in 1843, put up for sale or demolition. Only the keep with its Renaissance portal survived, embedded today within modern factory buildings. Visitors can still see the 20-metre bergfried rising among industrial structures. Its sandstone walls bear traces of a 1916 fire and later restoration. Archaeologists are now uncovering further remains as a new residential quarter takes shape on the site.