View of Johannisburg Castle

Johannisburg Castle is an important landmark of Aschaffenburg.

Johannisburg Palace, the second residence of the Electoral Archbishops of Mainz until 1803, is located in the center of Aschaffenburg on the banks of the Main. The mighty four-wing complex, built between 1605 and 1614 under Archbishop Johann Schweikard von Kronberg, is one of the most important palace buildings of the late German Renaissance. For this new building, the Strasbourg master builder Georg Ridinger only took over the keep as the fifth tower from the medieval predecessor castle. At the end of the 18th century, the interior of the castle was redesigned in a classical style according to plans by the architect Emanuel Joseph von Herigoyen. After the heavy destruction in the Second World War, the exterior of the castle first had to be restored before the first showrooms and collections with the rescued pieces of furniture could be reopened in 1964.

Good view of the breakfast temple near the pompeianum