Aub: Medieval Townscape and Franconian Hospital Museum

Aub is located in the Gollach Valley. The destination combines a preserved medieval townscape with the Franconian Hospital Museum and marked pilgrim routes. These themes offer a practical guide when choosing your stay: you can focus on architecture, the history of social care, or pilgrim routes.

Medieval Townscape and Market Square Ensemble

Aub has preserved its medieval townscape, with half-timbered houses featuring pointed gables. A distinctive architectural highlight is the unified market square ensemble: it includes a Late Gothic town hall, a Baroque Marian column, and numerous impressive half-timbered and burgher houses. Together, these different elements show how the character of the square is shaped not by a single building alone, but by the interplay of the town hall, column, and houses.

The parish church offers another glimpse of art, with its Crucifixion group by Tilman Riemenschneider. While the market square ensemble is shaped by several buildings and the Marian column, a specific named work of art takes center stage here. Architecture and art can thus be seen as distinct cultural highlights in Aub.

Hospital History at the Franconian Hospital Museum

The Franconian Hospital Museum Aub presents the history of hospitals in Franconia across 1,500 m² of exhibition space, from the perspectives of art, culture, social history, and religious devotion. It is housed in the Gothic core building of the hospital and includes the church as well as the patient or church rooms. The building and the exhibition theme are therefore both central: the museum explores the hospital as a historic place while offering different perspectives on its history.

Using the “Seven Works of Mercy” as a starting point, the museum introduces the idea of the hospital and offers a glimpse into historical perspectives on social security and care. This approach complements Aub’s artistic and architectural history with an exploration of the social and religious aspects of hospital history. If you find these connections especially interesting, you can make the museum a focus alongside the townscape.

Town Walk and Pilgrim Routes

Four marked pilgrim routes pass through Aub: the Way of St. James, the Via Romea, the Kunigundenweg, and the Franconian Marian Route. The four names offer different starting points for planning a themed trip. As conditions along the routes may change, it is advisable to check their current status before setting out.

For finding your way around the town, there is another option: a town map with a town walk is located at the entrance to the Aub library. This walk is focused on exploring Aub, while the four marked pilgrim routes are separate routes that pass through the town. This lets you choose between a walk centered on the townscape and the pilgrim routes as a separate travel theme.

Further Perspectives in the Wider Würzburg Destination

Elsewhere in the wider Würzburg destination, other places offer their own cultural highlights. In Ochsenfurt, the historic old town is surrounded by an almost complete fortification system with numerous town gates and towers. Its New Town Hall dates from the 15th century; its small tower, the Lanzentürmchen, contains a clock with figurines and a moon phase display. These examples draw attention to fortification architecture and a distinctive detail of the town hall. Aub has its own highlights in its market square ensemble, parish church, and Franconian Hospital Museum. This allows you to distinguish the subjects that interest you in Aub from other cultural attractions in the wider Würzburg destination.

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