Oct 18 2104 Sulzfeld to Volkach    We left the Deustches Haus hotel in Kitzingen and rode back down river to Sulzfeld, a village we  wanted to see but it's on an alternative trail and just never got around to it.   Sulzfeld has a still intact wall around the old town.

J leaving Deustches Haus in Kitzingen

J riding thru the gate into Sulzfeld

The Rathaus 

Cute house 

In most towns in Germany the is list of the fallen that came from the village.  This is just part of the list.  The village must have lost a lot of men.  Some towns will have monuments to the 1890, WW1 and WW2.   

The oldest house in Sulzfeld

The wall towers sometimes are in private hands and are turned in to homes or rentals

Nice landscaping along the wall

The wall and another home built in the wall.

Village street.

Home built into the wall

The village was really quiet.  Hardly a car.  But parking is hard to  find.

A tower along the wall

We left Sulzfeld and rode back to Kitzingen.  And stopped in the Market so J could do her usual wandering around  looking in shop windows.

Market place in Kitzingen

We rode on to Dettelbach and we got off the trail to see The pilgrimage and sanctuary church "Maria am Sand".  But we had  to climb a steep hill.  Dettelbach has a  wall around it also.

The portal of Maria am Sand

Plaque saying the church was started in 1506.  

We went inside and an organist was playing.  We were the only ones there to hear it.  Along the wall of the nave are stories of miracles that happened because o people praying in the church.   This the baroque "Altar of Grace"

Altar piece at Maria am Sand

After wandering thru the church J sat in the sun and cracked and ate walnuts we had found along the trail.  

By Nordheim we stopped and took a picture of the grape vines starting to change.

Between Nordheim and Volkach there is rafting.  Here was a large canoe going by.   This section of the main does not have ship traffic.  There is a canal that goes around this section.  

We got to Volkach in time for theSaturdays fishfest.  We had some federweissen naturally.  We will be back for the second day  of the fest.