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===Sights=== The main sights of Aschaffenburg are the [[Schloss Johannisburg]], built 1605–1614 by Archbishop [[Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg]], which contains a library with a number of [[incunabulum|incunabula]], a collection of engravings and paintings; the [[Pompejanum]], a replica of a Roman town house discovered in [[Pompeii]] commissioned by King Ludwig I. and opened in 1850; the [[St. Peter und Alexander (Aschaffenburg)|St. Peter und Alexander]] [[collegiate church]], founded in the second half of the 10th century, but dating in the main from the early 12th century on, in which are preserved various monuments by the [[Vischer Family of Nuremberg|Vischers]], a sarcophagus with the relics of [[Margaret the Virgin|Saint Margaret]], and a painting by [[Matthias Grünewald]]; the [[Order of Friars Minor Capuchin|Capuchin]] hospital; a theatre, which was formerly a house of the [[Teutonic Knights|Teutonic Order]]; several mansions of the nobility; and the historical old town. Across the river are the Park and Schloss [[Schönbusch (Aschaffenburg)|Schönbusch]]. The graves of [[Clemens Brentano]] and his brother [[Christian Brentano]] (died 1851) and that of [[Wilhelm Heinse]] can be found in the ''Altstadtfriedhof'' (Old Town Cemetery).<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Aschaffenburg |volume=2 |page=720}}</ref>
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