part of the cathedral. One of them now stands in Mainz�s cathedral square, a gift to the city on the occasion of the cathedral�s thousandth anniversary in 1975. It bears an explanatory plaque.
Miltenberg has an historical Old Town featuring many timber-frame houses. In 1912 and 1955, Miltenberg acquired lands over on the Main�s right bank to expand the town.
The castle has been under the town�s ownership since 1979. In 1971, the outside was renovated, beginning a years-long renovation and restoration project. In the castle�s inner ward stands the der Teutonenstein, a 5 m-tall sandstone column whose inscription�s meaning is to this day a puzzle.
In 2006 the town gained national fame through Auxiliary Bishop Ulrich Boom�s 20-minute-long bellringing performance during a National Democratic Party of Germany rally, which disrupted the extreme rightwing party�s proceedings
