Section fortification Bischofsgraben
| Section fortification Bischofsgraben | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Oberwiesentfels Castle (?) | |
| Creation time : | Prehistoric and probably from the Middle Ages, first mentioned in 1469 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Castle stable, wall and moat remains | |
| Place: | Königsfeld - Treunitz - "Bischofsgraben" | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 57 '28.5 " N , 11 ° 12' 24.4" E | |
| Height: | 447 m above sea level NHN | |
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The section fortification Bischofsgraben is a defunct prehistoric section fortification (Wallburg), in which a castle, which could be the castle Oberwiesentfels , was probably built during the High Middle Ages . It is located at 447 m above sea level. NHN near Königsfeld in the Bamberg district in Bavaria .
The stable of the section castle is located on a dolomite rock spur on the west bank of the Wiesent about 20 to 25 meters steeply above the Bischofsgraben, a side valley of the Wiesent, about 700 meters west of Wiesentfels and 1100 meters southeast of Treunitz .
Several section walls and remains of moats have been preserved from the former fortification .
literature
- Rainer Hofmann (edit.): Guide to archaeological monuments in Germany, Volume 20: Franconian Switzerland . Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-8062-0586-8 , pp. 193-194.
- Björn-Uwe Abels : Guide to archaeological monuments in Bavaria, Franconia Volume 2: Archaeological Guide Upper Franconia . Konrad Theiss Verlag , Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-8062-0373-3 , pp 152-153.
- Hellmut Kunstmann : The castles of north-western and northern Franconian Switzerland . Reprint of the 1972 edition. Kommissionsverlag Degener & Co, Neustadt an der Aisch 2000, ISBN 3-7686-9265-5 , pp. 125–127.
- Klaus Schwarz: The prehistoric and early historical monuments in Upper Franconia . (Material booklets on Bavarian prehistory, series B, volume 5). Verlag Michael Laßleben , Kallmünz 1955, pp. 84-85.
Web links
- Entry on Treunitz (Bischofsgraben) in the private database "Alle Burgen".
Individual evidence
Castles: Aschbach Castle | Upper Castle (Bischberg) | Lower Castle (Bischberg) | Burgellern Castle | Burggrub Castle | Burgwindheim Castle | Upper Castle (Buttenheim) | Lower Castle (Buttenheim) | Daschendorf Castle | Elsendorf Castle | Frensdorf Castle | Grasmannsdorf Castle | Greifenstein Castle | Kirchschletten Castle | Königsfeld Castle | Mainschlösschen | Moated Castle Pommersfelden | Reckendorf Castle | Moated Castle Reckendorf | Reichmannsdorf Palace | Sambach Castle | Sassanfahrt Castle | Schadeck Castle | Scheßlitz nursing home | Seehaus Castle | Seehof Castle (Marquardsburg Castle) | Moated Castle Thüngfeld | Trabelsdorf Castle | Treppendorf Castle | Trunstadt Castle | Tütschengereuth Castle | Unterleiterbach Castle | Weißenstein Castle | Wernsdorf Castle | Wingersdorf Castle
Castles and ruins: Giech castle ruins | Gügel Castle (exited) | Heroldstein Castle (exited) | Lisberg Castle | Niedersenftenberg Castle (exited) | Rothenstein Castle (exited) | Castle ruin step mountain | Veilbronn Castle (exited) | Windeck Castle (exited)
Tower hill castles (all gone): Tower Hill Buchenberg | Burglesau tower hill | Grasmannsdorf tower hill | Tower hill run | Tower Hill Obermelsendorf | Obersenftenberg Castle | Roschlaub Tower Hill | Helfenroth Castle (Castle Hill) | Tower Hill Castle Hill (Seehöflein) | Schlössleshöppel tower hill | Seeleiten Tower Hill | Stegaurach tower hill | Steinsdorf tower hill | Stolzenroth Tower Hill | Tower Hill Wölkendorf | Zoggendorf Tower Hill (Zoggenreuth Castle)
Manor houses: Amtshaus Baunach | Untermanndorf Manor | Zückshut manor
Castle stables (lost, unknown castles): Burgstall Am Schwedenfelsen | Burgstall am Lohberg | Section fortification Bischofsgraben (Oberwiesentfels Castle?) | Section fortification Brandiger Knock | Ringwall Burgebrach | Ringwall castle chair | Section fortification Dragonerspitz | Burgstall Freudeneck | Burgstall Friesener Warte | Section fortification Ha-Knock | Burgstall Harziger Stein | Section fastening Herrenknock | Burgstall High Stone | Burgstall Huppendorf | Burgstall Kemmern | Burgstall Ketschendorf | Burgstall Ketschenstein | Section fastening Knock | Burgstall Liebenau | Section fortification Oberngrub | Burgstall Roth | Section fortification Schellenberg | Ringwall Schwedenschanze | Burgstall Seigelstein | Burgstall Stolzenroth | Burgstall Unterleiterbach | Section fortification Wolfsgrube | Zwirstein fortification section
Fortified churches: Fortified church Heiligenstadt (St. Veit and St. Michaels) | Fortified church Herzogenreuth (St. Nikolaus) | Fortified church Hohenpölz (St. Laurentius) | Fortified church Königsfeld (St. James the Elder and Katharina)