Dietzhof Castle

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Dietzhof Castle
Creation time : Mentioned in 1433
Castle type : Niederungsburg, location
Conservation status: Burgstall, built-up remains
Place: People Bach - Dietzhof
Geographical location 49 ° 42 '5.1 "  N , 11 ° 9' 47.7"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 42 '5.1 "  N , 11 ° 9' 47.7"  E
Dietzhof Castle (Bavaria)
Dietzhof Castle

The castle Dietzhof is an Outbound high medieval moated castle on the site of house no. 42 in Dietzhof , in the municipality Leutenbach in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria .

Two barrel-vaulted rooms of the castle mentioned in 1433, whose owners are called the Lords of Stiebar , are built into the barn of the house. In the south wall there were loopholes and west of it are the remains of the ring ditch .

literature

  • Hellmut Kunstmann : The castles of south-western Franconian Switzerland. Representations from the Franconian History 28, publications of the Society for Franconian History Series IX, Insingen 1990.

Web links

  • Entry on Dietzhof in the private database "Alle Burgen".