Lohr Castle (Insingen)

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Lohr Castle
Creation time : Medieval
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: Burgstall, remains of a moat
Place: Insingen - Lohr
Geographical location 49 ° 19 '41 .1 "  N , 10 ° 10' 23.1"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 19  '41.1 " N , 10 ° 10' 23.1"  E
Lohr Castle (Bavaria)
Lohr Castle

The castle Lohr is an Outbound medieval lowland castle in Lohr , a modern district of the municipality Insingen in Ansbach in Bavaria .

The castle site is about 370 meters southeast to east-southeast of the church in Lohr im Lohrbachtal , north on the road to Bockenfeld .

From the castle complex, which was destroyed along with the village in 1381, a residence of the Lords of Lohr, remains of moats are still preserved.

literature

  • Ruth Bach-Damaskinos, Jürgen Schabel, Sabine Kothes: Palaces and castles in Middle Franconia. A complete representation of all palaces, manors, castles and ruins in the Central Franconian independent cities and districts . Verlag A. Hoffmann, Nuremberg 1993, ISBN 3-87191-186-0
  • Hans Karlmann Ramisch: District of Rothenburg ob der Tauber (=  Bavarian art monuments . Volume 25 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1967, DNB  457879254 , p. 70 .

Web links

  • Entry on Lohr Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".