Vorderreuth Castle

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Vorderreuth Castle
Creation time : Medieval
Castle type : Niederungsburg, moth
Conservation status: Burgstall, tower hill, moat, wall
Place: Stadtsteinach - Vorderreuth
Geographical location 50 ° 11 '38.3 "  N , 11 ° 29' 58.9"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 11 '38.3 "  N , 11 ° 29' 58.9"  E
Height: 580  m above sea level NHN
Vorderreuth Castle (Bavaria)
Vorderreuth Castle

The castle front Reuth is an Outbound medieval motte 440 meters north-northeast of the local Church of front Reuth , a modern suburb of Stadtsteinach in the Bavarian district of Kulmbach .

The tower hill with a diameter of eight meters and the moat with outer wall are still preserved from the former moth enclosure.

literature

  • Rüdiger Bauriedel, Ruprecht Konrad: Medieval fortifications and noble residences in the district of Kulmbach . Published by the district of Kulmbach, Neudrossenfeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-033354-5 , pp. 198 and 232.
  • Denis André Chevalley (arr.): Upper Franconia . Ed .: Michael Petzet , Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (=  Monuments in Bavaria . Volume IV ). Oldenbourg, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-486-52395-3 .
  • Klaus Schwarz: The prehistoric and early historical monuments in Upper Franconia . (Material booklets on Bavarian prehistory, series B, volume 5). Michael Laßleben , Kallmünz 1955, p. 152.

Web links

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