Wolkenstein Castle (Franconian Switzerland)

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Selva castle stable
Burgstall Wolkenstein - remains of a wall or a tower

Burgstall Wolkenstein - remains of a wall or a tower

Creation time : Probably not until the 15th century
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Wolkenstein near Ebermannstadt
Geographical location 49 ° 45 '19 "  N , 11 ° 14' 24"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 45 '19 "  N , 11 ° 14' 24"  E
Height: 455  m above sea level NN
Wolkenstein Castle (Bavaria)
Wolkenstein Castle

The Selva Castle was a late medieval aristocratic castle in the village of Selva, part of the town of Ebermannstadt in the Forchheim district in Bavaria . The Burgstall is privately owned and cannot be entered.

Geographical location

The castle stable of the Spornburg is located in the southwestern part of the village of Selva on a mountain spur of the Thosberg protruding to the southwest at an altitude of 455 meters, about 4.8 kilometers east of the Pretzfeld church .

To the south of the former Wolkenstein castle lies the Eberhardstein castle stable in the Altenthalbach valley, to the southeast the Wichsenstein castle stable and west of the Dietrichstein castle stable via Lützelsdorf.

History of the castle

Coat of arms of the Aufseß according to Siebmacher's book of arms

The time of construction and the builder of the castle are unknown. It was first mentioned in a document in 1470 .

The castle, which was probably always free, had been in the possession of the Freiherr von Aufseß since the beginning of the 15th century . Conrad IX. von Aufseß was held prisoner at Altenburg during a feud with Bamberg's bishop Georg I von Schaumberg (1459–1475) , and in 1470 he had to grant the bishop the right to open the Wolkenstein castle.

In the period that followed, several members of the Aufseß family bore the name “Wolkenstein”.

It is doubtful whether the castle was destroyed in the Peasants' War in 1525 , as a reference from 1624 claims . It is not included in the otherwise very detailed lists of the destroyed castles. This could mean that the castle was already destroyed or dilapidated by then.

description

Only small remains of the wall on a rock remain from the medieval complex.

literature

  • Walter Heinz: Former noble residences in the Trubach valley . Palm and Enke Verlag, Erlangen / Jena 1996, ISBN 3-7896-0554-9 , pp. 236-243.
  • Gustav Voit, Walter Rüfer: A castle trip through Franconian Switzerland - In the footsteps of the draftsman AF Thomas Ostertag , 2nd edition, Verlag Palm & Enke, Erlangen 1991, ISBN 3-7896-0064-4 , pp. 238–241.
  • Hellmut Kunstmann : The castles of south-western Franconian Switzerland . 2nd edition, Kommissionsverlag Degener & Co, Neustadt an der Aisch 1990, pp. 284–288.