Burgstein castle ruins

Burgstein castle ruins
Creation time :	around 1200
Castle type :	Niederungsburg
Conservation status:	Ruins
Standing position :	Ministeriale
Place:	Thierstein Black Hammer
Geographical location	50 ° 8 '14.6 "  N , 12 ° 5' 28.1"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 8 '14.6 "  N , 12 ° 5' 28.1"  E
Height:	500  m above sea level NN

The Burgstein castle ruins are the remains of a low castle between Hendel- and Kaiserhammer in the Wunsiedel district in the Fichtelgebirge .

The castle was built around a rocky plateau around 1200 as a small ministerial seat , probably for the von Notthracht family . Johann Theodor Benjamin Helfrecht reported about her.

literature

• Bernhard Hermann Röttger : District of Wunsiedel and urban district of Marktredwitz . The Art Monuments of Bavaria , VIII. Administrative Region Upper Franconia, Volume 1 . Munich 1954, ISBN 3-486-41941-2 , pp. 100-102.
• Friedrich Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages - floor plan dictionary , Verlag Wolfgang Weidlich, 1994

Web links

• Aerial photo with the BayernViewer
• Entry on Burgstein castle ruins in the private database “All castles”.