Wirsberg castle ruins
Wirsberg castle ruins | ||
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Alternative name (s): | Wirtesburg | |
Creation time : | around 1200 | |
Castle type : | Höhenburg, location | |
Conservation status: | Wall remains | |
Standing position : | Nobles | |
Place: | Wirsberg | |
Geographical location | 50 ° 6 '29 " N , 11 ° 36' 28.2" E | |
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The castle ruin Wirsberg , also called Wirtesburg , is the ruin of a hilltop castle on the castle rock northwest of the confluence of the Koser and Schorgast rivers in the Wirsberg market in the Upper Franconian district of Kulmbach in Bavaria .
The castle was built around 1200 by the Andechs-Meranien family , mentioned in 1231, 1554 and destroyed in the Thirty Years War . The lords of Wirsberg are named as the former owners of the castle . Only the remains of the wall remain from the former castle.
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. 132 and 182.
- Wolfgang Krüger: The German castles and palaces in color. Castles, palaces, fortifications, manor houses and aristocratic palaces in the Federal Republic of Germany and Berlin (West) . Wolfgang Krüger Verlag / S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main 1987, ISBN 3-8105-0228-6 .