Burgstall Alte Burg (Aurachtal)

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Burgstall Old Castle
Alternative name (s): Old citizens
Creation time : Medieval
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Aurachtal - Unterreichenbach - "Alte Bürg"
Geographical location 49 ° 35 '40.2 "  N , 10 ° 47' 9.3"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 35 '40.2 "  N , 10 ° 47' 9.3"  E
Height: 335  m above sea level NHN
Burgstall Alte Burg (Bavaria)
Burgstall Old Castle

The Postal Old Castle , and Old Bürg called, is a Outbound medieval Spur castle on 335  m above sea level. NHN in the forest department "Alte Bürg" on a westward spur, northwest of Unterreichenbach , a current part of the municipality Aurachtal in the Central Franconian district of Erlangen-Höchstadt in Bavaria .
There is an atonement cross about 100 meters to the east on the access path to the Alten Bürg.

In the year 2000, not only a leveled castle area of ​​the formerly large castle complex, but also remnants of the residential tower and palas foundation walls of the core castle could be seen in clear floor marks .

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 , p. 189.

Web links

  • Entry on Alte Burg in the private database "Alle Burgen".