Burgstall Andorf (Dietenhofen)

Burgstall Andorf
Creation time :	Mentioned in 1234
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	Burgstall, small remains
Place:	Dietenhofen - Andorf - "Burgstall"
Geographical location	49 ° 25 '13 " N , 10 ° 37' 21.6" E Coordinates: 49 ° 25 '13 " N , 10 ° 37' 21.6" E
Height:	415 m above sea level NHN

The Postal Andorf is an Outbound medieval hilltop castle at 415 m above sea level. NHN on the wooded mountain height "Burgstall" about 350 meters northeast of the center of Andorf , a district of the market town of Dietenhofen in the district of Ansbach in Bavaria .

There are only small remains of the castle complex mentioned in 1234, which, with its overview of the Biberttal, presumably served to control the Rothenburger Straße , which ran as an elevated road .

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. 187.

Web links

Entry on Andorf Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".