Burgstall Braunsbach

Burgstall Braunsbach
Creation time :	Medieval
Castle type :	Niederungsburg, Motte, Wasserburg
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Standing position :	Ministeriale
Place:	Fürth - Braunsbach
Geographical location	49 ° 30 '1.7 "  N , 11 ° 1' 11.4"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 30 '1.7 "  N , 11 ° 1' 11.4"  E
Height:	300  m above sea level NHN

The Burgstall Braunsbach is an abandoned medieval moated castle of the type of a tower hill castle (Motte) in the area of ​​the Hofweg in Braunsbach , a current district of Fürth in Bavaria .

history

The castle, built by the lords of Braunsbach, who were presumably servants of the Nuremberg Imperial Castle, was mentioned in 1242–55 with Marquard von Braunsbach. It is not known when the castle, of which no remains have been preserved, was destroyed or razed . On the original cadastral map from the 19th century you can still see the former location of the tower hill castle.

See also : List of German hill towers

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.
• August Gebeßler : City and District of Fürth (=  Bavarian Art Monuments . Volume 18 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1963, DNB  451450957 , p. 74 .

See also

• List of German hilltop castles

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Braunsbach Fürth outpost in Knoblauchsland ( memento of the original from October 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at altstadtverein-fuerth.de