Burgstall Dörnhof

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Burgstall Dörnhof
Dörnhof farm on the site of the former castle

Dörnhof farm on the site of the former castle

Creation time : Mentioned 1502–1503
Castle type : Niederungsburg
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Graefenberg - Dörnhof
Geographical location 49 ° 40 ′ 53.6 "  N , 11 ° 16 ′ 41"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′ 53.6 "  N , 11 ° 16 ′ 41"  E
Height: 400  m above sea level NHN
Burgstall Dörnhof (Bavaria)
Burgstall Dörnhof

The Postal Dörnhof is an Outbound medieval lowland castle on 400  m above sea level. NHN in the area of ​​the Dörnhof farm near Dörnhof , a current district of Graefenberg in the Forchheim district in Bavaria .

In 1502 the castle is mentioned as "Dürnhoff" in an unfulfilled sales contract between the Nuremberg citizens Hans Helchner and Sebald Tucher. On December 13, 1505, Hans Helchner jun. the "Durnhof" was sold to the city of Nuremberg as an independent seat with the property. The seat was last mentioned in 1547. Presumably the seat was destroyed in 1553 during the Second Margrave War.

From the former castle complex on the triangular castle square, high lining walls can still be seen on the valley side of the Einödhof and faint traces of a neck ditch on the mountain side .

literature

  • Robert Giersch, Andreas Schlunk, Berthold von Haller: Castles and mansions in the Nuremberg countryside - a historical manual based on preliminary work by Dr. Gustav Voit. Self-published by the Altnürnberger Landschaft e. V., Lauf an der Pegnitz 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-020677-1 , p. 72.
  • Walter Heinz: Former aristocratic residences in the Trubach Valley - a guide for friends of home and hikers . Verlag Palm and Enke, Erlangen and Jena 1996, ISBN 3-7896-0554-9 , pp. 93-98.
  • Hellmut Kunstmann : The castles of south-western Franconian Switzerland . From the series: Publications of the Society for Franconian History Series IX: Representations from the Franconian History, Volume 28. Commission publisher Degener and Co., Neustadt / Aisch 1990, p. 217.

Web links

  • Entry for Dörnhof in the private database "Alle Burgen".
  • Dörnhof at herrensitze.com