Burgstall Ebermannstadt
Burgstall Ebermannstadt | ||
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View of the tower hill |
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Creation time : | 11th century | |
Castle type : | Hill castle, moth | |
Conservation status: | Burgstall, tower hill and ramparts | |
Place: | Ebermannstadt - "Wacht Knock" | |
Geographical location | 49 ° 46 '46.6 " N , 11 ° 10' 5.6" E | |
Height: | 470 m above sea level NHN | |
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The Postal Ebermannstadt is a Outbound medieval motte (Motte) on the Jurahöhe watch Knock ( 470 m above sea level. NHN ) west of Ebermannstadt in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria . The castle was one of the mightiest hill towers.
The former castle from the 11th century, which presumably served as a refuge , with a total area of around 2.5 hectares has a hill plateau with a diameter of over 30 meters and is completely enclosed by the 120 × 100 meter outer bailey. The leveled, oval five meter high core mound (tower mound) is surrounded by a horseshoe-shaped outer wall at a distance of 22 meters.
literature
- Hellmut Kunstmann : The castles of south-western Franconian Switzerland . Publications of the Society for Franconian History Series IX: Representations from Franconian History, Volume 28. 2nd Edition. Commission publisher Degener & Co., Neustadt / Aisch 1990, pp. 96-97.
- Denis André Chevalley (arr.): Upper Franconia . Ed .: Michael Petzet , Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (= Monuments in Bavaria . Volume IV ). Oldenbourg, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-486-52395-3 .
- Klaus Schwarz: The prehistoric and early historical monuments in Upper Franconia . (Material booklets on Bavarian prehistory, series B, volume 5). Verlag Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz 1955, p. 74.
Web links
- Entry on Ebermannstadt (Wacht-Knock) in the private database "Alle Burgen".
- Burgstall Ebermannstadt at Kulturerlebnis-fraenkische-schweiz.de