Burgstall Ebermannstadt

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Burgstall Ebermannstadt
View of the tower hill

View of the tower hill

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 Coordinates: 49 ° 46 '46.6 "  N , 11 ° 10' 5.6"  E
Height: 470  m above sea level NHN
Burgstall Ebermannstadt (Bavaria)
Burgstall Ebermannstadt

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.

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