Burgstall Saxony

Burgstall Saxony
Creation time :	Medieval
Castle type :	Niederungsburg
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Standing position :	Ministeriale
Place:	Leutershausen - Saxony
Geographical location	49 ° 17 '40.9 "  N , 10 ° 24' 23"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 17 '40.9 "  N , 10 ° 24' 23"  E
Height:	425  m above sea level NHN

The Burgstall Sachsen is an abandoned medieval Niederungsburg east of Dorfstrasse and south of Hoher Graben in Saxony , a current district of Leutershausen in the Ansbach district in Bavaria .

Nothing is known about the history of the castle. In the local history, Fritz Schade von Sachsen bei Leutershausen is named as Ministeriale in 1349 , who worked as a judge in Leutershausen and had his aristocratic residence in Saxony. 1376 a Konrad Schade von Sachsen is mentioned.

No remains of the former castle complex have survived.

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.
• Manfred Jehle: Ansbach. Historical Atlas of Bavaria I 35 , 2 vols., Munich 2009.

Web links

• Entry on Saxony Castle in the private database "All Castles".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jehle, Vol. 1, pp. 232, 575, 588 f.
2. ↑ Jehle, Vol. 1, p. 589