Burgstall Unterankau

Burgstall Unterankau
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Creation time :	Medieval
Castle type :	Niederungsburg
Conservation status:	Gone
Place:	Leuchtenberg - Unterankau
Geographical location	49 ° 35 '0.4 "  N , 12 ° 17' 35.6"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 35 '0.4 "  N , 12 ° 17' 35.6"  E
Height:	548  m above sea level NHN

The Unterankau castle stable is an abandoned medieval moated castle northwest of the Unterankau part of the municipality of Leuchtenberg in the Upper Palatinate .

Geographical location

The Burgstall is located around 150 meters northwest of the center of Unternankau in the Upper Palatinate district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab in Bavaria . The pond has the dimensions of 20 × 14 meters.

history

The moated castle is first mentioned in 1385 as the seat of the Sibot von Nankau . In the 15th century, the corners of Lichteneck were mentioned here . In 1521 Ulrich von Lichteneck sold the estate to Landgrave Johann IV von Leuchtenberg.

literature

• Armin Stroh : The prehistoric and early historical monuments of the Upper Palatinate . (Material booklets on Bavarian prehistory, series B, volume 3). Verlag Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz 1975, ISBN 3-7847-5030-3 , p. 231.

Web links

• Entry on Unterankau in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Individual evidence

1. ^ Richard Hoffmann : Art Monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria (2, 8): District Office Vohenstrauss . Ed .: Ministry of the Interior for Church and School Affairs. 8 District Office Vohenstrauss. R. Oldenbourg Verlag , Munich 1907, p. 100 , above ( digitized version [accessed February 3, 2020]).