List of castles and palaces in Franconian Switzerland

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The Franconian Switzerland is one of the richest areas castle in Bavaria . A total of around 200 systems are counted. 35 of them are still inhabited today, the rest have fallen into disrepair or have completely disappeared. Although Franconian Switzerland is a low mountain range , there are also numerous low-rise castles , the latter mostly having to give way to later castle buildings or having disappeared without a trace. The castles are geographically distributed in the districts of Bamberg (1), Bayreuth (2), Forchheim (3) and Kulmbach (4) in Upper Franconia and the Middle Franconian district of Nürnberger Land (5). Most of the castles were built in the 12th and 13th centuries. They were mostly inhabited by the lower nobility and were dependent on regional sovereigns (the most powerful were the bishops of Bamberg and the burgraves of Nuremberg ).

Effeltrich
Egloffstein
Gößweinstein
Greifenstein
Neideck
Pottenstein
Unteraufseß
Zwernitz
  1. Adlitz Castle ( Ahorntal ), new baroque building preserved (2)
  2. Burgstall Altes Schloss (Affalterthal) , sold. (3)
  3. Old fortress , sold. (2)
  4. Old castle , sold. (5)
  5. Bärnfels Castle , ruins (3)
  6. Betzenstein Castle , preserved (2)
  7. Böheimstein Castle , sold. (2)
  8. Burgellern Castle , preserved (1)
  9. Upper Buttenheim Palace , sold. (1)
  10. Lower Buttenheim Palace , new baroque building (1)
  11. Dietrichstein Castle , ger. Ruin (3)
  12. Dietzhof, sold. (3)
  13. Dörnhof, sold. (3)
  14. Drosendorf ( Eggolsheim ), sold. (3)
  15. Eberhardstein Castle, sold. (3)
  16. Effeltrich fortified church , preserved (3)
  17. Egloffstein Castle , preserved (3)
  18. Honorary citizen called Walberla , ring wall (3)
  19. Ermreuth Castle, moated castle around 1600 (3)
  20. Feuerstein Castle , not an actual castle (2)
  21. Freienfels Castle , preserved (2)
  22. Forchheim Castle , preserved (3)
  23. Gaillreuth Castle , preserved modified (3)
  24. Giechburg , ruins (1)
  25. Gößweinstein Castle , preserved, historic expansion (3)
  26. Gügel , Burgstelle (1)
  27. Graefenberg Castle , preserved modified (3)
  28. Wolfsberg Castle ( Graefenberg ), former moated castle (3)
  29. Greifenstein Castle , preserved (1)
  30. Hagenbach Castle ( Pretzfeld ) (3)
  31. Heckenhof ( Aufseß ), Schlösschen (2)
  32. Hiltpoltstein Castle , preserved (3)
  33. Hohenstein Castle , half ruin (5)
  34. Hollenberg Castle , ruins (2)
  35. Hundshaupten Castle , preserved modified (3)
  36. Klausstein Castle, origin. Ahorn Castle , Burgrest (2)
  37. Kohlstein Castle , preserved modified (2)
  38. Kolmreuth ( Pretzfeld ), dec. (3)
  39. Krögelstein Castle , ruins (2)
  40. Kühlenfels Castle , partially preserved (2)
  41. Kunreuth Castle, moated castle, 16th century (3)
  42. Leienfels Castle , ruins (2)
  43. Leuenstein Castle, sold. (2)
  44. Leupoldstein Castle , sold. (2)
  45. Lichtenstein Castle , ruins (5)
  46. Loch Loch ( Wiesentfels ), sold. (2)
  47. Mistelbach Castle , new baroque building preserved (2)
  48. Neideck Castle , ruins (3)
  49. Neidenstein Castle , ruins (2)
  50. Niedermirsberg, before. Moth , submitted (3)
  51. Oberaufseß Castle , preserved (2)
  52. Oberzaunsbach (3)
  53. Ortspitz, given. (3)
  54. Pegnitz Castle , sold. (2)
  55. Plankenfels Castle , new Renaissance building preserved (2)
  56. Plankenstein Castle, ger. Ruin (2)
  57. Pottenstein Castle , preserved (2)
  58. Pretzfeld Castle (3)
  59. Rabeneck Castle , preserved (2)
  60. Rabenstein Castle , half-ruin expanded in the 20th century (2)
  61. Regensberg Castle , ruins (3)
  62. Reifenberg Castle ( Pretzfeld ), sold. (3)
  63. Rotenstein Castle ( Oberleinleiter ), sold. (1)
  64. Rüssenbach Castle , ger. Castle Rest (3)
  65. St. Moritz ( Leutenbach ), dec. (3)
  66. Schlichenreuth Castle, sold. (3)
  67. Burgstall Schlossberg (Haidhof) , ruins (3)
  68. Schluesselberg Castle , sold. (2)
  69. Keystone Castle ( Ebermannstadt ), ex. (3)
  70. Spies Castle , sold. (2)
  71. Stierberg Castle , ruins (2)
  72. Strahlfels Castle , ger. Ruin (5)
  73. Streitberg Castle , ruins (3)
  74. Thuisbrunn Castle , half-ruin (3)
  75. Trainmeusel , ger. Castle rest in place (3)
  76. Castle Trockau , preserved (2)
  77. Truppach Castle, moated castle (2)
  78. Oberntüchersfeld Castle , sold. (2)
  79. Niederntüchersfeld Castle , preserved modified (2)
  80. Unteraufseß Castle , preserved (2)
  81. Unterleinleiter Castle , new baroque building (2)
  82. Vestenberg Castle , sold. (3)
  83. Wadendorf Castle , preserved (2)
  84. Waischenfeld Castle , half ruin (2)
  85. Wannbach Castle, adjoining building. receive
  86. Weiher Castle ( Ahorntal ), remains of the castle (2)
  87. Weiher Castle ( Hollfeld ), Baroque Castle (2)
  88. Oberweilersbach ( Weilersbach ), ex. (3)
  89. Mittelweilersbach ( Weilersbach ), ex. (3)
  90. Unterweilersbach ( Weilersbach ), ex. (3)
  91. Wichsenstein Castle , sold. (3)
  92. Wiesenthau Castle , preserved (3)
  93. Wiesentfels Castle , preserved (2)
  94. Wildenfels Castle , ruins (5)
  95. Wolfsberg Castle , ruins (3)
  96. Wolkenstein Castle , ruins (3)
  97. Tower hill castle Wöhr ( Streitberg ), sold. (3)
  98. Wüstenstein Castle, sold. (3)
  99. Zwernitz Castle , preserved (4)

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