List of castles and palaces in Middle Franconia

The list of castles and palaces in Bavaria / Middle Franconia is a directory of historical places, such as castles , palaces , mansions , fortresses , moths , castle stables and fortified churches on the territory of today's Middle Franconia administrative district , divided into independent cities and districts. There are further lists for the administrative districts of Upper Bavaria , Lower Bavaria , Upper Palatinate , Upper Franconia , Lower Franconia and Swabia . Ornamental and replicas that were never used as residential buildings or for defense are not listed .

Ansbach

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Ansbach residence	Ansbach	Castle , previously a moated castle	Erected between 1398 and 1400	1565–1575 expanded into a renaissance castle and expanded into a residence in 1694–1716, 1719–1730 and 1731–1749
Dornberg Castle Stables	Ansbach - Dornberg	Höhenburg ( Spornburg )	12th Century	Disappeared, destroyed during the Peasant War, only one wall preserved
Eyb tower hill	Ansbach - Eyb	Höhenburg ( tower hill castle )	Medieval	Gone
Prinzenschlösschen	Ansbach	Palace of Hofrat Georg Christian Seefried	Erected between 1697 and 1699	Preserved, privately owned
Burgstall Schalkhausen	Ansbach - Schalkhausen	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle, moated castle )	12th Century	Disappeared, destroyed during the Peasant War, only a moat preserved
Schalkhausen Castle (Schlösschen)	Ansbach - Schalkhausen	Palace (summer palace) with park by Ernst Christian Freiherr von Lyncher	18th century	Receive
Zocha Castle	Ansbach	City Palace	Erected from 1737	Destroyed in 1945, partially rebuilt, remains of the building finally demolished in 1971

gain

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Bruck manor	Erlangen - Bruck	Manor house	before 1417	Disappeared , at times also served as a synagogue, the remains of buildings have merged into modern buildings
Celtic lock	Erlangen - Bruck	Manor house	around 1649	Receive. Rebuilt to its present appearance around 1724/26. At times also “Zum Goldenen Bären” inn. From the end of the 18th century until 1801 it was used as a mansion.
Mansion Schlösschen (Bruck)	Erlangen - Bruck	Manor house	1687/88	Demolished in 1966. Remains of the surrounding wall and crowning of the courtyard gate (see picture) have been preserved.
Steinhaus manor (Bruck)	Erlangen - Bruck	Manor house	1477	Gone, destroyed during the Thirty Years' War, its place is modernly built over today
Margravial Castle Erlangen	gain	lock	from 1700	Burned down to the outer walls in 1814 and rebuilt by 1825. University administration since 1945.
Veste Erlangen	gain	Castle	before 1372	Badly damaged in the Thirty Years' War in 1632 . Almost completely removed in 1782/83. 1981 The remains of the fountain are found.
Tennenlohe Castle	Erlangen - Tennenlohe	Niederungsburg ( tower hill castle )	High medieval	Gone
Tennenlohe Castle	Erlangen - Tennenlohe	Manor house	14th Century	New building in 1690, changed from 1777–1782 to today's appearance, since 1860 restaurant.

Fuerth

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Burgstall Braunsbach	Fürth - Braunsbach	Niederungsburg (moated castle)	Medieval	Gone
Burgfarrnbach Castle (Lower Seat)	Fürth - Burgfarrnbach	Castle , previously a moated castle	17th century	Formerly a baroque palace, the main building was converted from 1830–1834 in the classicism style. Today city archive and city library.
Burgstall Burgfarrnbach (Upper Seat)	Fürth - Burgfarrnbach	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Abandoned, worn down in 1711
Steinach Castle	Fürth - Steinach	lock	1659-1661	Preserved in a reduced style and used commercially.
Vach moated castle	Fuerth - Vach	Manor , previously a tower hill castle		Receive

Nuremberg

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Nuremberg Castle	Nuremberg	Castle group	from 1000	Numerous extensions and modifications up to the 17th century. From 1934 conversion and use as accommodation for high-ranking state guests of the Nazi government. Badly damaged in 1944/45, after the end of the war all assemblies were restored to their historical form.
Further castles, palaces and mansions in the city of Nuremberg	Nuremberg

Schwabach

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Wolkersdorf moated castle	Wolkersdorf (Schwabach)	Manor house		preserved, privately owned
Unterreichenbach Castle	Unterreichenbach (Schwabach)	lock		Demolished in 1914

Ansbach district

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Altentrüdingen Castle	Wassertrüdingen - Altentrüdingen	Lower castle of the von Truhendingen family	Medieval	Gone, the site is overbuilt today by the local church
Burgstall Old Castle	Steinsfeld - Endsee - "Endseer Berg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone, walls and ditches preserved
Burgstall Old Castle	Wettringen - "Heckenberg"	Höhenburg (hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Tower Hill Old Castle	Lehrberg - Berndorf - "Old Castle"	Höhenburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Andorf	Dietenhofen - Andorf - "Burgstall"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Arberg Castle	Arberg	Niederungsburg (hill castle)	Medieval, local nobility first mentioned in 1229	Gone
Auerbach Castle	Colmberg - Auerbach	Lower castle of the Lords of Donkey	Medieval	Gone
Aurach Castle	Aurach	Niederungsburg (moated castle)	Medieval, probably 10th century	Preserved changed, it now serves as the town hall
Bechhofen Castle (Seckendorff Castle)	Bechhofen	Castle , previously a moated castle	Medieval moated castle, converted into a palace in the 17th or 18th century	Receive
Burgstall Bergnerzell	Feuchtwangen - Bergnerzell - "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Bertholdsdorf Castle	Windsbach - Bertholdsdorf	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Disappeared, only the remains of the wall and the ditch preserved, today overbuilt by the local church of St. George
Burgstall Betzendorf	Heilsbronn - Betzendorf - "Burgstall"	Höhenburg (hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Birkenfels Castle	Flachslanden - Birkenfels	Niederungsburg (moated castle, tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone, tower hill leveled and built over
Bockenfeld Castle	Gebsattel - Bockenfeld	Niederungsburg (moated castle)	Medieval, first mentioned in 1275	Castle ruins, remains of the wall preserved
Burgstall Bonnhof	Heilsbronn - Bonnhof	Niederungsburg (moated castle)	Medieval	Disappeared, moat and cellar vault preserved
Breitenau Castle	Feuchtwangen - Breitenau	Niederungsburg (moated castle)	Medieval	Gone, today overbuilt by the local church of Sankt Stephan
Bruckberg Castle	Bruckberg	lock
Burghausen Castle	Windelsbach - Burghausen	Niederungsburg (moated castle, tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Bürglein	Heilsbronn - Bürglein - "Vineyard"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Colmberg Castle	Colmberg	Castle		received in large parts. Today hotel and restaurant
Dennenlohe Castle	Unterschwaningen	lock
Detwang Castle	Rothenburg ob der Tauber - Detwang	lock	Medieval	Partly preserved
Dickersbronn Tower Hill	Schopfloch - Dickersbronn	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Dicklburg Castle Stables	Herrieden - Seebronn - "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Diebach Castle	The stream	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval, mentioned in 1236	Gone, place today built over by the local church of St. Bartholomew and the cemetery
Dietenhofen Castle	Dietenhofen	Castle, previously a moated castle of the Lords of Dietershofen	Castle 13th century, castle rebuilt from 1523, today's appearance from the 18th century	Preserved, now houses a local museum
Teutonic order castle Dinkelsbühl	Dinkelsbühl	lock
Burgstall Dörflein	Oberdachstetten - little village	Höhenburg (Spornburg) immediately east of the village	Medieval	Gone
Dürrenhof Castle	Rothenburg ob der Tauber - Dürrenhof	Country castle	16th Century	Received renovated
Dürrwangen Castle	Dürrwangen	Castle, previously a moated castle	Moated castle, probably 13th century, converted into a castle during the 18th century	Preserved, now houses the forest administration
Endsee tower hill	Steinsfeld - Endsee	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) immediately west of the village, probably the predecessor of the old castle	Medieval	Gone
Section fortification Endseer Berg	Steinsfeld - Endsee - "Endseer Berg"	Section attachment	Prehistoric and early history or early medieval	Gone
Erlbach Castle	Neusitz - Erlbach	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Esbach Castle	Feuchtwangen - Esbach	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle, moated castle)	Medieval	Departed, tower hill leveled
Burgstall vinegar jug	Rothenburg ob der Tauber - "Essigkrug"	Höhenburg (Spornburg) immediately south of the village	Medieval	Gone
Eybburg Castle	Arberg - Eybburg	Niederungsburg (moated castle) of the Lords of Eyb-Sommersdorf	1487, with previous buildings	Castle ruins, parts of the building preserved
Faulenberg Castle Stables	Schillingsfürst - Faulenberg - "Red Mountain"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Feuchtwangen Castle (Jagsheimisches Schlösschen)	Wet cheeks	Niederungsburg (moated castle), later converted into a castle	Medieval	Partly preserved
Flachslanden tower hill	Flachslanden - "Felberg"	Höhenburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Forndorf	Wieseth - Forndorf	Niederungsburg, later the castle of Margrave Georg Friedrich	Medieval castle, converted into a castle in 1590	Gone
Frohnhof Castle	Petersaurach - Frohnhof	lock	18th century	Receive
Burgstall Gattenhofen	Steinsfeld - Gattenhofen - "Steinbachtal"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Disappeared, tower foundations with ashlar preserved
Gebsattel Castle	Gebsattel	lock	16th or 17th century	Preserved, privately owned, not open to the public
Burgstall Graefenbuch	Lehrberg - Graefenbuch - "Schlossbuck"	Höhenburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Disappeared, tower mound and moat preserved
Großhaslach Castle	Petersaurach - Großhaslach	lock	19th century	Receive
Burgstall Grüb	Wettringen - Grüb - "Hagen"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Habelsee Castle	Ohrbach - Habelsee	Castle, previously a castle	Medieval castle, rebuilt as a castle after destruction between 1651 and 1652 by Johann Schaff Habelsee	Receive
Hartershofen Castle	Steinsfeld - Hartershofen	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Heinersdorf	Bechhofen - Burgstallmühle	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Herrieden Castle	Herrieden	Castle, later a castle	before 1122	Castle ruins, only parts of the building preserved
Hohbach Castle	Rothenburg ob der Tauber - Hohbach	Country castle
Hohenau Castle	Oberdachstetten - Hohenau - "Schlossbuck"	Höhenburg (hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Illenschwang Castle Stables	Wittelshofen - Illenschwang	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Immeldorf	Lichtenau - Immeldorf	Höhenburg (hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Jochsberg Castle	Leutershausen - Jochsberg	Castle, previously a moated castle	Medieval castle, modern castle	Receive
Kirnberg Castle	Gebsattel - Kirnberg	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Laufenbuerg Castle	Wassertrüdingen - Laufenbuerg	Castle, previously Niederungsburg	Medieval castle, early modern castle	Castle gone. Moats and walls preserved. The gatehouse of the successor building from the 18th century has been preserved
Lehrberg Castle	Lehrberg	lock	15th century	Preserved, today owned by the municipality of Lehrberg
Leutershausen Castle	Lehrberg	Castle, previously a castle	Medieval castle, conversion to a castle from 1624	Receive
Leonrod ruins	Dietenhofen	Castle	1200-1300	Burned down in 1651. The surrounding walls, well, cellar and keep preserved.
Lichtenau Fortress	Lichtenau	Castle	before 1246	Burned down in 1552, expanded again until 1630. Privately owned.
Limburg Castle Stables	Wilburgstetten	Höhenburg (hill castle)	Early medieval	Gone, site overbuilt today
Lohr Castle	Insingen - Lohr	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Markttriebendorf	Heilsbronn - Markttriebendorf - "Burgstall"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Mögersbronn tower hill	Feuchtwangen - Mögersbronn - "Schlössle"	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Castle stable Mosbach	Feuchtwangen - Mosbach - "Vogelbuck"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Münchzell tower hill	Dietenhofen - Münchzell	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Neuendettelsau Castle	Neuendettelsau	Castle, previously a castle	Medieval castle, conversion to a castle from 1700	Preserved, privately owned
Castle stable Neusitz	Neusitz - "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Neusitz tower hill	Neusitz	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Niederdombach	Herrieden - Niederdombach - "Speckwiesen"	Niederungsburg (moated castle?)	Medieval	Gone
Nordenberg Castle	Windelsbach - Nordenberg - "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Mid 12th century	, 1408 disposed of by order King Rupert destroyed
Burgstall Nordenberg	Windelsbach - Nordenberg - "Fronleite"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Nordenberg tower hill	Windelsbach - Nordenberg - "Schweindorfer tendrils"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Obergailnau	Wettringen - Obergailnau	Höhenburg (hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Oberkemmathen tower hill	Langfurth - Oberkemmathen	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Obermögersheim Castle	Wassertrüdingen - Obermögersheim	Castle, previously Niederungsburg	Medieval castle, early modern castle	Gone, only a remnant of the wall preserved
Ohrbach Castle	Ohrbach	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Poppenbach Castle	Colmberg - Poppenbach	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Preuntzhausen	Windelsbach - Preuntsfelden - "Rückertstal"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Rammersdorf Castle (Vogelsburg)	Leutershausen - Rammersdorf	Moated castle	Between 1713 and 1715	Receive
Rauenbuch Castle	Leutershausen - Rauenbuch	Niederungsburg (moated castle)	Medieval	Abandoned, broken off in 1642
Reichenau Castle	Bechhofen - Reichenau	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Retzendorf	Windsbach - Retzendorf - "Adenberg"	Höhenburg (hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Röckingen Castle	Röckingen	Castle, previously a tower hill castle	Medieval castle, local nobility is mentioned in 1153, castle from 1550	Received, is rented out today
Rosenberg ruins	Rügland	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	14th Century	Castle ruins, uninhabited and derelict from 1586, corner tower ruins, moat and wall remains preserved
Rothberg Tower Hill	Wettringen - "Rothberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg, Turmhügelburg)	Medieval	Gone
Rothenburg ob der Tauber Castle	Rothenburg ob der Tauber	Höhenburg (Spornburg) of the Counts of Comburg-Rothenburg	Medieval	Disappeared, destroyed in an earthquake in 1356
Burgstall Ruffenhofen	Weiltingen - Ruffenhofen	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Rügland moated castle	Rügland	lock	before 1298	Dilapidated around 1690, rebuilt from 1714. Today the family museum of the Lords of Crailsheim.
Burgstall Saxony	Leutershausen - Saxony	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Schillingsfürst Castle	Schillingsfürst	lock
Burgstall Schlossberg	Veitsaurach - "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Schlossbuck tower hill	Schnelldorf - Haundorf	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Castle hill tower	Insingen	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) of the Lords of Kesselberg	Medieval (presumably 12th century)	Destroyed, abandoned, partially overbuilt as atonement in 1237
Castle hill tower	Windelsbach - Karrachmühle	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Schlossgraben	Schnelldorf - Wildenholz - "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Mansion Schlößlein	Rothenburg ob der Tauber - Schlößlein	Manor house	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Schlössleinsbuck	Ehingen - Lentersheim - "Schlössleinsbuck"	Höhenburg (hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall castle parts	Wörnitz - Walkersdorf	Höhenburg (Hangburg), about 600 meters east of the village	Medieval	Gone, leveled today
Schönbronn Palace	Weihenzell - Schönbronn	Hunting lodge	18th century	Receive
Schopfloch Castle	Schopfloch	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone, site overbuilt today
Burgstall Schwedenschanze	Herrieden	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Sommersdorf Castle	Burgoberbach	lock	Medieval	receive
Spielberg Castle	Oberdachstetten - Spielberg - "Spielbuck"	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Steinsfeld Castle	Stone field	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Teufelsstein castle stables	Schillingsfürst - Faulenberg - "Devil's Stone"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Thann Castle	Bechhofen - Thann	Castle, previously a tower hill castle	Medieval castle, early modern castle	Dismissed, remains of buildings preserved
Thürnhofen Castle	Feuchtwangen - Thürnhofen	lock	First half of the 18th century	Preserved, now privately owned
Topplerschlösschen	Rothenburg ob der Tauber - Fuchsmühle	Castle of Mayor Heinrich Toppler	1388	Completely preserved, it now houses a museum
Triesdorf Court Garden Palace	Weidenbach	Mansion	1772	Since 1968 house of the student union Landsmannschaft Frankonia zu Triesdorf.
Triesdorf Red Castle	Weidenbach	lock
Seckendorffer Castle	Weidenbach	lock
Triesdorf White Castle	Weidenbach	lock
Burgstall Unterampfrach	Schnelldorf - Unterampfrach	Niederungsburg (moated castle)	Medieval	Disappeared, moat preserved
Unterschwaningen Castle	Unterschwaningen	Castle with park	Between 1713 and 1729	Receive
Burgstall Vehlberg	Aurach - Vehlberg - "Burglersberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Vestenberg Castle	Petersaurach - Vestenberg	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	12th Century	Castle ruins, only a small remnant of the wall preserved, the site of the local church of St. Laurentius built over
Virnsberg Castle	Flax landing	Castle and chateau	before 1235	Castle with castle-like farm building and castle pond. Since 2001 owned by the non-profit castle association Virnsberg e. V.
Wahrberg Castle	Aurach -Wahrberg	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	800-900	Preserved, burned down at the end of the 19th century and rebuilt in 1905 in the classical style, today in private ownership
Burgstall Waldeck	Dinkelsbühl - Waldeck	Niederungsburg (moated castle)	Medieval	Gone, leveled in 1814
Wassertrüdingen Castle	Wassertrüdingen	Castle, previously a moated castle	Moated castle 13th century, first mentioned in 1325, castle built between 1687 and 1690 after fire	Receive
Weiltingen Castle	Weiltingen	Castle, previously a moated castle	Medieval castle, modern castle	Disappeared, only the remains of a moat and a tower foundation have been preserved, the castle demolished in 1814
Weissenkirchberg Castle Stables	Leutershausen - Weißenkirchberg - "Castle Book"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Wiedersbach Castle	Leutershausen - Wiedersbach	Castle, previously a moated castle	Medieval castle, 17th century castle	Castle removed, parts of the castle preserved
Burgstall Wiesethbruck	Bechhofen - Wiesethbruck	Niederungsburg (moated castle)	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Wilburg	Wilburgstetten	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone, Vorburghügel leveled in 1875
Burgstall Wildenhof	Gebsattel - Wildenhof	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Windelsbach Castle	Windelsbach	Castle, previously a castle	Medieval castle, rebuilt in 1573	Receive
Windsbach Castle	Windsbach	Castle	Medieval, first mentioned in 1253	Gone, the Windsbach city tower was built on the remains of the keep
Wittelshofen Castle Stable	Wittelshofen	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Wolframs-Eschenbach Castle (Teutonic Order Castle )	Wolframs-Eschenbach	Manor house	1623	Receive
Wolfsau Castle	Diebach - Wolfsau	Hunting lodge	17th or 18th century	Preserved, today a farmhouse
Burgstall Zischendorf	Feuchtwangen - Zischendorf - "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Zumhaus	Feuchtwangen - Zumhaus	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Castle stables Zwernberg	Schopfloch - Zwernberg	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone

Erlangen-Höchstadt district

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Adelsdorf Castle	Adelsdorf	lock	16th Century	Receive
Adlitz Castle	Marloffstein - Adlitz	lock	Medieval to early modern times	Receive
Burgstall Aisch	Adelsdorf - Aisch	Niederungsburg	Medieval to early modern times	Gone
Burgstall Alte Burg (Alte Bürg)	Aurachtal - Unterreichenbach - "Alte Bürg"	Höhenburg ( Spornburg )	Medieval	Gone
→ Atzelsberg Castle	Marloffstein - Atzelsberg	Castle (moated castle)	First mentioned in 1425, today's building from 1705	Preserved, owned by the city of Erlangen, used for festive occasions
Burgstall Bergstuhl	Mühlhausen - Decheldorf - "Weichelsberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Brand (Kemenate)	Eckental - fire	Niederungsburg, later a manor house	around 1200	Dismissed, already expired in 1778, completely demolished in 1801
Manor fire	Eckental - fire	Manor house	around 1760	Preserved, now houses a bank
Wasserburg fire	Eckental - fire	Niederungsburg ( moated castle )	around 1200	Abandoned, aborted in 1870
Burgstall book	Gremsdorf - book	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Castle Büg	Eckental - Büg	Castle (moated castle), previously a manor house	Medieval to early modern times, today's building from 1749	Receive
Burgstall Castle	Herzogenaurach - Burgstall	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Burgweisach Castle Stables	Vestenbergsgreuth - Burgweisach	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Dutendorf Castle	Vestenbergsgreuth - Dutendorf	lock	Medieval to early modern times	Gone
Eckenhaid Castle	Eckental - Eckenhaid	Castle of the Muffel patrician family	Early modern, today's building from 1711	Receive
Eschenau Castle (Muffel's Castle)	Eckental - Eschenau	Castle of the Muffel patrician family, previously a hilltop tower castle of the Knights of Eschenau	11th century castle, later expansion into a castle	Receive
Yellow lock	Heroldsberg	Castle of the Geuder family, probably the previous building	Erected between 1580 and 1611, alterations were made in 1680 and at the end of the 18th century	Preserved, today the seat of the Willibald Pirkheimer Society
Gremsdorf Castle	Gremsdorf	Castle (official castle of the Michaelsberg monastery in Bamberg)	Erected between 1743 and 1759	Receive
Green Castle (Rabenstein Castle)	Heroldsberg	Castle of the Geuder family	First mentioned in 1478, today's building from the second half of the 16th century	Receive
Hemhofen Castle	Hemhofen	lock	Early modern, today's building from 1715	Receive
Herzogenaurach Castle	Herzogenaurach	Castle, previously a castle	Medieval castle, from 1712 conversion to a castle	Preserved, now used as a city library and tourist information office
Höchstadt Castle	Höchstadt an der Aisch	lock	1713	Receive
Kalchreuth I mansion	Kalchreuth	Manor house	Early modern	Gone
Kalchreuth II manor (Schlösschen)	Kalchreuth	Manor, later a castle	Early modern, castle from the second half of the 18th century	Receive
Kalchreuth Castle	Kalchreuth	Castle, previously the residence of the Haller patrician family	First mentioned in 1345, expanded into a castle in the 15th century	Receive
Keingeschaidt manor	Heroldsberg - Kleingeschaidt	Manor house	Medieval to early modern times	Gone
Lonnerstadt Castle	Lonnerstadt	Castle (official castle), previously a castle	Medieval castle, castle from 1728	Receive
Marloffstein Castle	Marloffstein	Castle, previously a castle	11th or 12th century castle, castle built between 1691 and 1695	Receive
Marquardsburg Manor	Eckental - Marquardsburg	Manor house	Early modern	Gone
Mühlhausen Castle	Mulhouse	Castle, previously a moated castle owned by Johann von Egloffstein	Castle built in 1368, between 1746 and 1748 expansion to today's castle	Receive
Neuenbürg Castle	Weisendorf - Neuenbürg	Castle with park, previously moated castle (Weiherhaus)	Mentioned for the first time in the 13th century, today's facility from the 17th century	Receive
Neuhaus Castle	Adelsdorf	Castle (moated castle), previously Niederungsburg	Medieval castle, 17th century castle	Receive
Oberndorf manor	Möhrendorf - Oberndorf	Manor house	Medieval to early modern times	Gone, today a farm
Manor Oberschöllenbach I	Eckental - Oberschöllenbach	Manor house	Early modern	Gone, today residential building
Manor Oberschöllenbach II	Eckental - Oberschöllenbach	Manor house	Early modern	Gone, today a farm
Puckenhof Castle	Buckenhof	Castle, previously a castle	Medieval castle, castle built between 1564 and 1568	Preserved, now houses a youth home
→ Rathsberg Castle	Marloffstein - Rathsberg	lock	Late medieval, today's castle from 1622	Preserved, privately owned
Ramparts in the Reuther forest	Weisendorf - Reuth - forest department "Reuther Wald"	Rampart	Prehistory and early history	Gone
Röckenhof Castle	Kalchreuth - Röckenhof	Castle (Weiherschloss), previously a manor house	Medieval to early modern times	Gone, the castle demolished in 1856, the site is now partially overbuilt by an inn, a lined ditch and remains of the wall have been preserved
Red lock	Heroldsberg	Castle of the Geuder family	First mentioned in 1479, today's building from 1589	Receive
Röttenbach Castle	Rottenbach	Castle (moated castle)	Medieval to early modern times	Gone, destroyed in the Peasants' War in 1525, today the place of a brewery
Scharfeneck Castle	Baiersdorf	lock	Medieval	Disappeared, burned down in 1632 and demolished in 1892, only the remains of the wall survived
Burgstall Schlossberg	Heßdorf - Hesselberg - "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Uttenreuth Castle	Uttenreuth	Castle, previously a manor house	Medieval to early modern times	Preserved, now houses an inn
Vestenbergsgreuth Castle	Vestenbergsgreuth	Castle, previously maybe a castle	1785	Receive
Weingartsgreuth Castle	Wachenroth - Weingartsgreuth	Castle (moated castle) with park by Georg Marschalk von Ebneth	1574, today's building from the 18th century	Receive
Weingartsgreuth tower hill	Wachenroth - Weingartsgreuth	Höhenburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Weisendorf Castle	Weisendorf	Castle with park, previously the castle of the Lords of Berg	Medieval castle, castle built from 1689	Receive
White lock	Heroldsberg	Castle of the Geuder family	First mentioned in 1517, today's building from 1587, in 1702 another renovation took place	Receive
Wolfsfelden manor	Kalchreuth corridor "Wolfsfelden"	Manor house	Early modern	Gone

Fürth district

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Altenberg Castle Stables	Oberasbach - Altenberg	Castle	High medieval	Gone
Old fortress	Zirndorf	Höhenburg , Spornburg	13th Century	First tower hill castle, expanded to a castle by 1300. Demolished in 1388, preserved as a ruin with a tower from 1882.
Bronnamberg Tower Hill	Zirndorf - Bronnamberg	Niederungsburg , tower hill castle	Medieval	Gone
Buttendorf tower hill	Ross Valley - Buttendorf	Niederungsburg, tower hill castle	Medieval	Gone
Cadolzburg	Cadolzburg	Höhenburg, Spornburg	1157	Destroyed in 1945. 1982 Reconstruction of the main castle started.
Deberndorf Castle	Cadolzburg - Deberndorf	lock	Early modern	Gone
Defersdorf manor	Ross Valley - Defersdorf	Manor of the von Scheurl patrician family from Nuremberg	Late 17th century	Receive
Faberschloss	stone	lock	1846/1906	New construction phase in 1906 added to the existing one from 1846. Inhabited by the Faber-Castell family until 1939. 1945–1950 seat of the AFN. Vacancy today.
Hausen Tower Hill	Langenzenn - Hausen	Niederungsburg, tower hill castle	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Hiltmannsdorf	Seukendorf - Hiltmannsdorf	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Hochmilchling Castle	Wilhermsdorf	Moated castle	Medieval	Gone
Langenzenn tower hill	Langenzenn	Niederungsburg, tower hill castle	Medieval	Gone
Loher Castle	Langenzenn - Lohe corridor "Egelweiher"	lock	Early modern	Gone
Oedenreuth Castle (Old Castle)	Roßtal - Oedenreuth	lock	Early 17th century	Receive
Burgstall Puschendorf	Puschendorf , on the site of today's local church Sankt Wolfgang	Höhenburg, tower hill castle	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Roßtal	Ross Valley	Castle	Early medieval	Gone
Rossal Castle	Ross Valley	Castle, previously a castle	Medieval castle	Gone
Burgstall Seckendorf	Cadolzburg - Seckendorf , in place of today's local chapel	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Veitsbronn fortified church	Veitsbronn	Fortified church	Late medieval	Partly preserved, to see the churchyard fortifications and gate system

Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim district

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Burgstall Adelsdorf	Neuhof an der Zenn - Adelsdorf - "Mauserbuck"	Höhenburg ( Spornburg )	High medieval	Gone
Altenburg Castle Stables	Ergersheim - "Eulenberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Alter Schlossberg	Market Nordheim - Herbolzheim - "Alter Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	High medieval	Disappeared, remains of rubble stone walls preserved
Burgstall Altenspeckfeld	Bibart market - Altenspeckfeld	Niederungsburg ( tower hill castle )	High medieval	Gone
Altheim Castle	Dietersheim - Altheim	Moated castle	Medieval, today's building from the 17th century	Preserved, is now in private hands
Aspachhof manor house	Uffenheim - Aspachhof	Manor house	Between 1707 and 1744, heightened in 1856, possibly built over a castle stable	Receive
Bergtheim Castle	Gutenstetten - Bergtheim	lock	17th century	Receive
Burgstall pear tree	Gerhardshofen - Birnbaum - "Burgstall"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Birnbaum Castle	Gerhardshofen - pear tree	lock	15th century	Receive
Breitenlohe moated castle	Burghaslach - Breitenlohe	lock	1340	Preserved, expanded into a moated castle in the 16th century
Old Brunn Palace	Emskirchen - Brunn	Castle, previously a moated castle	Medieval castle, castle from 1525	Receive
New Brunn Palace	Emskirchen - Brunn	lock	1753	Receive
Burgstall book blades	Emskirchen - book blades	Niederungsburg (moated castle)	Medieval	Disappeared, remains of the foundation preserved
Burgstall Burkertsgräben	Ippesheim - Bullenheim - "Kapellberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Burgambach manor	Scheinfeld - Burgambach	Manor house	18th century	Receive
Burgbernheim Castle (Riederschlösschen)	Burgbernheim	lock	1787	Receive
Burghaslach Castle	Burghaslach	Moated castle, previously a castle	Medieval castle, 16th or 17th century castle	Receive
Dachsbach Castle	Dachsbach	Niederungsburg (moated castle)	13th Century	Castle ruins, residential tower and parts of the curtain wall have been preserved
Section fortification Dachsberg	Ergersheim - "Dachsberg"	Section attachment	Prehistory and early history and medieval	Gone
Dettendorf Castle	Diespeck - Dettendorf	lock	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Deutenheim	Sugenheim - Deutenheim - "Gründlein"	Höhenburg (Spornburg), 950 meters south of the village	Medieval	Gone
Dutzenthal Castle	Sugenheim - Dutzenthal	Moated castle by Johann Neidhard von Seckendorff	Late 17th century	Receive
Burgstall Eckwartsburg	Simmershofen - Equarhofen	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Disappeared, built over by today's local church
Burgstall Emskirchen	Emskirchen	Niederungsburg (moated castle)	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Erkenbrechtshofen	Bad Windsheim - Erkenbrechtshofen	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone, tower hill leveled today
Erlabronn Castle	Scheinfeld - Erlabronn	lock	17th century	Gone, since 1937 remodeled into an estate
Fürstenforst Castle	Burghaslach - Fürstenforst	Castle, previously a hilltop castle	13th century castle, new building after destruction between 1484 and 1486 as a castle, today's building built on the foundation walls of the keep in 1735	Receive
Gleißenberg Castle	Burghaslach - Gleißenberg	lock	Medieval	Abandoned, aborted in 1853
Göttelhof castle stables	Gerhardshofen - Göttelhof	Höhenburg (Spornburg), 550 meters west of the village	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Herbolzheim	Nordheim Market - Herbolzheim	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	High medieval	Gone
Tower Hill Herrnberchtheim	Ippesheim - Herrnberchtheim	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Herrnneuses Castle	Neustadt an der Aisch - Herrnneuses	Castle, previously a moated castle	Medieval	Disappeared, castle barn from the 18th century preserved
Section attachment Hexenstuhl	Weigenheim - Frankenberg Castle - "Luisenberg"	Section attachment	Prehistory and early history	Gone
Hinterfrankenberg castle ruins	Weigenheim - Frankenberg Castle	Höhenburg (Spornburg) of the prince-bishops of Würzburg	13th century, devastated in 1554	Castle ruins, the double tower of the fortifications, moats, wall remains and a fountain have been preserved as ruins
Hoheneck Castle	Ipsheim - "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	First mentioned in 1132, rebuilt in 1382, another new building after being destroyed in 1664, further modifications during the 20th century	Very well preserved, owned by the city of Nuremberg, since 1984 youth education center, not open to the public
Hohenkottenheim castle ruins	Nordheim market - "Stellenberg"	Hilltop castle	12th Century	Castle ruins, destroyed in 1525, restored and destroyed again in 1553. 1590 rebuilding to the castle, burned down shortly afterwards
Hohenlandsberg castle ruins	Weigenheim - "Hoher Landsberg"	Höhenburg ( summit castle )	13th century, new building between 1511 and 1524, devastated in 1554	Castle ruins, remains of the curtain wall and casemates have been preserved
Hohholz Castle	Emskirchen - Hohholz	lock	Medieval	Gone
Hohlach Castle	Simmershofen - Hohlach	Niederungsburg	12th Century	Gone
Hohlach Castle	Simmershofen - Hohlach	Moated castle	1718 designated	Receive
Illesheim Castle Stables	Illesheim	Niederungsburg of the Esel family	Medieval	Gone
Illesheim Castle	Illesheim	Niederungsburg (moated castle) of the Esel family	Medieval	Disappeared, moat preserved
Illesheim Castle (Berliching Castle)	Illesheim	Castle of the von Berlichingen family	1792	Receive
Ippesheim Castle	Ippesheim	Niederungsburg, later a castle	Medieval castle, castle from 1753	Preserved, now serves as the town hall
Burgstall Ipsheim	Ipsheim	Niederungsburg, later Weiherhaus	Medieval	Gone, tower hill today built with a pond house
Kaubenheim Castle	Ipsheim - Kaubenheim	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Kottenheim	Nordheim market - Kottenheim	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Krettenbach	Oberscheinfeld - Krettenbach - "Kreppenbacher Grund"	Niederungsburg	Late medieval	Gone
Burgstall Kropfsberg	Scheinfeld - Oberlaimbach - "Grubsberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Külsheim	Bad Windsheim - Külsheim	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Langenfeld Castle	Langenfeld	lock	1812	Receive
Lenkersheim Castle	Bad Windsheim - Lenkersheim	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle), east of the local church	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Mörlbach	Gallmersgarten - Mörlbach	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Münchsteinach Castle (Schlösschen)	Münchsteinach	Castle, seat of the local monastery	from 1519	Receive
Burgstall Neuchâtel	Sugenheim - Ingolstadt - "Schlossbuck"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Neuhof Castle on the Zenn	Neuhof an der Zenn	Moated castle, previously moated castle	Medieval castle, castle built between 1570 and 1573	Receive
Old and New Castle Neustadt an der Aisch	Neustadt an der Aisch	lock	around 1530	The old castle was inhabited until 1626 and after the construction of the new castle was downgraded in the immediate vicinity of ancillary buildings. 1811 Bavarian Rent Office, from 1892 municipal hospital. In 1906 the New Palace burned out. Aischgründer Carp Museum in the Old Castle since 2008.
Burgstall Nordheim	Nordheim market	Niederungsburg, immediately southwest of the castle	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Oberaltenbernheim	Obernzenn - Oberaltenbernheim - "Horn"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Weiherhaus Oberdachsbach	Dietersheim - Oberdachsbach	Niederungsburg (Weiherhaus)	18th century	Receive
Burgstall Oberhöchstädt	Dachsbach - Oberhöchstädt - "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Oberlaimbach	Scheinfeld - Oberlaimbach	Niederungsburg	First mentioned in 912	Gone
Burgstall Oberntief	Bad Windsheim - Oberntief	Niederungsburg (moated castle)	Medieval	Gone
Obersteinbach Castle	Market Taschendorf - Obersteinbach	lock	First mentioned in 1504, new building between 1791 and 1794, remodeling in 1911	Receive
Obernzenn blue castle	Obernzenn	Moated castle right next to the later added Red Castle, previously a medieval castle	1718	Preserved, guided tours possible
Obernzenn red castle	Obernzenn	Moated castle right next to the previously built Blue Castle, previously a medieval castle	1745	Preserved, museum educational workshop
Burgstall Schloss Pank	Burghaslach - Oberrimbach - "Vorderer Schlossberg"	Niederungsburg (moated castle)	Medieval	Gone, only the castle fountain that feeds the moat has been preserved
Rauschenberg Castle (Old and New Castle)	Dachsbach - Rauschenberg	lock	The old castle dates from the 17th century, the new castle was built between 1763 and 1765	Receive
Rockenbach Castle	Gutenstetten - Rockenbach	lock	16th century, remodeled in 1743	Receive
Scharfeneck castle ruins	Oberscheinfeld - "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	6th century, released for demolition in 1545	Castle ruins, only the keep was preserved as a lookout tower
Schauerberg castle ruins	Emskirchen - Altschauerberg	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	14th century, declared a quarry in the 16th century	Castle ruins, impressive neck ditch with another ditch in front and a short section of the wall
Burgstall Schlösslesbuck	Uffenheim - "Schlösslesbuck"	Niederungsburg	Early medieval	Gone
Schnodsenbach Castle	Scheinfeld - Schnodsenbach	Moated castle	A first complex was mentioned for the first time in 1361, the castle was rebuilt in the second half of the 15th century, and extensions from the second half of the 18th century	Receive
Schwarzenberg Castle	Scheinfeld	Castle, previously a hilltop castle	1150, destroyed by fire in 1607 and rebuilt as a renaissance castle from 1608–1618	Preserved, since 2007 contains private secondary and technical high school of the Mathilde Zimmer Foundation as well as the second home of the Czech Foreign Minister Karl zu Schwarzenberg
Seehaus Castle	Nordheim Market - Seehaus	Moated castle	First mentioned in 1382, new building between 1549 and 1591, further new building in 1780, extension from 1789	Receive
Burgstall Siedelbach	Market Erlbach - Blümleinsmühle	Höhenburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Spielberg Castle Stables	Bad Windsheim - Rüdisbronn - "Spielberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	High medieval	Gone
Stübach Castle	Diespeck - Stübach	Moated castle	Medieval	Gone
Stübach fortified church	Diespeck - Stübach	Fortified church	Late medieval	Disappeared, parts of the churchyard wall preserved
Old Castle (Sugenheim) (Inner Castle)	Sugenheim	Moated castle with park, previously moated castle	Medieval castle, 16th century castle, remodeling during the 19th century	Preserved, now houses a toy museum
New Castle (Sugenheim)	Sugenheim	Castle with park	Second half of the 16th century, remodeled between 1746 and 1749	Receive
Tanzenhaid manor	Emskirchen - Tanzenhaid	Manor house	Medieval	Gone
Deep Castle	Bad Windsheim - Untertief - "Schlossbuck"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Trench system preserved
Trautskirchen Castle	Trautskirchen	Castle, previously a hilltop castle	Medieval castle, castle from 1708	Receive
Uehlfeld Castle	Uehlfeld	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Castle ruins, round tower and wall remains as well as other later buildings have been preserved
Uffenheim Castle	Uffenheim	Castle, previously a moated castle	Medieval castle, new construction from 1462, extensions from the first half of the 17th century and from the period between 1737 and 1752	Receive
Ullstadt Castle	Sugenheim - Ullstadt	Castle, previously a moated castle	Medieval castle, between 1718 and 1725 expansion into a castle, reconstruction between 1746 and 1750, further reconstruction of the roof during the second half of the 19th century	Preserved, serves as an apartment for the von Franckenstein family in Hesse
Burgstall near Ullstadt	Sugenheim - Ullstadt - "Red Mountain"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Unteraltenbernheim Castle (Seckendorff Castle)	Obernzenn - Unteraltenbernheim	lock	Mentioned in 1419, new building from around 1600, another new building at the beginning of the 18th century	Preserved, now privately owned
Burgstall Unterlaimbach	Scheinfeld - Unterlaimbach	Niederungsburg	14th Century	Gone
Unterzenn Castle	Obernzenn - Unternzenn	Castle, previously a moated castle	Medieval castle, alterations during the second half of the 16th century, today's appearance from the period between 1752 and 1753, moat dried up and leveled in the middle of the 19th century	Receive
Urfersheim tower hill	Illesheim - Urfersheim	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Disappeared, tower hill leveled and built over
Virnsbergerhaag country estate	Neustadt an der Aisch - Virnsbergerhaag	Manor of the Holzschuher family	1821	Receive
Vorderfrankenberg Castle	Weigenheim - Frankenberg Castle	Castle, previously a hilltop castle	Castle from 1254, castle rebuilt between 1526 and 1532	Preserved, now serves as a castle hotel
Walkershofen Castle	Simmershofen - Walkershofen	Moated castle	After 1614	Receive
Wallmersbach tower hill	Uffenheim - Wallmersbach	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Vistula Garden Tower Hill	Illesheim	Niederungsburg (moated castle)	Medieval	Disappeared, moat partially preserved
Wernsberg Castle	Neustadt an der Aisch - Virnsbergerhaag - "Schlossbuck"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Wildbad Castle	Burgbernheim - Wildbad	Margrave Castle by Carl Alexander	1789, by Johann Gottlieb Riedel
Wildberg Castle Stables	Market Nordheim - Wildberghof - "Wildberg"	Höhenburg (summit castle)	Medieval	Gone

District of Nürnberger Land

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Alfeld Castle	Alfeld	Höhenburg, later an unpaved mansion	Local nobility was first mentioned in 1286	Disappeared, possibly a remnant of a wall on a rock from the castle
Altdorf nursing home	Altdorf near Nuremberg	Lock (care lock )	1523	Preserved, has served as a police station since 1971
Altenthann Castle	Schwarzenbruck - Altenthann	Höhenburg (Spornburg), the Reichsburg was the headquarters of the Reichsministerial von Thann	11th century as a wooden castle, expanded with stone in the same century	Gone, today overbuilt by the parish church Sankt Veit, moats preserved
Burgstall old house	Pommelsbrunn - "Mühlkoppe"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	13th Century	Disappeared, in 1594 still visible remains of ruins, today some walls and a moat have been preserved
Burgstall Old Castle	Vorra - Düsselbach - "At the old castle"	Höhenburg (summit castle)	11./12. Century, first mentioned in 1596	Disappeared, small remains of the wall have been preserved
Artelshofen Castle	Vorra - Artelshofen	Castle, previously Niederungsburg (moated castle)	First mentioned in 1361	Receive
Burgstall Alter Rothenberg	Simmelsdorf - Lochhof - "Alter Rotenberg"	Höhenburg (summit castle)	around 1200	Disappeared, mentioned in 1280 and 1316, then finally destroyed or abandoned, moats preserved
Burgstall on the Hasenleite	Hartenstein - Grünreuth - "Hasenleite"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Manor presumably from the 16th century	Disappeared, demolished in 1920, few remains of the wall preserved
Beerbach tower hill	Run on the Pegnitz - Beerbach	Niederungsburg (Turmhügelburg) probably the Reichsministeriale von Rückersdorf	13th Century	Gone, tower hill leveled around 1880
Old Castle (Behringersdorf)	Schwaig near Nuremberg - Behringersdorf	Manor of the von Tucher family	Probably 15th century, rebuilt from 1552	Receive
New Castle (Behringersdorf)	Schwaig near Nuremberg - Behringersdorf	Mansion of Christoph Willhelm von Tucher	Between 1719 and 1732	Receive
Birkensee tower hill	Offenhausen - Birkensee	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Called in the nobility name in 1260	Disappeared, only a tower mound and a moat preserved
Brunn Castle	Brunn area free of parishes	, Lowland castle as a royal hunting lodge used	13th or early 14th century	Left, only trenches received
Burgstall Burgstuhl	Simmelsdorf - Sankt Helena - "Castle Chair"	Höhenburg (summit castle)	Medieval	Disappeared, there are no remains of the castle complex
Manor Diepoltsdorf I (rear or old dwelling)	Simmelsdorf - Diepoltsdorf	Manor of the von Loefen family, previously a moated castle	13th Century	Receive
Manor Diepoltsdorf II (front dwelling)	Simmelsdorf - Diepoltsdorf	Manor of the von Loefen family	Probably 1555	Receive
Manor Diepoltsdorf III (new housing)	Simmelsdorf - Diepoltsdorf	Manor of the von Harsdorf family	1570	Receive
Egelsee tower hill	Lauf an der Pegnitz - Egelsee	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Probably from the Middle Ages	Gone, tower hill leveled in 1980
Egensbach tower hill	Offenhausen - Egensbach	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	The local nobility was first mentioned in 1243	Gone, the tower hill just recently leveled
Eismannsberg Castle	Altdorf near Nuremberg - Eismannsberg	Höhenburg (Spornburg) of the Ratz von Eisenhartsberg	First mentioned in 1339	Gone, today the site is overbuilt by the property Hedwig von Eyb Strasse 13 and 15, the neighboring parish church could go back to the castle chapel
Eismannsberg Castle (Oelhafen Castle)	Altdorf near Nuremberg - Eismannsberg	Castle of Christoph Elias Oelhafen (Nuremberg patrician family)	1726	Preserved, privately owned
Enzendorf manor house	Hartenstein - Enzendorf	Manor house	First mentioned in 1490	Gone
Eschenbach Castle	Pommelsbrunn - Eschenbach	Castle, previously a moated castle	Medieval	Previous building destroyed in 1552, new building almost completely preserved in 1554
Faberschloss (Faber-Castellsche Castle)	Schwarzenbruck	Castle of the Faber-Castell family	Built between 1883 and 1885	Preserved, now houses a retirement and nursing home
Furttenbach Castle (New Castle)	Reichenschwand	Castle of the Furttenbach family	around 1700	Preserved, privately owned
Manor Gauchsmühle	Feucht - Gauchsmühle	Manor house	Mentioned for the first time in 1508, presumably a previous building, today's building from 1746	Preserved, privately owned
Burgstall Gnadenberg	Berg near Neumarkt in the Upper Palatinate - Gnadenberg - "Klosterberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Disappeared, only two trenches preserved
Grünreuth Castle (Grünreuther Schlössl)	Hartenstein - Grünreuth	Manor, previously a hilltop castle	Manor presumably from the 16th century	Disappeared, demolished in 1920, few remains of the wall preserved
Herrengsee manor	Simmelsdorf - Großengsee	Manor, previously a castle	Medieval castle, manor from 1631	Previous building destroyed in 1552, new building almost completely preserved in 1554
Grünsberg Castle	Altdorf near Nuremberg - Grünsberg	lock	13th Century	Original building (castle) expanded into a castle in the 16th century. Since 2000 the seat of the Stromer cultural property, monument and nature foundation
Günthersbühl manor house	Lauf an der Pegnitz - Günthersbühl	Manor house	Early modern, first mentioned in 1611	Disappeared, built over by a farm in 1723
Burgstall Hacburg	Happurg - "Bocksberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	High medieval	Left, neck ditch preserved
Haimendorf Castle (Fürerschloss)	Röthenbach an der Pegnitz - Haimendorf	Castle of the Fürer family, previously Ministerialenburg	Probably 13th century, local nobility first mentioned in 1238	Preserved, owned by the Fuerer's heirs
Mansion hammer scrap	Neuhaus an der Pegnitz - hammer scrap	Manor house	Medieval	Gone
Hartenstein Castle	Hartenstein	Höhenburg (summit castle), ministerial castle of the Counts of Sulzbach	13th century, first mentioned in 1268	Castle ruins, blown up in 1703, partially preserved, owned by the municipality, houses an exhibition on knighthood in Franconia
Burgstall Hartmannshof	Pommelsbrunn - Hartmannshof	Niederungsburg	High medieval	Gone, when building houses you came across remains of the foundation wall of the tower castle, which is now overbuilt
Henfenfeld Castle (Pfinzing Castle )	Henfenfeld	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	16th Century	Preserved, rebuilt after a fire in 1553
Hersbruck Castle	Hersbruck	lock	around 1000	1517 new building by the imperial city of Nuremberg, extended between 1616 and 1622 with towers and side wings.
Heuchling manor (Heuchlinger Schlösschen)	Lauf an der Pegnitz - hypocrite	Manor house	Second half of the 14th century	Preserved, renovated in 1975, privately owned
Burgstall Hienberg	Simmelsdorf - Rampertshof - "Hienberg"	Höhenburg (hillside castle)	around 1200	Disappeared, few remains of the wall and a moat preserved
Himmelgarten mansion	Röthenbach an der Pegnitz - Himmelgarten	Manor house	Medieval, first mentioned in 1623	Preserved, renovated around 1995
Burgstall Hohenkuchen	Offenhausen - Oberndorf - "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	around 1200	Disappeared, moat and moat received
Hohenrasch Castle Stables	Altdorf near Nuremberg - Rasch	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	First mentioned nobility in 1138	Left, only one ditch received
Hohenstein Castle	Kirchensittenbach - Hohenstein	Höhenburg (summit castle)	11th century	Half-ruin, destroyed in 1554, rebuilt until the 17th century. From 1806 left to decay. Parts of the building preserved, the rest of the ruins. Since 1983 owned by the Hohenstein Association for Improvement
Tower hill dog print	Happurg	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Disappeared, only the tower hill preserved
Hüttenbach Castle	Simmelsdorf - Hüttenbach	Manor, previously a moated castle	Medieval, local nobility first mentioned in 1140, manor from 1766	Preserved, owned by the association "Schloss Hüttenbach eV 1920"
Tower hill in the Sauanger	Offenhausen - Mittelhof	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone, considerably disturbed by the construction of a residential building
Burgstall Keilberg	Offenhausen - "Keilberg"	Höhenburg, Spornlage ( Turmburg )	Early to High Medieval?	Disappeared, only one moat with rampart preserved
Kirchensittenbach Castle	Kirchensittenbach	Castle and moated stable	Castle 1590–1595	Receive
Fortified church of Kirchensittenbach	Kirchensittenbach	Fortified church	15th century	Receive
Burgstall Little Hansgörgel	Hersbruck - Altensittenbach - " Little Hansgörgel "	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	13th Century	Disappeared, neck ditch with inner wall and a section ditch preserved
Burgstall Klosterberg	Altdorf near Nuremberg - Hagenhausen - "Klosterberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Disappeared, only the ditch preserved
Latvian manor	Lauf an der Pegnitz - Letten	Manor house	15th century	Preserved, restored in 1993
Lichtenstein castle ruins	Pommelsbrunn - "Schleußberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	destroyed before 1270, 1421 and left to decay	Castle ruins, remains of the wall preserved, partially remodeled in the late 19th century
Malmsbach Castle	Schwaig near Nuremberg	lock	13th Century	Destroyed in 1449, reconstruction in 1450. Partially demolished in 1833. Gatehouse and outbuildings preserved, private property
Neunhof Castle	Lauf an der Pegnitz - Neunhof	lock	1246	Former mansion of the Nuremberg patrician family Kreß. Today branch of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum (hunting collection).
Burgstall Nuschelberg	Lauf an der Pegnitz - Nuschelberg	Höhenburg (Spornburg), ministerial seat	14th or 15th century	Gone
Manor Nuschelberg (Hallerschlösschen)	Lauf an der Pegnitz - Nuschelberg	Manor house	around 1587	Preserved, partially destroyed after being hit by a bomb in 1941, rebuilt by 1948, now serves as an inn
Oberndorf manor	Reichenschwand - Oberndorf	Manor house	15th century	Preserved, restored in 1993
Burgstall Barren castle	Engelthal - Peuerling - "Nonnenberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	High medieval	Lost, two trenches and remains of the foundation wall from a tower-shaped building have survived
Oedenberg manor	Lauf an der Pegnitz - Oedenberg	Manor house	Local nobility first mentioned in 1312, today's building from 1731	Preserved, privately owned, now houses an inn
Offenhausen Castle Stables	Offenhausen	Niederungsburg (moated castle)	Medieval	Gone
Osterohe castle ruins	Schnaittach - Osternohe - Schlossberg	Höhenburg (Spornburg) of the noble free from Osternohe	Probably around 1200	Castle ruins, few remains of walls and moats have been preserved
Pfinzingschloss	Wet	lock	15th century	Destroyed in 1504, rebuilt in 1521. Preserved, Hermann Oberth Space Museum
Prackenfels Castle (Gybelsbürg)	Altdorf near Nuremberg - Prackenfels	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	First mentioned in 1362	Disappeared, destroyed during the Landshut War of Succession in 1504, ruins were still visible in the 19th century, today they have almost completely disappeared
Purkstal tower hill	Pommelsbrunn - Bürtel	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	High Middle Ages	No documentary mention known. Hill recognizable.
Rasch manor (Welscherschloss, Niederrasch Castle)	Altdorf near Nuremberg - Rasch	Manor, ministerial seat of the Counts of Hirschberg	Local nobility first mentioned in 1312, today's building around 1735	Preserved, privately owned, today rectory
Burgstall Rascher Berg	Altdorf near Nuremberg - Rasch	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Left, dig received
Rauhenstein Castle	Neuhaus an der Pegnitz - Höfen - "Desert Rauhenstein"	Hammer lock	Late medieval	Gone
Reicheneck castle ruins	Happurg - Reicheneck	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	1238, destroyed in 1398	Castle ruins, few remains and moat preserved
Reichenschwand Castle	Reichenschwand	Castle, previously a moated castle, destroyed in 1648 and rebuilt as a castle by 1770	around 1300	Preserved, known health resort until 1975, since 1988 training center of Rudolf Wöhrl AG
Renzenhof Castle	Röthenbach an der Pegnitz - Renzenhof	Manor house	15th or 16th century, first attested in 1504	Receive
Manor Röthenbach an der Pegnitz I (Yellow Castle, Bachmeier-Schlösschen)	Röthenbach on the Pegnitz	Manor house	17th century	Preserved, renovated in 1995, privately owned
Manor Röthenbach an der Pegnitz II (Zainhaimer-Schloss, Zimmermann-Schlösschen)	Röthenbach on the Pegnitz	Manor house	Probably 18th century	Abandoned, aborted in 1907
Rothenberg Fortress	Schnaittach	Fortress, previously a hilltop castle	1330	Expanded into a fortress in the 18th century. From 1806 prison, abandoned in 1838 and left to decay. It also served as a quarry for the construction of Nuremberg Central Station. The preserved remains are accessible on guided tours.
Burgstall Rummelsberg	Schwarzenbruck - Rummelsberg	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Scheerau manor	Leinburg - Scheerau	Manor of the princes of Haimendorf	End of the 16th century, new building completed in 1767	Preserved, privately owned
Schlossel manor house	Happurg	Manor house, later a pond house	Drawn on a map from 1589	Sent off, canceled around 1700
Tailor's Castle	Pommelsbrunn - Mittelburg	Castle	Modern	Preserved, privately owned
Schoenberg Castle	Lauf an der Pegnitz - Schönberg	Castle, later the official palace	First mentioned in the 13th century	Gone, demolished in 1899, only a wall tower preserved, otherwise built over by the parish church of St. Jacob
Simonshofen tower hill	Lauf an der Pegnitz - Simonshofen	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Disappeared, tower mound about two meters high
Section fortification Sonnenburg	Hartenstein - Lungsdorf - "Sonnenburg"	Section attachment	Prehistory and early history	Gone
Burgstall Spitzenberg	Simmelsdorf - Großengsee - "Spitzenberg"	Höhenburg (summit castle)	Medieval	Departed, moat received
Burgstall Strahlfels	Simmelsdorf - Strahlfels	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	around 1250	Dismissed, abandoned and dilapidated during the 16th century, few remains of walls and stairs carved out of the rock have survived
Strengenberg manor	Rückersdorf - Strengenberg	Manor house	17th century	Receive
Thalheim Castle	Happurg - Thalheim	Manor of the Nuremberg patrician family Holzschuher	Current building from 1721, originally from the 16th century	Preserved, privately owned
Thann Castle	Burgthann	Höhenburg (Spornburg) of the Reichsministerial von Thann	around 1160	Half ruin, destroyed in 1460, rebuilt in 1463, destroyed again in 1635 and rebuilt after 1652. Abandoned in 1792 and used as a quarry. Keep and surrounding walls preserved. Today museum of local history
Tucherschloss	Wet	Manor house	16th century, destroyed and rebuilt in the Thirty Years War	Preserved, privately owned
Old and new Tucherschloss	Simmelsdorf	lock	17th century	Formerly the moated castle rebuilt in Gothic style from 1830–1841, today it is still the ancestral seat of the von Tucher family.
Tucherschloss mansion	Happurg	Manor of Johann Gottlieb Tucher	1701	Preserved, restored in 2005, privately owned
Ungelstetten tower hill	Winkelhaid - Ungelstetten	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Unterhaidelbach tower hill	Leinburg - Unterhaidelbach	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Utzmannsbach Castle	Simmelsdorf - Utzmannsbach	Manor house	According to dendrochronological studies, it goes back to the year 1374/75	Preserved, privately owned
Velden nursing home	Velden	Lock (care lock)	Previous building from 1481, today's building from 1543	Preserved, privately owned
Veldenstein Castle	Neuhaus an der Pegnitz	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	before 1269	Preserved, has housed a hotel-restaurant and private apartments since 1972
Velhorn Castle	Schnaittach	Manor of Friedrich Anton von Velhorn	Erected between 1722 and 1727	Preserved, now houses a Cartitas youth welfare center
Burgstall Vogelfels	Happurg - Förrenbach - "Vogelfels"	Höhenburg (summit castle)	Medieval	Disappeared, partly overbuilt by a mountain hut
Vorra Castle (Old Castle)	Supply	Manor house	1601	Preserved, rebuilt several times, since 1955 school camp
New Castle (Vorra)	Supply	Manor of Julius August Freiherr von Soden	Predecessor built from 1889, new building from 1893	Preserved, rebuilt several times, since 1955 school camp
Wallersberg Castle Stables	Schwarzenbruck - Wallersberg	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Weiherhaus Castle	Feucht - Weiherhaus	Manor of the Grundherr family, previously a moated castle	Already mentioned as Burgstall in 1381, today's building from 1761	Preserved, owned by the Grundherr family
Wenceslas Castle	Run on the Pegnitz	lock	13th Century	Formerly a castle, destroyed in 1301. Rebuilt as a castle in 1356. Since 1985 the palace has been used by the Nuremberg Academy of Fine Arts as a "Lauf branch"
Wildenfels castle ruins	Simmelsdorf - Wildenfels	Höhenburg (summit castle) of the Lords of Wildenstein	around 1300	Castle ruins, destroyed in 1525, rebuilt and destroyed again in 1553. In 1827 the western half of the keep collapsed after a lightning strike. Today there are still remnants of the palace, the keep and the surrounding wall
Winterstein castle ruins	Simmelsdorf - Winterstein	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	First mentioned in 1326, sold to the Tucher family in 1662, decayed in the 18th century, partially rebuilt by the Tucher family	Castle ruins, larger remains of the wall, owned by the Tucher family
Zeidlerschloss	Wet	lock	1427	Preserved, owned by the Feucht store since 1976

District of Roth

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Abenberg Castle	Abenberg	Hilltop castle	Early 11th century	Initially built from wood, renovated as a stone castle from 1130 to 1140. In the 18th century, after a series of renovations and extensions, it fell into disrepair and sold for demolition in 1806. 1875–1913 Securing of the remains and renewed expansion. In municipal ownership since 1984, lace museum since 2001.
Albersreuth tower hill	Kammerstein - Albersreuth	Niederungsburg ( tower hill castle )	Medieval	Gone
Allersberg Castle	Allersberg	lock	Medieval	Gone, the site is now overbuilt by a forester's house from 1914, the remains of a ditch are still visible
Altenberg Castle Stables (Alte Birg)	Thalmässing - Stauf - "Altenberg"	Höhenburg ( Spornburg )	Probably 10th century	Disappeared , section wall and moat received
Altenburg Castle Stables	Hilpoltstein - Meckenhausen	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Alte Bürg	gap	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Early medieval, committed again later	Gone
Altenheideck Castle (Burgstall Schlössl)	Heideck - Altenheideck	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Before 1192, this year the castle nobility was mentioned for the first time	Disappeared, wall remains, neck ditch and rock work preserved, a large part of the castle rock was destroyed by a quarry
Appelhof Castle	Allersberg - Appelhof	Factory owner Jakob Gilardi's hunting and pleasure palace	18th century	Receive
Ringwall Bear Castle	Spalt - Stiegelmühle - "Bärenberg"	Ring wall	Prehistoric	Gone
Bieberholz section reinforcement	Thalmässing - Dixenhausen -Waldflur "Bieberholz"	Section attachment	Prehistory and early history or medieval	Gone
Burgstall lead lock	Greding - lead lock	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Section fastening lead lock	Greding - Bleimerschloß -Flur "The Lair"	Section attachment	Early medieval	Gone
Burgstall Burschel	Greding - Untermässing - "Auer Berg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Prehistoric fortifications, medieval castle	Disappeared, U-shaped neck ditch and remains of the foundation preserved
Dürrenmungenau Castle	Abenberg - Dürrenm inaccurate	lock	13th Century	Initially a permanent house , destroyed around 1650. Rebuilt 1720–1725 in the Baroque style and historicized around 1900.
Eichelberg fortification section	Büchenbach - Götzenreuth - "Eichelberg"	Section attachment	10th century	Gone
Eysölden Castle	Thalmässing - Eysölden	lock
Friedrichsgmünd hunting lodge	Georgensgmünd	lock
Gebersdorf tower hill	Thalmässing - Gebersdorf	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Section fortification Göllersreuth	Thalmässing - Göllersreuth - "Reuther Platte"	Section attachment	Prehistoric	Gone
Fortified Church Grafenberg (St. Bartholomäus)	Greding - Grafenberg	Fortified church	Medieval	Churchyard fortifications preserved
Greding Castle	Greding	Castle, previously a castle	Medieval	Receive
Greuth Castle	Greding - Rotheneichmühle	Niederungsburg	Early medieval	Gone
Section fortification Hagenich	Thalmässing - Hagenich - "Leite"	Section attachment	Prehistoric	Gone
Hagenich tower hill	Thalmässing - Hagenich	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Harrlach Castle	Roth - Harrlach	lock	Modern	Gone
Harsdorf Castle	Spalt - Enderndorf	lock	18th century	Receive
Hausen Tower Hill	Greding - Hausen	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Heideck Castle	Heideck - Schloßberg , on the Schloßberg east flank	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Around 1260/70	Disappeared, impressive neck ditch and a section ditch preserved
Heimmühle tower hill	Thalmässing - Heimmühle , around 630 meters west of the village	Höhenburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Hilpoltstein castle ruins	Hilpoltstein	Castle	around 1100	Abandoned in 1639, privately owned as a quarry from 1793. Since 1972 in the possession of the district of Roth and security of the ruins. Today open-air theater, tourist information, district archive and adult education center.
Hofberg castle ruins	Greding - Hofberg	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	around 1200 to 1250	From 1803 private property and used as a quarry. Ruin secured since 2000.
Burgstall Kammerstein	Kammerstein	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	around 1181	Disappeared, completely destroyed in 1461, 1523 and around 1650 and used as a quarry. The still existing keep was demolished in 1782 after being damaged by lightning. Today only a few traces of the complex can be seen.
Kreuth Castle	Heideck - Kreuth	lock
Ball hammer lock	Wendelstein - Röthenbach near Sankt Wolfgang	lock
Burgstall Kühedorf	Büchenbach - Kühedorf	Niederungsburg, location	Medieval	Gone
Lämmerberg Castle Stables	Greding - Obermässing - "Lämmerberg"	Höhenburg ( summit castle )	Medieval	Gone
Lampersdorf Castle	Allersberg - Lampersdorf - "Burgstallbuck"	Niederungsburg (hill castle)	Medieval	Disappeared, only the mighty castle hill preserved, partially surrounded by a moat. Today heavily overgrown with bushes.
Landeck Castle Stables	Thalmässing - "Landeck"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Destroyed around 1372, 1460	Gone, three moats preserved
Landersdorf section fortification	Thalmässing - Landersdorf -Flur "Brandfeld"	Section attachment	Prehistoric and medieval	Gone
Liebeneck Castle	Greding - Mettendorf - "Pfaffenberg"	Höhenburg (Hangspornburg, Turmburg)	before 1346, 1632/34 extensive destruction of the already uninhabited castle. Used as a quarry in 1847.	The ruins, a short section of the wall and a ditch have been preserved
Burgstall Meckenhausen	Hilpoltstein - Meckenhausen	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Minettenheim	Hilpoltstein - Minettenheim	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Mörlach Castle	Hilpoltstein - Mörlach	lock	12th Century	Rebuilt in 1775 to today's rococo castle. Sample good today.
Section fortification Ohlangen	Thalmässing - Ohlangen -Flur "Tannenschlag"	Section attachment	Prehistory and early history	Gone
Burgstall Osterwiese	Heidenberg area free of parish	Burgstall	Neolithic findings and 9th century	Gone
Ratibor Castle	Roth	lock	1535-1537	Initially the margraves' hunting lodge, private property in 1791, seat of the regional court from 1858–1892. In the possession of the city since 1942, today the city library, city archive, city museum and tourist information office. In the main building restaurant. Open-air stage in the courtyard.
Reinwarzhofen fortification section	Thalmässing - Reinwarzhofen - "Heide"	Section attachment	Prehistory and early history or medieval	Gone, disturbed by a quarry
Tower hill pipe	pipe	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Ruppertsberg section fortification	Heideck - Laibstadt - "Ruppertsberg"	Section attachment	Prehistoric	Gone
Sandeskron Castle Stables	Gap - Nagelhof	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Probably from the late Middle Ages	Gone
Section fortification Schanze	Greding - "Pfaffenberg"	Section attachment	Early medieval	Gone
Seckendorff lock	Roth	lock
Castle Sorg	Wendelstein - Sorg	lock
Stauf castle ruins	Thalmässing - Stauf	Höhenburg (summit castle)	13th Century	In 1460, except for one farm building, it fell into ruins. Privately owned.
Ringwall Tandl	Hilpoltstein - Tandl	Ring wall	Prehistoric	Gone
Theilenberg castle stable	Spalt - Theilenberg	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Early medieval	Went to see a restored moat
Section fortification Teufelsberg	Rohr - Kottensdorf - "Teufelsberg"	Section attachment	Medieval	Gone
Untererlbach Castle	Spalt - Untererlbach	lock
Wartstein castle ruins	Roth	Niederungsburg	High medieval	Disappeared, burned down between 1460 and 1463 and rebuilt. Definitely destroyed in 1632. Foundation walls preserved.
Wendelstein Castle	Wendelstein	lock
Wernfels Castle	Spalt - Wernfels	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	1230-1260	Burned out in 1600 and rebuilt. From 1882 privately owned, since 1925 YMCA youth hostel
Zell Castle (Hilpoltstein)	Hilpoltstein - Zell	lock	Medieval	Gone

Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Absberg Castle	Absberg	Niederungsburg ( tower hill castle )	1349	Disappeared , initially tower hill castle, destroyed in 1449 and 1461, rebuilt to the old location. Destroyed again in 1523 and rebuilt in 1593–1595. Abandoned in 1652 and fell into disrepair. Only neck ditch recognizable.
Absberg Castle	Absberg	lock	1723-1726	1809 transfer to private ownership, since 1909 owned by the Regens Wagner Foundation and establishment of a nursing home for the disabled. 1969 Destruction of the knight's hall by fire.
Tower Hill Aha	Gunzenhausen - Aha	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Disappeared, round tower hill preserved
Burgstall Allmannsdorf	Pleinfeld - Allmannsdorf -Waldflur "Eichholz"	Höhenburg ( Spornburg )	Presumably medieval, possibly also prehistoric and early history	Gone, Burgstall only discovered in 1973
Old citizens	Pappenheim - "Alte Bürg"	Section mounting , presumably to protect royal estate created	7th or 8th century	Gone, walls and ditches preserved
Old citizens	Weißenburg in Bavaria	Section attachment	Early middle ages	Castle stable with low wall, moat and wall remains
Altenmuhr Castle	Muhr am See	Moated castle	12th Century	In the 16th, 17th and 19th centuries, several modifications and extensions. Private property since 1837.
Altenmuhr tower hill	Muhr am See	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle, moated castle )	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Old Castle	Pfofeld - Thannhausen - "Weissenberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	12th or 13th century	Disappeared, only a rectangular trench preserved
Bechthal Castle (Waldeck Castle)	Raitenbuch - Bechthal - "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	13th Century	Destroyed in 1633, ruin secured since 1984.
Bechthal section fortification	Raitenbuch - Bechthal -Flur "Ahnfrauplatte"	Section attachment	Early medieval	Departed, received section wall
Burgstall Bergen	Mountains	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Lower Castle (Berolzheim)	Berolzheim market	Niederungsburg (moated castle)	1320	Gone
Burgstall Upper Palace (Berolzheim)	Berolzheim market	Niederungsburg (moated castle)	Medieval	Disappeared, destroyed around 1650. Site already built over in 1667.
Buck Tower Hill	Gunzenhausen - Stetten	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone, the tower hill within the village is largely built over and only remnants can be seen
Burgstall section fortification	Pleinfeld - Small wine garden - "Weingartner Berg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Probably early medieval	Left, only a moat received
Burgstall Buschl	Meinheim - Wolfsbronn - "Dürrenberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Probably 12th century	Disappeared, neck ditch and ramparts preserved
Burgstall Buschel	Treuchtlingen - "Burgstallberg"	Ring wall and tower hill castle	Ring wall early medieval, tower hill castle high medieval	Disappeared, ramparts and tower hill preserved
Cronheim Castle	Gunzenhausen - Cronheim	lock	1572-1574	Instead of a castle built in 1140 and burnt down in 1403 as a moated castle, today the AWO therapy center and museum at Cronheim Castle
Wehrkirch Cronheim	Gunzenhausen - Cronheim	Fortified church	middle Ages	Former fortified church of St. Maria Magdalena. The defensive wall was removed in 1889 to its present height. Above the archway is the coat of arms of those of Cronheim.
Allodium Cronheim	Gunzenhausen - Cronheim	Niederungsburg / manor	1140 remodeling 1749	Built around 1140 as a fortified manor with royal permission, expanded as a bailey in the second half of the 14th century , partially destroyed in 1632, rebuilt as a parsonage in the late Baroque style in 1749 according to plans by Matthias Seybold . Today privately owned by a branch of the gentlemen giving
Section fortification Dachsbau	Westheim - Ostheim -Waldflur "Dachsbau"	Section attachment	Prehistoric and early history or early medieval	Disappeared, ramparts and moats preserved, complex disrupted by a quarry
Dettenheim Castle	Weissenburg - Dettenheim	lock	1782	Hunting lodge preserved.
Ellingen Castle	Ellingen	lock	1216	1708–1760 expansion to today's appearance. Under state administration since 1939. Completely preserved with numerous outbuildings, church and brewery.
Burgstall Emetzheim	Weissenburg - Emetzheim	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Around 1187	Gone, fallen desperately before 1616
Ettenstatt Castle Stables	Ettenstatt	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Disappeared, only recognizable in the aerial photo
Falbenthal Castle	Treuchtlingen - Falbenthal	lock	1681	Preserved, originally a three-story building, today still two-story
Falkenhausen Castle	Gunzenhausen - forest	Castle, previously Niederungsburg	Medieval castle, castle built in 1732	Receive
Flüglingen Castle	Weißenburg - Weimersheim - "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (tower hill castle)	12th or 13th century	Gone, only preserved as one of the largest tower mounds in the district
Yellow castle	Dittenheim - " Yellow Mountain "	Fortified hilltop settlement, later Gauburg	Prehistoric and early historical settlement, Gauburg from the 4th and 5th centuries	Dismissed by 1448. Neck ditch and fallen wall remains.
Georgenthal hunting lodge	Haundorf - Haundorfer Forest	The hunting lodge of Margrave Georg Friedrich II. The Younger	1695	Disappeared, few remains of the foundation wall preserved
Burgstall Gersdorf	Nennslingen - Gersdorf	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Disappeared, 25 by 20 meter trapezoidal complex with trench and remains of the foundation wall preserved
Geyern Castle	Bergen - Geyern - "Breitenau"	Höhenburg (Spornburg) of the Geyern taverns, probably the predecessor of Neuhaus Castle	12th or 13th century	Disappeared, only several moats and walls left
Geyern Castle	Bergen - Geyern	Castle, previously Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval castle, early modern castle	Receive
Burgstall Gundelsheim	Theilenhofen - Gundelsheim an der Altmühl	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Disappeared, destroyed in 1344, today the castle site is overbuilt by the Protestant St. Bartholomew's Church
Ringwall Höhberg (Old Castle)	Haundorf - Oberhöhberg - "Höhberg"	Ring wall	Probably early history	Disappeared, 1.5 hectare site with ring wall and ditch preserved
Heydenab Palace	Gunzenhausen	palace	from 1748	Preserved, now houses a bank branch
Hohentrüdingen Castle	Heidenheim - Hohentrüdingen	Castle	Late 11th century	Once the largest castle complex in the area, fell into disrepair from 1404 and systematically dismantled from 1716. Keep (today church tower) preserved.
Laufenbuerg Castle	Wassertrüdingen - Laufenbuerg	Niederungsburg	12./13. century	The substructures and the gatehouse of the successor building built by Karl Friedrich von Zocha around 1730/50 are still preserved from the former castle complex. This castle, which burned down in 1895, also includes the pleasure pond, which has been preserved alongside ramparts from the 18th century.
Lunkenburg	Meinheim - Wolfsbronn	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	11./12. century	Former tower hill castle was removed before 1400. The moat and wall can be seen.
Mittelmuhr Castle	Muhr am See	lock		Demolished in the 19th century
Castle carrots	Treuchtlingen - carrots	Castle, previously a hilltop castle	Castle built during the 13th century, converted into a castle in 1711, remodeled in 1880	Receive
Neuenmuhr Castle	Muhr am See	Moated castle	Medieval	Demolished in 1834/35
Neuhaus Castle	Bergen - Geyern	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	14th Century	Disappeared, decayed in the 16th century, neck ditch and residential tower foundation available
Burgstall near Ostheim	Westheim - Ostheim -Flur "Rank"	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Disappeared, square ramparts preserved
Pappenheim Castle	Pappenheim	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Before 1214	Massively expanded in the 13th century, a kennel was added around 1500. Partially destroyed in 1633, abandoned from 1704 and left to decay. Conservation measures since 1960. Today museum.
Old Castle (Pappenheim)	Pappenheim	lock	1593	Residence of the Marshals von Pappenheim until the New Palace was built in 1820.
New Castle (Pappenheim)	Pappenheim	lock	1822	Count's administrative seat, today apartments and offices.
Old Pleinfeld Bailiwick Castle	Pleinfeld	lock	Before 1136	Redesign in the 17th / 18th Century. Today the community library, the guest house and the local history and brewery museum. Since 2006 also multigenerational house.
Polsingen Castle	Pole singing	Moated castle	16th Century	Receive
Raitenbuch hunting lodge	Raitenbuch	Hunting lodge (Weiherhaus), previously Niederungsburg	Medieval castle, pond house from the 15th century	Receive
Rechenberg Castle	Westheim - Ostheim	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	12th Century	Dismissed, decayed and worn from 1590. Neck moat and remains of the outer bailey are preserved as ruins.
Sammenheim fortification section	Dittenheim - Buckmühle - "Spielberger Leiten"	Section attachment	Probably early medieval	Disappeared, semicircular wall with an exposed moat preserved
Sandsee Castle	Pleinfeld	Castle, previously a hilltop castle	12th Century	Destroyed in 1467, rebuilt and burned down in 1636. Rebuilt in 1660. Today the home of the von Wrede family.
Schambach Castle	Treuchtlingen - Schambach	Hilltop castle	High medieval	Gone, overbuilt by the inn Zum Güldenen Ritter
Section fortification Schlossberg	Heidenheim - Degersheim - "Schlossberg"	Section fastening, spur position	Probably early medieval	Left, only one wall received
Schlossbuck tower hill in the Hag	Pfofeld - "Hag"	Höhenburg (tower hill castle) seat of the Pfofelder local nobility	Probably 12th century	Disappeared, large tower hill with rampart and moat preserved
Ringwall Schlossbuck	Gunzenhausen - "Schlossbuck"	Ring wall	Urnfield and Hallstatt Period	Disappeared, 150 by 60 meter complex with a heavily flattened ring wall preserved, partially overbuilt by the Limes
Burgstall Schlössle	Treuchtlingen - Haag near Treuchtlingen - "Altenburg"	Hilltop castle	Probably 10th century	Disappeared, severely disturbed by a quarry, only parts of the wall preserved
Burgstall Schlossgraben	Westheim - "Auwald"	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle), presumably the seat of the Lords of Auhausen	Probably at the end of the 11th century	Disappeared, tower hill and outer bailey with partial outer wall and ditches preserved
Section fastening Schlossleite	Pappenheim - Neudorf - "Sandbuck"	Section fastening, spur position	Probably early medieval	Disappeared, only one wall preserved, probably not completed
Burgstall Silberburg	Absberg - Kalbensteinberg -Waldfur "Münchshof"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	High medieval	Disappeared, teardrop-shaped castle surface, neck moat and two other moats preserved
Spielberg Castle	Gnotzheim - Spielberg	Castle, previously Höhenburg (Spornburg)	12th Century	Rebuilt several times around 1400, today a museum for contemporary art.
Spielberg tower	Gnotzheim - Spielberg	Höhenburg (tower hill castle), possibly the predecessor of Spielberg Castle	Medieval	Disappeared, only the very well preserved tower hill still visible
Stahelsberg Castle	Heidenheim - steel mill - "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg), later a monastery	1197	Gone, the remains of the monastery church wall are preserved
Burgstall stone house	Market Berolzheim - "The Goppel"	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	11th or 12th century	Disappeared, tower hill with rampart and moat received
Stopfenheim Castle	Ellingen - Stopfenheim	Castle, previously a castle	1716	Erected on the foundations of a previous building. 1824–1964 rectory, since 1975 private property.
Syburg Castle	Bergen - Syburg	Moated castle, previously moated castle	Medieval castle, probably 11th century, expansion to a castle in the middle of the 18th century	Receive
Trendel Castle	Polsingen - Trendel - "Burggarten"	Höhenburg ( summit castle )	12th Century	Gone
Trendel Castle	Polsingen - Trendel	lock	16./17. century	Receive
Treuchtlingen Castle (Upper Veste)	Treuchtlingen	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	First half of the 12th century	Uninhabited from 1453 and left to decay. Preserved as a secured ruin.
Treuchtlingen City Palace (Niedere Veste)	Treuchtlingen	Castle, previously Niederungsburg	10th century castle, 16th century castle	Receive. Spa and tourist information, information center of the Altmühltal nature park, trimmings museum and Geopark Ries exhibition
Burgstall near Treuchtlingen	Treuchtlingen -Flur "Lower Carrot Meadows"	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Disappeared, tower hill preserved directly on the Altmühlufer
Unterwurmbach Castle	Gunzenhausen - Unterwurmbach	lock		Gone
Castle stable in Weiboldshausen	Höttingen - Weiboldshausen	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone, Burgstall in the local area is now largely overbuilt
Section fortification of the vineyard	Treuchtlingen - "Vineyard"	Section fortification and tower hill castle, summit location	Section fortification probably from the early Middle Ages, tower hill castle probably built between the 10th and 12th centuries	Disappeared, only ramparts and ditches and a tower mound survived
Wülzburg fortress	Weißenburg in Bavaria	fortress	1588-1610	Originally a Benedictine monastery, converted into a fortress in 1588. Parts of the complex destroyed by fire in 1639. In the 20th century prisoner of war camp, school camp, internment camp, refugee camp and district retirement home. In 1968 raised to the rank of National Monument . Today vocational school for special needs education.
Burgstall rooms	Pappenheim - rooms - "Hollerstein"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Disappeared, few remains of the foundation wall preserved

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1237 "personally" destroyed by Juta von Kesselberg as atonement to end the ban on church with which her husband Friedrich von Kesselberg occupied and who was slain in a dispute with Würzburg riders in 1237, could be ecclesiastically buried. See: Wolfgang Hartmann: Who were the gentlemen of Kesselberg , in: Spessart-Zeitschrift 09/2012 (106th year), pp. 17-21