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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
- ↑ 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