List of castles and palaces in Upper Franconia
The list of castles and palaces in Upper 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 administrative district of Upper Franconia, divided into independent cities and districts. There are further lists for the administrative districts of Upper Bavaria , Lower Bavaria , Upper Palatinate , Middle Franconia , Lower Franconia and Swabia . Ornamental and replicas that were never used as residential buildings or for defense are not listed .
Administrative region of Upper Franconia
Bamberg
Surname | place | Type | Time of origin | State of preservation and current use | image |
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Old court | Bamberg | lock | 15th century | Residential and farm buildings of the episcopal court | |
Altenburg | Bamberg | Höhenburg (summit castle), second residence of the Bamberg prince-bishops | First mentioned in a document in 1109 | Traces of early medieval fortifications preserved, today's appearance from the 15th century, essential parts preserved, a restaurant in the castle today | |
Babenburg | Bamberg - " Domberg " | Höhenburg (summit castle) | Early medieval | Gone | |
New residence | Bamberg | lock | from 1602 | Former seat of the Bamberg prince-bishops . Today the complex houses the State Library and the State Gallery of Bamberg. | |
Geyerswörth residential palace | Bamberg | lock | 14th Century | City palace in Bamberg's old town, today the seat of the authorities | |
Castle bow | Bamberg | lock | Erected in 1730/40 for Georg Karl Karg von Bebenburg | From 1825 royal Bavarian forestry office, since 1965 mission museum |
Bayreuth
Surname | place | Type | Time of origin | State of preservation and current use | image |
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Aichig Castle | Bayreuth - Aichig | lock | 1730 | Erdmann Freiherr von Stein's hunting lodge | |
Old castle | Bayreuth | lock | 1450 | Destroyed in 1945 and then rebuilt, today the tax office | |
Old castle | Bayreuth - Hermitage | lock | 1715 | First palace built in the Hermitage in Bayreuth for Georg Wilhelm | |
Birken Castle | Bayreuth | lock | 1692 | With baroque garden and tea house, private property. | |
Burgstall castle corridor | Bayreuth - Laineck | Burgstall | Mid 10th century | Fliehburg, destroyed in 1003 | |
Colmdorf Castle (Carolinenruhe Castle) |
Bayreuth - Colmdorf | lock | 1755 | Two previous buildings around 1550 and 1660, privately owned | |
Hermitage | Bayreuth Hermitage | Castle, park | from 1715 | Extensive park with two castles, one of which was first used as an orangery, sun temple, grotto and theater of ruins. Reconstruction of the plant after 1945, completed in 2005 | |
Laineck Castle | Bayreuth - Laineck | lock | 1728 | Today kindergarten. | |
Lewneck Castle Stables | Bayreuth - Rodersberg | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | The castle nobility is mentioned in 1192 | Gone | |
Meyernberg Castle | Bayreuth - Meyernberg | lock | Mid 18th century | Formerly a manor, expanded into a castle. Today the seat of the City Garden Authority. | |
New lock | Bayreuth | lock | 1758 | Margravial state rooms, picture gallery, archaeological museum, Wilhelmine museum and the Bayreuth faience collection are freely accessible | |
New lock | Bayreuth - Hermitage | lock | 1749-1753 | Margravial second palace in the Hermitage for Wilhelmine of Prussia initially planned as an orangery | |
Order castle St. Georgen | St. Georgen | lock | 1701 | Renewed in 1727, since 1897 part of the St. Georgen-Bayreuth correctional facility | |
Pitschenburg tower hill | Bayreuth - Rödensdorf | Höhenburg (Spornburg, Turmhügelburg ) | Disappeared, only the tower hill and a moat preserved | ||
Sankt Johannis Castle | Bayreuth - Sankt Johannis | lock | 16./17. century | Model property of the St. Georgen-Bayreuth correctional facility since 1952 | |
Thiergarten Hunting Lodge | Bayreuth - Oberthiergarten | lock | 17./18. century | City owned since 1980, now an international school |
Coburg
Surname | place | Type | Time of origin | State of preservation and current use | image |
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Bertelsdorf Manor | Coburg - Bertelsdorf | Manor | 17th century | Hofgut with manor house and mill, until 1898 with brewery. Numerous outbuildings were removed by 1977, including the court house in 1625, today the Hofgut, private property | |
Bürglass-Schlösschen | Coburg | lock | 1794 | Built by Prince Friedrich Josias of Saxony-Coburg-Saalfeld , restored from the 1960s, today it houses the registry office of the city of Coburg | |
Callenberg Castle | Coburg | lock | 12th Century | From 1592 extension to the main residence of the Dukes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha . Since 2004 the castle has housed the German Rifle Museum | |
Veste Coburg | Coburg | Höhenburg , Spornburg | 10th century | First mentioned as a castle in 1225. After extensive renovations, the main residence of the Dukes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha between 1909 and 1923 (right of residence until 1998). The art treasures of the Coburg dukes are exhibited in the fortress | |
Edinburgh Palace | Coburg | lock | 1845 | From 1865 expansion into a palace by Prince Alfred of Edinburgh . Since 1939 the seat of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Coburg | |
Ehrenburg Castle | Coburg | lock | 1543 | Built as a residence on behalf of Duke Johann Ernst von Sachsen-Coburg. 1810 redesign by Karl Friedrich Schinkel . Museum of the Coburg State Foundation since 1919 | |
Eichhof Castle | Coburg - Scheuerfeld | lock | 15th century | From 1590, extensions by Nicolaus Zech . Privately owned | |
Falkenegg Castle | Coburg - Neuses | lock | 19th century | Expanded and rebuilt several times, kindergarten since 1949. Mountain park with obelisk for the poet and writer Moritz August von Thümmel | |
Hohenfels Castle | Coburg | lock | 1837 | Built as the residence of Duke Ernst Alexander von Württemberg, Medau school from 1954 | |
Ketschendorf Castle | Coburg - Ketschendorf | lock | 1804 | Built as a summer palace for Duchess Auguste , demolished in 1868 and rebuilt by Rosine Stoltz . Youth hostel since 1956 | |
Neuhof Castle | Coburg -Neu- and Neershof | lock | 14th Century | From 1866 renaissance castle. Sociotherapeutic institution since 1995 | |
Rosenauer Castle | Coburg | lock | 1397 | 1434 New building as a moated castle, completely renovated at the end of the 1970s for offices of the building authority | |
Scheuerfeld Castle | Coburg - Scheuerfeld | Castle, previously probably a tower hill castle | Medieval castle, Enum castle built in 1590 | Preserved, the building now serves as a rectory |
court
Surname | place | Type | Time of origin | State of preservation and current use | image |
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Hofer Castle | court | lock | Burned down in 1743 and never rebuilt | ||
Watch tower | Hof -Leimitz | Watch tower | Late 15th century | Burned out in 1553. The tower ruin has no access | |
Hofeck Castle | Hof - Hofeck | lock | 14th Century | Middle wing 16./17. Century, east wing 18th century. The castle, located in a park-like forest, has served as the Viessmann training center since 1972 | |
Kuttenschloss (tower hill Martinsreuth) |
Hof -Martinsreuth | moth | ver. middle of the 14th century | Dismissed in the 15th century, ground monument | |
Sachs manor | Hof -Krötenbruck | Manor | 2nd half of the 17th century | The two-storey building with a staircase tower is now used as a residential building | |
Stelzenhof manor | Court - mosque village | Manor house | Early 18th century | Receive | |
Manor Unterkotzau | Hof - Unterkotzau | Manor | Gone |
Bamberg district
Surname | place | Type | Time of origin | State of preservation and current use | image |
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Burgstall at the Schwedenfelsen | Heiligenstadt in Upper Franconia - Zoggendorf - "Altenberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg, Turmburg), presumably upstream guard tower of Rothenstein Castle on a bizarre rock tower | Probably around 1200 | Dismissed, a few remains of the wall and a ditch can be seen, a rectangular depression in the rock can be seen below the rock tower, probably the site of a building | |
Burgstall on the Lohberg | Buttenheim - Gunzendorf - "Lohberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Left, two trenches and berms preserved | |
Aschbach Castle | Schlüsselfeld - Aschbach | lock | 1677 to 1697 | Two-wing system preserved | |
Baunach office building | Baunach | Kastenhof | 17th century | Preserved, now serves as a retirement home | |
Upper Castle (Bischberg) | Bischberg , Hauptstrasse 53 | lock | Late 18th century | Receive | |
Lower Castle (Bischberg) | Bischberg , Hauptstrasse 112 | lock | 1743 | Preserved, today registry office and gastronomy | |
Section fortification Bischofsgraben (Oberwiesentfels Castle?) | Königsfeld - Treunitz - "Bischofsgraben" | Section fortification and hill castle (Spornburg) | Prehistoric section fortifications, castle dating from the High Middle Ages, first mentioned in 1469 | Disappeared, received several section walls | |
Section fortification Brandiger Knock | Memmelsdorf - Kremmeldorf - "Brandinger Knock" | Section attachment | Early medieval, presumably Ottonian-Carolingian period | Disappeared, section wall with ditch preserved | |
Buchenberg tower hill | Hirschaid - Friesen - "Buchenberg" | Höhenburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Ringwall Burgebrach | Burgebrach corridor "Schwarzholz" | Ring wall | Early medieval | Gone | |
Burgellern Castle | Scheßlitz - Burgellern | lock | 1758, previous medieval building | Received hotel-restaurant since 2002 | |
Burggrub Castle | Heiligenstadt in Upper Franconia - Burggrub | lock | 15th century | Castle and castle church preserved | |
Burglesau tower hill | Scheßlitz - Burglesau - "Schlappenreuther Berg or Reisberg " | Höhenburg ( tower hill castle ) | Medieval | Disappeared, tower hill mostly destroyed | |
Ringwall castle chair | Königsfeld - Treunitz - "Castle Chair" | Ring wall | Prehistoric | Disappeared, double ring wall preserved | |
Burgwindheim Castle | Burgwindheim | lock | 1720-1725 | The baroque palace was the official court of the Ebrach monastery , and is still owned by the church today | |
Upper Castle (Buttenheim) | Buttenheim | lock | 13th Century | Burned down in 1525 | |
Lower Castle (Buttenheim) | Buttenheim | lock | 1774 | Castle and adjoining castle chapel have been preserved, private property | |
Daschendorf Castle | Baunach - Daschendorf | lock | Early modern, today's building was built around 1800 | Receive | |
Section fortification Dragonerspitz | Buttenheim - Ketschendorf - "Dragonerspitz" | Section attachment | Early medieval, probably Ottonian period | Departed, received section wall | |
Elsendorf Castle | Schlüsselfeld - Elsendorf | lock | Mid 18th century | Receive | |
Frensdorf Castle | Frensdorf | Moated castle, previously moated castle | Medieval | ruin | |
Burgstall Freudeneck | Rattelsdorf - Daschendorfer Forest | Höhenburg (summit castle) | Prehistoric | Gone | |
Burgstall Friesener Warte | Hirschaid - Frisians | Section fortification and ring wall | Prehistoric section fortifications, early medieval ramparts | Disappeared, few remains preserved, largely destroyed by the construction of the glider airfield | |
Giech Castle | Scheßlitz - Zeckendorf | Höhenburg (summit castle) | 1125 | Ruin, partially preserved | |
Grasmannsdorf tower hill | Burgebrach - Grasmannsdorf -Flur "Birlesau" | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Grasmannsdorf Castle | Burgebrach - Grasmannsdorf | lock | 18th century | Receive | |
Greifenstein Castle | Heiligenstadt in Upper Franconia | Castle, previously a hilltop castle | 1172 | Receive. Built as a castle, converted into a palace 1691–1693, today a museum | |
Castle Gügel | Scheßlitz - Zeckendorf - Gügel | Höhenburg (summit castle) | Medieval, first mentioned in 1374 | Gone, the place is now overbuilt by the Gügel pilgrimage church | |
Ha-Knock fortification section | Hirschaid - Seigendorf - "Knock" | Section attachment | Prehistoric | Disappeared, two section walls and a moat partially preserved | |
Burgstall Harziger Stein | Heiligenstadt in Upper Franconia - Teuchatz - "Harziger Stein" | Höhenburg (summit castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, possibly a remnant of a wall recognizable, otherwise no remains have been preserved | |
Fortified church Heiligenstadt (St. Veit and St. Michaels) | Heiligenstadt in Upper Franconia | Fortified church | 15th century | Remains of the churchyard fortifications have been preserved | |
Helfenroth Castle | Rattelsdorf - Helfenroth - "Castle Hill" | Höhenburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, round tower hill and moat remains | |
Section fortification Herrenknock | Scheßlitz - Ludwag - "Herrenknock" | Section attachment | Early medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall Heroldstein | Heiligenstadt in Upper Franconia - Hohenpölz | Höhenburg (summit castle) | 11./12. century | Disappeared, neck ditch and overgrown foundation wall remains preserved | |
Fortified church Herzogenreuth (St. Nikolaus) | Heiligenstadt in Upper Franconia - Herzogenreuth | Fortified church | Medieval | Remains of the churchyard fortifications have been preserved | |
Fortified church Hohenpölz (St. Laurentius) | Heiligenstadt in Upper Franconia - Höhenpölz | Fortified church | 15th century | Remains of the churchyard fortifications have been preserved | |
Burgstall high stone | Heiligenstadt in Upper Franconia - Reckendorf - "Hoher Stein" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | High medieval | Disappeared, few remains of the wall preserved | |
Burgstall Huppendorf | Königsfeld - Huppendorf | Höhenburg (Spornburg), about 240 meters west of the village | High medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall Kemmern | Kemmern | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall Ketschendorf | Buttenheim - Ketschendorf - "Brand" forest area | Höhenburg (ground floor residence) | High medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall Ketschenstein | Buttenheim - Hochstall - "Ketschenstein" | Höhenburg (ground floor residence) | Medieval | Disappeared, round system on the edge of a cliff, the remaining side surrounded by a ditch and wall | |
Kirchschletten Castle | Zapfendorf - Kirchschletten | lock | 1697 | Preserved, now serves as a monastery | |
Section fortification knock | Hirschaid - Seigendorf - "Knock" | Section attachment | Prehistoric | Disappeared, section wall and ditch preserved | |
Koenigsfeld Castle | Königsfeld - "Vogelmühle" | lock | Former castle , now a farmhouse, monument | ||
Fortified church Königsfeld (St. James the Elder and Katharina) | Koenigsfeld | Fortified church | Modern | Remains of the churchyard fortifications have been preserved | |
Tower hill run | Zapfendorf - run | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone, castle site overbuilt by the local church | |
Burgstall Liebenau | Pommersfelden - Stolzenroth | Niederungsburg | Late medieval | Gone | |
Lisberg Castle | Lisberg | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | 8th century | Preserved, Romanesque castle complex | |
Mainschlösschen | Hallstadt | lock | 1735 by Balthasar Neumann | Preserved: massive two-storey hipped mansard roof building with two corner pavilions, plastered, with corner pilasters; with barn, coach house and enclosure | |
Castle stable of Niedersenftenberg | Buttenheim - Senftenberg | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | 13th Century | Removed in 1763, slight traces of moats and walls visible, today partially overbuilt by the St. George's Chapel | |
Section fortification Oberngrub | Heiligenstadt in Upper Franconia - Oberngrub | Section attachment | Prehistoric or early medieval | Gone | |
Obermelsendorf tower hill | Schlüsselfeld - Obermelsendorf | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, square tower mound with moat preserved | |
Obersenftenberg tower hill | Buttenheim - Senftenberg | Höhenburg (tower hill castle) | 12th Century | Disappeared, tower mound, moat and two ring walls preserved | |
Pommersfelden moated castle | Pommersfelden | Moated castle | 13th Century | Ruin, remains of walls preserved | |
Reckendorf Castle | Reckendorf | Moated castle | 14th Century | Disappeared, few building remains in house Mühlweg 8 | |
Reichmannsdorf Castle | Schlüsselfeld - Reichmannsdorf | lock | Built between 1714 and 1718 | Receive, | |
Roschlaub tower hill | Scheßlitz - Roschlaub - "Gröbersberg" | Höhenburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall Roth | Zapfendorf - Roth | Niederungsburg | Medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall Rothenstein | Heiligenstadt in Upper Franconia - Zoggendorf - "Altenberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg), ministerial seat of the noble free von Schlüsselberg | Probably around 1200, 1275 the castle nobility is mentioned for the first time, in 1349 the castle itself, which was already destroyed at the time | Disappeared, only a moat with a wall preserved | |
Sambach Castle | Pommersfelden - Sambach | Moated castle | First mentioned in 1414 | Receive | |
Sassanfahrt Castle | Hirschaid - Sassan journey | lock | Modern, with medieval predecessor buildings | Receive | |
Schadeck Castle | Baunach | lock | 1742 to 1746 | Formerly town hall, now a local museum. | |
Schellenberg fortification section | Burgebrach - Stappenbach - "Schellenberg" | Section attachment | Prehistory or early history, possibly also medieval | Gone | |
Scheßlitz nursing home | Scheßlitz | lock | 1767 | Hosted the Elisabethen Hospital, today a nursing home for the elderly | |
Tower Hill Castle Hill (Seehöflein) | Stegaurach - Seehöflein | Niederungsburg (Turmhügelburg, Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Schlössleshöppel tower hill | Hirschaid - large book field | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Ringwall Schwedenschanze | Heiligenstadt in Upper Franconia - Oberleinleiter - "Burgholz" corridor | Ring wall | Early medieval | Disappeared, ring wall with remains of trenches preserved | |
Seehaus Castle | Stegaurach - courtyards | lock | 18th century | Preserved, redesigned in 1903 | |
Seehof Castle (Marquardsburg Castle) | Memmelsdorf | lock | 1696 | Former summer residence of the Bamberg prince-bishops. Since 1975 the seat of the Bavarian Palace Administration . Nine showrooms accessible | |
Seeleiten tower hill | Schönbrunn im Steigerwald - Frenshof - "Seeleiten" | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone, tower hill leveled today | |
Burgstall Seigelstein | Heiligenstadt in Upper Franconia - Tiefenpölz - " Seigelstein " | Höhenburg (Spornburg, ground floor residence) | Medieval | Gone | |
Stegaurach tower hill | Stegaurach | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Steinsdorf tower hill | Schönbrunn im Steigerwald - Steinsdorf | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone, tower hill leveled today | |
Burgstall Stolzenroth | Pommersfelden | Niederungsburg | Medieval | Gone | |
Stolzenroth tower hill | Pommersfelden - proud red | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Stepsberg castle ruins | Baunach - " Stiefenberg " | Höhenburg (summit castle), district castle of the bishopric of Bamberg | around 950 | Ruin, destroyed in 1553 and later almost completely demolished | |
Thüngfeld moated castle | Schlüsselfeld - Thüngfeld | Moated castle, previously moated castle | Castle built in the middle of the 12th century, converted into a palace in 1609, later rebuilt several times | Partly preserved | |
Trabelsdorf Castle | Lisberg - Trabelsdorf | lock | End of the 16th century | Receive | |
Treppendorf Castle | Burgebrach - Treppendorf | lock | Early modern | Preserved, now houses an inn | |
Trunstadt Castle (Rüssenbach Castle ) |
Viereth-Trunstadt - Trunstadt | Castle, previously Niederungsburg | Castle built in 1195, castle from the 16th century | Receive | |
Tütschengereuth Castle | Bischberg - Tütschengereuth | lock | Mid 18th century | Preserved, now houses an inn | |
Burgstall Unterleiterbach | Zapfendorf - Unterleiterbach | Niederungsburg | Medieval | Gone | |
Unterleiterbach Castle | Zapfendorf - Unterleiterbach | lock | 1739 | Fully preserved, privately owned | |
Untermanndorf manor | Reckendorf - Untermanndorf | Raised hide | Medieval | Gone | |
Veilbronn Castle Stables | Heiligenstadt in Upper Franconia - Veilbronn | Niederungsburg (moated castle) | Late medieval | Disappeared, few remains of the wall preserved | |
Weissenstein Castle | Pommersfelden | lock | 1718 | Summer residence of Lothar Franz von Schönborn with an English garden since 1786 | |
Wernsdorf Castle | Strullendorf - Wernsdorf | Moated castle | 12th Century | Preserved, rebuilt in 1620 to its present appearance. After 1945 refugee accommodation, in 1993 the Capella Antiqua Bambergensis bought the castle, today a training center for music | |
Burgstall Windeck | Burgebrach - Ampferbach - "Eierberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Wingersdorf Castle | Frensdorf - Wingersdorf | lock | 1779 | Burned out in 1995, demolished in 2002 | |
Wölkendorf Tower Hill | Stadelhofen - Wölkendorf | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Section fortification Wolfsgrube | Wattendorf -Waldflur "Wolfsgrube" | Section attachment | Prehistoric, possibly early medieval | Got off, easy section wall | |
Zoggendorf Tower Hill (Zoggendorf Castle) | Heiligenstadt in Upper Franconia - Zoggendorf | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | First mentioned in 1417 | Disappeared, only the rectangular tower hill preserved | |
Zückshut manor | Breitengüßbach - Zückshut | Raised hide | 18th century | Received changed | |
Zwirstein fortification section | Stadelhofen - Steinfeld - "Zwirstein" | Section attachment | Prehistoric | Departed, received section wall |
Bayreuth district
Surname | place | Type | Time of origin | State of preservation and current use | image |
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Adlitz Castle | Ahorntal - Adlitz | lock | |||
Adlitz tower hill | Ahorntal - Adlitz | moth | |||
Burgstall Old Castle Bucheck | Gefrees - Bucheck - "Rieglersbachtal" | Niederungsburg | 14th Century | Disappeared, remains of the trenches preserved | |
Althaidhof Castle | Creußen - Althaidhof | lock | |||
Burgstall maple | Ahorntal - Klausstein | Höhenburg (Spornburg), ancestral seat of the Lords of Ahorn | First mentioned in 1130 | Disappeared, the remains of the castle have now taken up in the Klausstein chapel and a private house | |
Allersdorf tower hill | Bindlach - Allersdorf | moth | |||
Tower castle Alt-Berneck | Bad Berneck | Hill castle, moth | 11th century | ruin | |
Altencreußen tower hill | Prebitz - Altencreußen | moth | |||
Burgstall Altenkünsberg | Creußen - Altenkünsberg | Burgstall | |||
Altenplos Castle | Heinersreuth - Altenplos | lock | |||
Castle ruins of the old castle | Bad Berneck in the Fichtel Mountains | Castle | 13th Century | Ruin, keep preserved. | |
Burgstall Alte Veste | Ahorntal - Oberailsfeld | Burgstall | around 1400 | Few wall remnants threatened with departure | |
Am Bühl Castle | Creußen - Gottsfeld | lock | |||
Burgstall on the Mittelberg | Hollfeld - Schönfeld - "Mittelberg" | Höhenburg (summit castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall Aufseß | Aufseß - "Burgstall" | Höhenburg (summit castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Aufseß tower hill | Aufseß - "Unteraufseßwald" | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Bärnreuth manor | Bad Berneck in the Fichtel Mountains - Bärnreuth | Manor house | |||
Tower hill at the castle builder | Mistelgau | moth | |||
Betzenstein Castle | Betzenstein | Castle | around 1187 | Significant parts preserved, private property | |
Burgstall Bockstall | Pottenstein - Regenthal | Burgstall | |||
Burgstall floor | Creußen - Boden | Burgstall | |||
Burgstall Böheimstein | Pegnitz | Burgstall | around 1350 | Burned out in 1553, remains of the wall | |
Burgstall Brunnloch | Ahorntal- Rabenstein | Burgstall | |||
Bühl Castle (Creußen) | Creußen - Bühl | lock | |||
Bühl Castle (Emtmannsberg) | Emtmannsberg - Bühl | Castle | |||
Burgstall Burgleite | Mistelgau - Braunersberg - "Burgleite" | Burgstall | |||
Burgstall Burgstuhl | Ahorntal -Langweiler forest | Burgstall | |||
Creußen Castle | Cussen | Castle | |||
Burgstall Christanz | Ahorntal - Christanz | Burgstall | |||
Christanz manor | Ahorntal - Christanz | Manor house | |||
Burgstall Crottendorf | Bindlach - Crottendorf | Burgstall | |||
Crottendorf moated castle stable | Bindlach - Crottendorf | Burgstall | |||
Burgstall Dürrnbühl | Eckersdorf - Vorlahm - "Burgstall" | Burgstall | |||
Elbersberg Castle | Pottenstein - Elbersberg , in place of today's local church | Niederungsburg | High medieval | Gone, destroyed by the Hussites | |
Emtmannsberg tower hill | Emtmannsberg | moth | |||
Emtmannsberg Castle | Emtmannsberg | lock | |||
Falkenhaube Castle | Bad Berneck in the Fichtel Mountains - Falkenhaus | lock | around 1720 | Preserved, private property | |
Fantaisie Castle | Eckersdorf | lock | 1765 | Preserved, garden art museum since 2000 | |
Fischbach Castle (Weidenberg) | Weidenberg - Fischbach | lock | |||
Frankenberg Castle (Upper Franconia) | Speicherersdorf - Frankenberg | Castle | |||
Frankenhaag Castle | Mistelgau - Frankenhaag | lock | |||
Freienfels Castle | Hollfeld - Freienfels | lock | before 1388 | The current palace complex was built between 1693 and 1701. Private property since 1966. | |
Frobershammer Castle | Bischofsgrün - Fröbershammer | lock | |||
Burgstall Galgenberg | Weidenberg - "Galgenberg" | Burgstall | |||
Motte Gefrees-Bühl | Gefrees | Höhenburg (Turmhügelburg, Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Goldeck Castle | Goldkronach | Niederungsburg | Medieval | Disappeared, parts of it received in Schloss Goldkronach | |
Goldkronach Castle | Goldkronach | Castle on the site of the former Goldeck Castle | Receive | ||
Göppmannsbühl Castle | Speicherersdorf - Göppmannsbühl am Berg | lock | |||
Burgstall Großes Haus (Burgstall on the Rauhberg) | Hollfeld - Fernreuth - "Rauhberg" | Höhenburg (summit castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, ring moat with outer wall largely preserved, a few remains of the walls of two buildings are still visible on the castle rock |
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Grünstein castle ruins | Gefrees - green stone | Castle | 14th Century | Dilapidated in the 18th century, remains of the wall and cellar exist | |
Gutenbiegen mansion | Waischenfeld - Gutenbiegen | Manor house | |||
Guttenthau Castle | Speicherersdorf - Guttenthau | lock | |||
Haidenaab Castle | Speicherersdorf - Haidenaab | lock | |||
Motte Haidenschloss | Gefrees | moth | probably 13th century | small residues | |
Burgstall Hainbronn | Pegnitz - Hainbronn | Burgstall | |||
Heckenhof manor | Aufseß - Heckenhof | Manor house | |||
Burgstall Heinersreuth | Heinersreuth | Burgstall | |||
Heinersreuth Castle | Heinersreuth | lock | |||
Hermersreuth Tower Hill | Gefrees - Hermersreuth | moth | |||
Section fortification Hohe Warte | Bad Berneck in the Fichtelgebirge - Hohe Warte | Wallburg | Early medieval | Wall remains preserved | |
Hollenberg castle ruins | Pegnitz - Hollenberg | Castle | Mid-14th century | Destroyed in 1525. Remnants of the wall preserved | |
City castle Hollfeld | Hollfeld | Castle | |||
Hohenberneck castle ruins | Bad Berneck in the Fichtel Mountains | Castle | from 1478 | Dilapidated from 1737, the remains of the building have been preserved | |
Burgstall am Hühnerstein | Betzenstein - Stierberg - "Chicken Stone" | Höhenburg (spur location) | Medieval | Going away, only a moat can be seen from the castle, but it can also be of natural origin | |
Burgstall in the Eibental | Betzenstein - Spies - "Burgstall" | Höhenburg (summit castle), probably the Landgrave of Leuchtenberg | Medieval | Disappeared, already referred to as Burgstall in 1366, only ceramic fragments and mortar remains preserved | |
Kandlberg Castle Stables | Ahorntal - Körzendorf - "Kandlberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) of the Diocese of Bamberg | In 1422 the construction of the castle was approved by the bishop | Disappeared, this castle complex was already abandoned during construction, only the two ends of the neck ditch that had been started have survived | |
Kainach Castle | Hollfeld - Kainach | Castle, previously a castle | Medieval castle, called Burgadel in the 14th century, today's castle from the end of the 18th century | Receive | |
Burgstall Kirchahorn | Ahorntal - Kirchahorn | Burgstall | |||
Burgstall Klauskirchberg (Albwinistein Castle?) | Betzenstein - "Klauskirchberg" | Höhenburg (spur location) | Medieval | Gone | |
Knopfhammer Castle | Gefrees - button hammer | lock | |||
Attachment to the Zottaschen (Burgstall Königstuhl) |
Bad Berneck in the Fichtel Mountains - Micheldorf | Burgstall | Medieval | Gone | |
Manor Kotzmannsreuth | Creußen - Kotzmannsreuth | Manor house | |||
Krögelstein castle ruins | Hollfeld - Krögelstein | Castle | 13th Century | Destroyed in 1523, few remains of the wall preserved | |
Kühlenfels Castle | Pottenstein - Kühlenfels | lock | |||
Leienfels castle ruins | Pottenstein - Leienfels | Castle | around 1300 | Decay from 1610, secured remains have been preserved | |
Leisau Castle | Goldkronach - Leisau | lock | |||
Burgstall Leuenstein | Community-free area Waidacher Forst - "Pencil stone" | Höhenburg (Spornlage), neighboring castle of the ancient noble family of the Egloffsteiner | Early 14th century | Disappeared, destroyed in 1397 on the orders of King Wenceslas because of robber baronship , no recognizable remains have been preserved, but possibly a short moat | |
Burgstall Leupoldstein | Betzenstein - Leupoldstein | Höhenburg (spur location) | before 1100 | Destroyed in 1427, few overgrown remains of the foundation wall exist | |
Burgstall Lichteburg | Goldkronacher Forest | Höhenburg (Spornburg, ground floor residence) | Medieval | Worn, shallow neck ditch preserved | |
Burgstall hole | Hollfeld - hole | Burgstall | |||
Lochstein tower hill | Veldenstein Forest | moth | |||
Löhlitz tower hill | Waischenfeld - Löhlitz | moth | |||
Madersburg Tower Hill (Kroneck?) | Goldkronach | Höhenburg (Spornburg, Turmhügelburg) | Medieval | Left, neck ditch preserved | |
Mengersdorf Castle | Mistelgau -Mengersdorf | lock | |||
Mengersreuth Castle | Weidenberg - Mengersreuth | lock | |||
Burgstall Meranierburg Fürstenau | Heinersreuth - Altenplos | Burgstall | |||
Mistelbach Castle | Mistelbach | lock | 14th Century | ||
Muthmannsreuth tower hill | Hummeltal - Muthmannsreuth | moth | |||
Burgstall Nankendorf | Waischenfeld - Nankendorf | Höhenburg (Spornburg, ground floor residence) | Medieval | Disappeared, only two flat walls preserved | |
Neidenstein Castle | Hollfeld - Neidenstein | Castle | Late 15th century | Destroyed in 1525, remains of the wall preserved | |
Nemmersdorf Castle | Goldkronach - Nemmersdorf | lock | |||
Burgstall Nemschenreuth | Pegnitz - Nemschenreuth | Burgstall | |||
Burgstall Old House (Neuhaus) | Aufseß - Neuhaus | Burgstall | |||
Burgstall New House (Neuhaus) | Aufseß - Neuhaus | Burgstall | |||
Niederntüchersfeld castle ruins | Pottenstein - Tüchersfeld | Höhenburg (Spornburg), later owned by the Bishop of Bamberg | 13th century, mentioned in 1269 | Castle ruins, only a few remains of the wall on a rock tower have survived from the castle, the current buildings date from a later period | |
Oberaufseß Castle | Aufseß | lock | 14th Century | Preserved, private property. | |
Burgstall Oberailsfeld | Ahorntal - Oberailsfeld | Burgstall | High Middle Ages | Destroyed and lost at the end of the 16th century | |
Burgstall Oberntüchersfeld | Pottenstein - Tüchersfeld | Höhenburg (Spornburg), later owned by the Bishop of Bamberg | around 1240 | Destroyed in 1430, few relics preserved | |
Oberwaiz hunting lodge | Eckersdorf - Oberwaiz | lock | |||
Burgstall Oberwiesentfels | Hollfeld - Wiesentfels | Burgstall | |||
Burgstall Plankenstein (Plankenfels) | Plankenfels | Burgstall | |||
Plankenfels Castle | Plankenfels | lock | 13th Century | Preserved, private property | |
Plassenberg Castle | Eckersdorf | lock | second half of the 18th century, mostly demolished and built over with a residential building | ||
Plech fortified church (Sankt Susannae) | Plech | Fortified church | Late medieval | Remains of the curtain wall have been preserved | |
Pottenstein Castle | Pottenstein | Castle | between 1057 and 1070 | Partly preserved, private property from 1878, museum for prehistoric and prehistoric objects | |
Rabeneck Castle | Waischenfeld - Rabeneck | Höhenburg (Spornburg), originally an allod of the Lords of Rabenstein | around 1250, after being destroyed several times during the war, it was finally partially rebuilt in 1719 | Main castle largely preserved, outer bailey removed except for a few remains, rooms of the castle can be rented, and visits are also possible | |
Rabenstein Castle | Ahorntal- Rabenstein | Castle | around 1175 to 1200 | Essential parts preserved, today falconry, hotel and gastronomy | |
Ramsenthal Castle | Bindlach - Ramsenthal | lock | |||
Reislas Castle | Church ping garden - rice glass | lock | |||
Charming village mansion | Ahorntal - charm village | Manor house | |||
Tower hill Reizendorf | Ahorntal - charm village | moth | |||
Riegelstein castle ruins | Betzenstein - Riegelstein - "Schlossberg" | Höhenburg (Spur castle) of the Lords of door latch , during the Thirty Years' War destroyed | around 1200 | Castle ruins, few remains of the wall, partly threatened with complete demolition | |
Rosenhammer Manor | Weidenberg - Rosenhammer | Manor house | |||
Burgstall Rupprechtsteine (Burgstall on the Rupprechtsteinen) | Hollfeld - Kainach - "Rupprechtsteine" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Disappeared, trench and rampart preserved | |
Sachsendorf Castle | Aufseß - Sachsendorf | lock | |||
Schluesselberg Castle Stables | Waischenfeld - powder mill | Burgstall | 1219 | Destroyed in 1347, except for the neck ditch | |
Burgstall Schlossberg (Prebitz) | Prebitz - "Schlossberg" | Burgstall | |||
Burgstall castle garden | Glassworks | Burgstall | |||
Burgstall Castle Hill (Gurtstein Castle?) | Weidenberg -Spohienthaler Forst- "Castle Hill" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval, possibly Gurtstein Castle, which has been mentioned since 1412 | Left, only a ring moat with an outer wall and a larger pit has survived from the main castle, and a moat from the outer castle | |
Burgstall Castle Hill (Obernsees) | Mistelgau - Obernsee | Burgstall | |||
Mansion Schlösslein | Waischenfeld - Schlößlein | Manor house | |||
Schnabelwaid Castle | Beak woad | lock | |||
Burgstall Old House (Schönfeld) | Plankenfels - Schönfeld - "Mittelberg" | Burgstall | |||
Schönfeld Palace (Upper Franconia) | Plankenfels - Schönfeld | lock | |||
Burgstall Schweinsberg | Betzenstein - Spies - "Schweinsberg" | Burgstall | |||
Burgstall Seelig | Waischenfeld - Seelig | Burgstall | |||
Burgstall Seidwitz | Creußen - Seidwitz | Burgstall | |||
Sophienberg Castle | Hague - Obernschreez | lock | |||
Burgstall Spies | Betzenstein - Spies | Burgstall | before 1187 | Destroyed in 1553, the moat with outer wall and two remains of walls have been preserved | |
Church castle St. Marien | Gesees | Fortified church | 1410 | Destroyed in 1430, consecrated again in 1441. Tower rebuilt in 1583. | |
Stein Castle | Gefrees -Stone | Höhenburg (Spornburg) of the Walpoten , later property of the Bamberg Monastery | around 1000 | Apart from the manor house, which has been converted into a chapel, only remains of the wall have been preserved | |
Stierberg castle ruins | Betzenstein - Stierberg | Castle | around 1200 | Destroyed in 1553, used as a quarry in the 19th and 20th centuries. Remnants of the wall, lower castle tower and castle cave have been partially preserved. | |
Seybothenreuth Castle | Seybothenreuth | lock | |||
Old Castle (Streitau) | Gefrees - Streitau | lock | 14th Century | In 1902 a new building (school) gave way | |
New Castle (Streitau) | Gefrees - Streitau | lock | before 1500 | A new rectory gave way | |
Tower hill castle Teinitz | Weidenberg - Gossenreuth | moth | |||
Theta Castle | Bindlach - Theta | lock | |||
Tressau Castle | Kirchenpingarten - Tressau | lock | |||
Trockau Castle | Pegnitz - Trockau | lock | second half of the 18th century | Built on the remains of a 13th century castle. Privately owned | |
Truppach Castle | Mistelgau - Truppach | lock | |||
Unteraufseß Castle | Aufseß | lock | 14th Century | Preserved, private property. | |
Unterschreez Castle | Hague - Unterschreez | lock | |||
Burgstall Unterwiesentfels | Hollfeld - Wiesentfels | Burgstall | |||
Burgstall Vogelsburg | Waischenfeld - Löhlitz -Löhlitzer Forest | Burgstall | |||
Wadendorf Castle | Plankenfels - Wadendorf | Castle | 1453 | Significant parts preserved, private property. | |
Waischenfeld Castle | Waischenfeld | Castle | 1122 | Burned down in 1553, parts preserved | |
Wallberg tower hill | Gefrees - Streitau | moth | |||
Wartberg Castle Stables | Pegnitz - Kosbrunn - "Warenberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) of the noble von Wartberg family, later owned by the Bamberg diocese | 12th century, between the years 1149 and 1188, the castle nobility is mentioned, first mentioned in 1308 | Disappeared, only the neck ditch and a few remains of the foundation wall preserved, today serves as a lookout rock | |
Wasserknoden Castle | Bad Berneck in the Fichtel Mountains - Wasserknoden | Castle | |||
Burgstall Wasserkraut | Creußen - water herb | Burgstall | |||
Old Castle (Weidenberg) | Willow Hill | lock | |||
Upper Castle (Weidenberg) | Willow Hill | lock | |||
Lower Castle (Weidenberg) | Willow Hill | lock | |||
Weiher Castle (Ahorntal) | Ahorntal - pond | lock | |||
Weiher Castle (Hollfeld) | Hollfeld - pond | lock | |||
Wiesentfels Castle | Hollfeld - Wiesentfels | Castle | around 1333 | Burned down in 1525 and rebuilt. Residence of the Counts of Giech until 1938. Fully preserved, privately owned | |
Wiesentfels tower hill | Hollfeld - Wiesentfels | moth | |||
Witzleshofen tower hill | Gefrees - Witzleshofen | moth | |||
Tower hill Wünschendorf | Ahorntal - Wünschendorf | moth | |||
Wurzstein castle ruins | Warmensteinach - Zainhammer | Castle | 11th century | Destroyed around 1690, few remains of the wall have been preserved. | |
Zeulenreuth Castle | Speicherersdorf - Zeulenreuth | lock |
District of Coburg
Surname | place | Type | Time of origin | State of preservation and current use | image |
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Maple Castle | maple | former castle, chateau | 11th century | The remains of the castle were expanded into a castle in 1555, inhabited by the family of the Barons von Erffa | |
Manor Birkenmoor | Meeder - birch moor | Manor | Medieval | Receive | |
Birkig Castle | Neustadt near Coburg - Birkig | lock | 1572 | Initially the manor of those von Birkig. Renewal around 1740 by Georg Paul von Hendrich zu Ahorn. After 1745 under Wilhelm Ernst von Speßhardt zu Mupperg with a brewery and distillery, 1856–1881 with a brick factory. Thereafter private ownership, restoration from around 1960. Castle and stable preserved, farm with alpaca breeding | |
Section fortification Buchberg | Lautertal - Tiefenlauter - "Buchberg" | Section attachment | Prehistoric | Gone | |
Tower hill castle grass | Neustadt near Coburg - Plesten | moth | |||
Finkenau Castle | Maple - Finkenau | lock | 15th century | Initially a manor with a mill, from 1828 a castle; preserved and inhabited. | |
Friesendorf tower hill | Ebersdorf near Coburg - Friesendorf | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Fürth am Berg castle ruins | Neustadt bei Coburg - Fürth am Berg | Castle | 1317 | Ruin, cellar vault preserved | |
Geiersberg Castle | Sesslach | lock | 17th century | Farm building from the 18th century, today used for gastronomy | |
Gestungshausen tower hill | Sonnefeld - Gestungshausen | moth | |||
Burgstall Gemünda | Seßlach - Gemünda in Upper Franconia | Burgstall | |||
Tower Hill Großgarnstadt | Ebersdorf near Coburg - Großgarnstadt | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Hassenberg Castle | Hassenberg | lock | 1689 | 1859 converted into a prison, changed and simplified in the process. In the First World War prison camp. Elaborate pilasters have been preserved on the north facade | |
Heilgersdorf Castle | Seßlach - Heilgersdorf | lock | 14th Century | Initially a castle, expanded into a palace in the 18th century. Parish ownership | |
Burgstall in Heilgersdorfer Forest | Seßlach - Bischwind - "Heilgersdorfer Forest" | Höhenburg (hillside castle, mansion) | High medieval | Gone | |
Upper Castle (Hero Ride) | Bad Rodach - hero ride | lock | 16./17. century | Today's two-wing system from 1823 and 1934, barn 1838. | |
Lower Castle (Hero Ride) | Bad Rodach - hero ride | former castle | Demolished in 1871 and rebuilt as a parish hall | ||
Wasserburg Heldritt | Bad Rodach - hero ride | Burgstall | 13th Century | Between Mühlgraben and Hahnbach, gone | |
Castle Hohenstein | Maple Hohenstein | lock | 1573 | First mentioned as a castle in 1306, destroyed in 1525. Rebuilt as a castle in 1573, completely rebuilt in 1759 and created a park | |
Ketschenbach Castle | Neustadt near Coburg - Ketschenbach | lock | 1497 | Initially the manor of those von Staffelstein. Burned down in 1886 and rebuilt as a school building, today a residential building. | |
Kleinwalbur manor | Meeder - Kleinwalbur | Manor | Early modern | Receive | |
Lahm Castle | Itzgrund - lame | lock | around 1710 | The ensemble with the baroque palace of the Barons of Lichtenstein has been preserved | |
Lauterburg | Rödental - Oberwohlsbach | Castle | around 1150 | Initially a castle, around 1700 a new castle was built on old foundations. Dilapidated in the 19th century. The ruin with vaulted cellars has been preserved | |
Moraviahausen Tower Hill | Bad Rodach - Moraviahausen | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Sternberg Castle Meeder | Meeder | Moth, lock | 11th century | Expanded into a castle in 1624, including the old residential tower, private property | |
Moggenbrunn Castle | Meeder - Moggenbrunn | lock | 14th Century | Expanded in the 16th century, private property | |
Burgstall Neukirchen | Lautertal - Neukirchen | Burgstall | |||
Niederfüllbach Castle | Niederfüllbach | lock | 11th to 12th centuries | First a monastery property, then a knight's seat, expanded into today's castle in the 16th century | |
Niederfüllbach tower hill | Niederfüllbach | moth | |||
Oberfüllbach tower hill | Ebersdorf near Coburg - Oberfüllbach | moth | |||
Obersiemau tower hill | Untersiemau - Obersiemau | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Bad Rodach hunting lodge | Bad Rodach | lock | 1748 | Princely hunting lodge. Today it is used as a “guest house” and a local museum | |
Rosenau Castle | Roedental | lock | 1439 | 1817 Expansion according to plans by Karl Friedrich Schinkel . 1819 birthplace of Prince Albert , later Prince Consort of Queen Victoria of | |
Roßfeld tower hill | Bad Rodach - Rossfeld | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Rudelsdorf tower hill | Bad Rodach - Rudelsdorf | moth | |||
Schenkenau Castle | Itzgrund -Schenkenau | lock | 1286 | Ancestral home of the von Rotenhan family. Destroyed down to the ground floor in 1525. Rebuilding until 1660, mill until 1955. Today holiday homes | |
Scherneck Castle | Untersiemau - Scherneck | lock | 1642 | First mansion of a manor, dilapidated in 1710 and replaced by a new building around 1775. Received completely. | |
Schnackenburg tower hill | Neustadt near Coburg - Birkig | moth | |||
Schönstädt Palace | Rödental - Schönstädt | lock | 1585 | Formerly moated castle. Medieval stone block ground floor. Half-timbered upper storey and double-height attic storey, 16th century, modern extension (shed) | |
Upper Schottenstein Castle | Itzgrund - Schottenstein | Castle, previously a tower hill castle | 1636 | Originally built as a castle estate around 1250, destroyed in 1634. The upper part was rebuilt as a two-story castle. 1891 Increase by a boarded-up upper floor. Until 1958 in the possession of the Barons von Schottenstein, since then in their spoon wood from Colberg. Received completely | |
Middle Schottenstein Castle | Itzgrund - Schottenstein | lock | 16./17. century | Receive | |
Lower Schottenstein Castle (White Castle) | Itzgrund - Schottenstein | lock | Early modern | Disappeared, remains of the wall preserved | |
Spanish Koppe tower hill | Bad Rodach - "Spanish Koppe" | moth | |||
Stöppach tower hill | Untersiemau - Stöppach | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Tambach Castle | Weitramsdorf - Tambach | lock | Late 17th century | Three-wing complex, residence of the Counts of Ortenburg . | |
Tower Hill Tiefenlauter | Lautertal - Tiefenlauter | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Herrenhof Unterlauter | Lautertal - Unterlauter | former knight seat | 11th century | Parts of the original building are preserved in the new building from 1758 | |
Upper Castle (Einberg) | Rödental - Einberg | lock | Medieval | Gone | |
Upper Untersiemau Castle | Untersiemau | lock | before 1195 | preserved, privately owned, uninhabited and abandoned to decay since 1976. Garden accessible | |
Untersiemau moated castle | Untersiemau | Moated castle | 13th Century | preserved, private property, in the process of renovation, uninhabited. Park not accessible | |
Waldsachsen Castle | Rödental - Forest Saxony | Manor, castle | 14th Century | The castle burned down in 1822, the manor has been preserved | |
Weissenbrunn Palace | Untersiemau - Weißenbrunn am Forst | lock | 14th Century | Manor of the barons of Koenitz. Repeatedly expanded and rebuilt, located in a park, not accessible | |
Old Castle (Weißenbrunn vorm Wald) | Rödental - Weißenbrunn in front of the forest | Manor | 13th Century | Remains of the wall in the castle chapel, consecrated in 1263, from which today's parish church emerged in 1508, preserved in the tower with the date 1483 | |
New Palace (Weißenbrunn vorm Wald) | Rödental - Weißenbrunn in front of the forest | lock | 18th century | Three-storey mansard building located in a park. Free state ownership, not accessible | |
Castle meadows | Seßlach - meadows | lock | 14th Century | Today's castle built in the 16th century on the foundation walls of the previous castle. Outbuildings partially preserved in their original form, completely restored around 2000. Private property, logistics company | |
Wiesenfeld manor | Meeder - Wiesenfeld near Coburg | grange | 13th Century | Remodeled in the 17th century, residence of the Scheres-Zieritz Privy Council. Today Scheres-Zieritz-Stiftung under the administration of the Coburg State Foundation | |
Upper Castle (Wildenheid) | Neustadt near Coburg - Wildenheid | lock | around 1410 | Built by Hans von Kemmaten. Burned down in 1890 and rebuilt around 1900 by Bernhard Müller in the Swiss style (“Hard's Haus”). Privately owned | |
Lower Castle (Wildenheid) | Neustadt near Coburg - Wildenheid | lock | 1551 | Built by Wilhelm von Schott, after 1589 to Georg Truchseß von Henneberg. The first floor of the original building has been preserved. Upper floor, slated attic and roof turret from the 18th century. School today | |
Ziegelsdorf Castle | Untersiemau - Ziegelsdorf | lock | 19th century | Original building from the 16th to 17th centuries: after 1850 it was redesigned in a neo-Gothic style. Today restaurant, ceremony hall of the community |
Forchheim district
Surname | place | Type | Time of origin | State of preservation and current use | image |
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Section fortification Altenburg | Heroldsbach corridor "Altenburg" | Section attachment | Early medieval | Gone; double rampart and a ditch preserved, terrain disturbed by sand pits | |
Burgstall Alter Schlossberg | Ebermannstadt - Burggaillereuth - "Schlossberg" | Höhenburg ( Spornburg ), previously ring wall | Ring wall from the late Hallstatt and early La Tène times, medieval castle stalls | Gone | |
Burgstall Old Castle | Egloffstein - Affalterthal - "Altschlossberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | High medieval | Gone; Wall, moat and a short remnant of the wall have been preserved |
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Burgstall Old Castle | Pretzfeld - Oberzaunsbach - "Zaunsbacher Berg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone; The only remaining remnant is a naturally formed but artificially deepened neck ditch |
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Ringwall Old Castle | Eggolsheim - Drgendorf - "Schlossberg" | Ring wall | Early medieval | Disappeared, ring wall with partial outer moat preserved | |
Bärnfels castle ruins | Obertrubach - Bärnfels | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | around 1330 | Castle ruins; Burned down in 1525, secured as a ruin in 1969 and freely accessible | |
Burgstall Bieberbach | Egloffstein - Bieberbach | Höhenburg (Spornburg) of the Lords of Dachstetten | Probably 13th century | Disappeared, finally destroyed during the Thirty Years' War, no recognizable remains on the rocky reef in the village | |
Section fortification Borschl | Ebermannstadt - Eschlipp - "Borschl" | Section attachment | Medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall Breitensten | Hetzles - "Hetzleser Berg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg), previously section fortification | Section fortification from the early Middle Ages, again built on a smaller area during the High Middle Ages | Departed, walls preserved | |
Section fortification Burggraf | Graefenberg - Thuisbrunn - "Burggraf" | Section attachment | Prehistoric or early medieval | Departed, walls preserved | |
Burgstein Castle Stables | Leutenbach - Ortspitz - "Burgstein" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | 11th century | Gone; expired around 1200. Neck ditch and a few remains of the wall visible |
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Burk Tower Hill | Forchheim - Burk -lur "Beim Schanzbach" | Niederungsburg ( tower hill castle ) | Medieval | Gone | |
Fortified Church Burk (Holy Three Kings) | Forchheim - Burk | Fortified church | 16th Century | Receive | |
Burgstall Dietrichstein | Pretzfeld - Lützelsdorf - "Diederichstein" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | around 1050 | Disappeared after 1355, few preserved remains of the wall have been preserved. | |
Dietzhof Castle | People Bach - Dietzhof | Niederungsburg ( moated castle ) | High medieval | Gone | |
Dormitz mansion | Dormitz | Manor house | Modern | Gone | |
Fortified Church Dormitz (Our Lady) | Dormitz | Fortified church | 15th century | Partly preserved | |
Burgstall Dörnhof | Graefenberg - Dörnhof | Niederungsburg | Medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall Ebermannstadt | Ebermannstadt -Flur "Burgstall" | Höhenburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, only the tower mound and ramparts preserved | |
Fortified church Ebermannstadt (St. Nikolaus) | Ebermannstadt | Fortified church | Churchyard fortifications no longer preserved | ||
Effeltrich fortified church (St. Georg) | Effeltrich | Fortified church | Fortified from 1460 | Receive | |
Eggolsheim fortified church (St. Martin) | Eggolsheim | Fortified church | Late medieval | Partly preserved | |
Ringwall honorary citizen | Wiesenthau - Schlaifhausen - " Honorary Citizenship " | Ring wall | Departed, walls preserved | ||
Ermreuth Castle | Neunkirchen am Brand - Ermreuth | lock | |||
Egloffstein Castle | Egloffstein | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | around 1150 | Preserved, privately owned |
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Forchheim Castle | Forchheim | City castle | 14th Century | Preserved, houses the castle museum | |
Gaillreuth Castle | Ebermannstadt -Burggaillreuth | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | 1122 | Destroyed in 1632, partially rebuilt, private property | |
Gößweinstein Castle | Gößweinstein | Höhenburg ( summit castle ) | before 1076 | Significant parts preserved, private property |
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Gräfenberg Castle (stone house, large house) | Graefenberg | Niederungsburg | First mentioned in 1172 | Disappeared, last remnants removed in 1563 | |
Graefenberg Castle (Nuremberg Nursing Castle ) | Graefenberg | lock | 14th Century | Receive | |
Guttenburg Castle | Graefenberg - Guttenburg | lock | 18th century | Receive | |
Hagenbach Castle | Pretzfeld - Hagenbach | lock | |||
Hallerndorf Castle | Hallerndorf | lock | Late medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall Hainburg (Burgstall Rüsselbach, Burgstall on the cat) | Igensdorf - "Küheberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone, the ring wall, remains of the wall and trenches of the complex, which extends over several levels, have been preserved | |
Hammermühle Manor | Egloffstein - hammer mill | Hammerherrensitz | Modern | Gone | |
Ringwall Heidelberg | Egloffstein - Äpfelbach - "Heidelberg" | Ring wall | Prehistory and early history as well as early medieval | Departed, walls preserved | |
Burgstall Heiliger Bühl | Gößweinstein - Wölm chapel ruin "Heiliger Bühl" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Heroldsbach Castle | Heroldsbach | lock | 16th Century | Receive | |
Burgstall Hetzelsdorf | Pretzfeld - Hetzelsdorf | Niederungsburg in the village, ministerial seat of the noble lords of Schluesselberg | Local nobility is first mentioned in 1287 | Gone, site overbuilt today | |
Hiltpoltstein Castle (Old Castle) | Hiltpoltstein | Höhenburg (summit castle) | First half of the 11th century | Destroyed in 1553, rebuilt in 1559. Mostly preserved, private property since 1966 |
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New Castle (Hiltpoltstein) | Hiltpoltstein | lock | Receive | ||
Section fortification Hunnenburg | Ebermannstadt - Gasseldorf - "Hummerstein" | Section attachment | Originally a prehistoric hilltop settlement, the section fortification was probably built during the early Middle Ages | Disappeared, only two section ramparts preserved without ditches | |
Hundshaupten Castle | Egloffstein - dog heads | Castle, previously a hilltop castle | 1369 | Destroyed in 1525, rebuilt in 1561. Private property, part of which has been owned by the district since 1991 | |
Jägersburg Castle | Eggolsheim -Bammersdorf | lock | Receive | ||
Kersbach Tower Hill | Forchheim - Kersbach , in the Pfarrgartenstraße 1 area | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Kersbach fortified church (St. Johannes Baptist and St. Ottilie) | Forchheim - Kersbach | Fortified church | Late medieval | Fastening partially preserved | |
Fortified church Kirchrüsselbach (St. Jakobus) | Igensdorf - Rüsselbach - Kirchrüsselbach | Fortified church | 16th Century | Churchyard fortifications preserved | |
Kohlstein Castle | Gößweinstein - Kohlstein | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | 1486 | Preserved, except for the palace chapel in private ownership | |
Kunreuth Castle | Kunreuth | lock | 1109 | Receive; Destroyed again in 1525 and again after reconstruction in 1553. Rebuilt in 1558 as a moated castle. In the possession of the Lords of Egloffstein, family archive | |
Fortified church Langensendelbach (St. Peter and Paul) | Langensendelbach | Fortified church | Modern | Churchyard fortifications preserved | |
Section fortification Lehmberg | Kunreuth - Weingarts - "Lehmberg" | Section attachment | Prehistory and early history | Gone | |
Burgstall Leutenbach | Volksbach - St. Moritz | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Ringwall Lindelberg | Neunkirchen am Brand - Rödlas - " Lindelberg " | Ring wall | Prehistoric | Departed, walls preserved | |
Burgstall Lindelburg | Neunkirchen am Brand - Rödlas - " Lindelberg " | Early medieval ring wall, built into the larger Lindelberg ring wall | Early medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall Moschendorf | Gößweinstein - Moschendorf | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Neideck castle ruins | Wiesenttal - Streitberg - "Schlossberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | around 1050 | Ruin since 1553. Secured from 1996, since 2006 archaeological park in the castle area |
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Section fortification of Neusles | Gräfenberg - Neusles -Waldabteilung "blade" | Section attachment | Probably early medieval | Exited, only a section wall received | |
Burgstall Niederfellendorf | Wiesenttal - Niederfellendorf , in the area of today's cemetery | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Niedermirsberg tower hill | Ebermannstadt - Niedermirsberg -Flur "Buchholz" | Höhenburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall Obertrubach | Obertrubach | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | High medieval | Disappeared, only a few traces of the former castle remain | |
Burgstall Oberweilersbach | Weilersbach - Oberweilersbach | Niederungsburg | Medieval | Gone | |
Pautzfeld fortified church (Assumption of Mary) | Hallerndorf - Pautzfeld | Fortified church | Late medieval | Fixing received | |
Pinzberg fortified church (St. Nikolaus) | Pinzberg | Fortified church | Second half of the 15th century | Fortifications and gate tower preserved | |
Pretzfeld Castle | Pretzfeld | lock | Probably from the late Middle Ages | Receive | |
Pretzfeld fortified church (St. Kilian) | Pretzfeld | Fortified church | The church was fortified during the 15th century | Cemetery wall preserved | |
Regensberg castle ruins | Kunreuth - Regensberg | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | 12th Century | Gone; Badly damaged in 1632 and 1639, structural remains demolished in 1867. Castle chapel from 1376 preserved | |
Reifenberg Castle Stables | Weilersbach -Reifenberg-Vexierkapelle | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Section fortification Reisberg | Pretzfeld - "Reisberg", at the border triangle | Section attachment | Early medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall Rettern pulpit | Eggolsheim - Rescuers - "Rescuer pulpit" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Reuth Castle | Forchheim - Reuth | Niederungsburg | High medieval, Burgadel was first mentioned in 1172 | Disappeared, no more left | |
Rothenbühl Castle | Ebermannstadt - Rothenbühl | Höhenburg (hillside castle) | High medieval | Disappeared, no remains preserved | |
Tower hill Rüssenbach | Ebermannstadt - Rüssenbach | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall Sattelmannsburg (Stadtmers Bürg) | Gößweinstein - Sattelmannsburg - "Hetzelfels" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Schellenberg Castle | Kleinsendelbach - Schellenberg | lock | 14th Century | Extended in the 17th and 19th centuries, completely preserved. Use as business premises since 1993 | |
Ringwall Schießberg | Eggolsheim - Unterstürmig - "Schießberg" | Ring wall | Early medieval | Departed, walls preserved | |
Burgstall Schlossberg (Heidenstein) | Graefenberg - Haidhof - "Haidhofer Schlossberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Second half of the 12th century | Disappeared, few remains of the wall and two trenches have been preserved | |
Burgstall Keystone | Ebermannstadt | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Second half of the 12th century | Dismissed before 1349. Remnants of the wall in the area of the outer neck ditch partially preserved | |
Steinhaus manor (Dormitz) | Dormitz | Manor, previously possibly Ministerialenburg | Modern | Gone | |
Streitberg castle ruins | Wiesenttal - Streitberg | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | before 1120 | Conquered and destroyed in 1553, preserved remains |
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Thuisbrunn Castle | Graefenberg - Thuisbrunn | Höhenburg (summit castle) | before 1348 | Ruin; partially rebuilt after destruction in 1460 and 1553, keep and administrative building preserved |
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Burgstall Thüngfelderstein (Eberhardstein Castle) | Gößweinstein - Morschreuth | Höhenburg ( tower castle ) | Probably 12th century | Left, only one ditch received | |
Thurn Castle | Heroldsbach - Thurn | lock | 1422 | Rebuilt into a baroque palace in 1737. Privately owned, the castle park is accessible as an adventure park | |
Section fortification Tiefenstürmig | Eggolsheim - Tiefenstürmig corridor "Heiligkreuzholz" | Section attachment | Presumably prehistoric | Gone | |
Burgstall Unterailsfeld | Gößweinstein - Unterailsfeld | Niederungsburg | Late medieval | Gone | |
Unterleinleiter Castle | Lower leash | Niederungsburg, possibly tower hill castle | Medieval | Gone | |
Unterleinleiter Castle | Lower leash | lock | 1372 | In 1523 during the Peasants' War, after reconstruction in 1690 it burned down and rebuilt. From 1952 to 1985 a special educational children's home, then private property | |
Burgstall Vestenberg | Wiesenttal - desert stone | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | High medieval | Dismissed before 1536. Wall and former outer wall partially preserved |
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Walkersbrunn manor | Graefenberg - Walkersbrunn , Walkersbrunn 23 | Manor house | Modern | Gone | |
Wannbach manor | Pretzfeld - Wannbach | Manor, previously Niederungsburg (moated castle), Bamberg-episcopal ministerial seat | The local nobility has been mentioned since 1124, the manor was built until 1558 | Preserved, castle destroyed in the Peasants' War and the Second Margrave War, then rebuilt as a manor house, today in private ownership | |
Burgstall Wartleiten | Wiesenttal - Streitberg - "Wartleitenberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall Wichsenstein | Gößweinstein - Wichsenstein | Höhenburg (summit castle) | around 1100 | Gone; Only in ruins in the middle of the 16th century, today a lookout rock without castle relics | |
Wiesenthau Castle | Wiesenthau | lock | 1379 | After being destroyed in 1525, rebuilt in 1566. Fully preserved, used as an inn and hotel | |
Willersdorf fortified church (St. Bartholomäus) | Hallerndorf - Willersdorf | Fortified church | Late medieval | Fixing received | |
Wolfsberg castle ruins | Obertrubach - Wolfsberg | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | around 1150 | Ruin; Destroyed and rebuilt in 1388 and 1525 respectively. 1609 uninhabitable. From 1823 use as a quarry, secured foundation walls preserved |
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Tower hill Wöhr | Wiesenttal - Wöhr | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | High medieval | Gone; no more remains visible, today a meadow area | |
Wolfsberg Castle (Graefenberg) | Graefenberg | lock | after 1567 | Receive | |
Wolkenstein castle ruins | Ebermannstadt -Wolkenstein | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | 15th century | Probably gone before 1525, few remains of the wall have been preserved | |
Wüstenstein Castle | Wiesenttal - desert stone | Castle, previously a hilltop castle | Medieval | Gone |
Hof district
Surname | place | Type | Time of origin | State of preservation and current use | image |
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Burgstall Old Palace (Brunnenthal) | Köditz - Brunnenthal - "Old Palace" | Höhenburg ( Spornburg ) | Medieval | Gone | |
Tower Hill Old Castle (Helmbrechts) | Helmbrechts - Almbranz , 1230 meters west of the village | Niederungsburg , tower hill castle | Medieval | Disappeared, tower hill partially leveled | |
Tower Hill Old Castle (Stobersreuth) | Schwarzenbach an der Saale - Stobersreuth | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall Am Rothen Berg | Leupoldsgrün - Lipperts - "Rotenberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall Am Weidenstein | Bad Steben - Thierbach - "Mühlberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Autengrün tower hill | Oberkotzau - Autengrün | Niederungsburg ( moated castle , tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone, the square castle mound preserved in the moat | |
Bad Steben fortified church (St. Walburga) | Bad Steben | Fortified church | 13th or 14th century | Partly preserved, nave demolished in 1910 | |
Fortified Church Berg (St. Jakobus) | mountain | Fortified church | 14./15. century | Churchyard fortifications partially preserved | |
Burgstall amber | Schwarzenbach am Wald - Bernstein am Wald - "Burgstadel" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Disappeared, only a remnant of a trench has been preserved | |
Burgstall Blankeneck | Issigau - Kemlas - "Blankeneck" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Worn, horseshoe-shaped moat and another moat preserved | |
Brandstein Castle | Mountain - Brandstein | Castle , previously Braunstein Castle | Medieval castle, castle built around 1800 | Receive | |
Braunstein castle ruins | Mountain - Brandstein | Castle | Medieval | Gone, converted into a castle | |
Burgstall Brunnenthal | Köditz - Brunnenthal , 1100 meters north-northwest of the village | Höhenburg (ground floor residence) | Medieval | Gone | |
Manor Bug | Weissdorf - Bug | Manor house | 12th or 13th century | A manor (14th century) developed from a tower hill complex, rebuilt like a castle after several destruction in the 18th century, sheep farm since 1998 | |
Burgstall Bug | Weissdorf - Bug | Niederungsburg | Medieval | Gone | |
Castle bow | Mountain - bow | Castle, previously a moated castle | Medieval castle, castle from the 16th / 17th centuries century | Receive | |
Dobenck Castle | Rehau - Dobenck | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle), ancestral seat of the Lords of Dobeck | First mentioned in 869 | Gone | |
Döhlau Castle | Döhlau | lock | 1702 | Former knight's seat, rebuilt as a castle after a fire in 1702, private property | |
Dorschenhammer Castle | Schauenstein - Dorschenhammer | Hammer lock | 17./18. century | Receive | |
Burgstall Feilitzsch | Feilitzsch | Niederungsburg | Medieval | Gone | |
Feilitzsch Castle | Feilitzsch | lock | 1742 | Receive | |
Feilitzsch Knight's Seat (Schlössle) | Feilitzsch | lock | 17./18. century | Received, today an inn | |
Freilitzsches Schloss (Upper Castle) | Pots | lock | 16th Century | Residential building since 1990. | |
Förbau ring wall | Schwarzenbach an der Saale - Förbau - "Haidberg" | Höhenburg (spur location) | Medieval | Worn, traces of the terrain visible | |
Förbau manor | Schwarzenbach an der Saale - Förbau | Niederungsburg (moated castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Manor Frog Green | Naila - Naila frog green | Manor house | Early modern | Left, park received | |
Gattendorf Castle | Gattendorf - Schloßgattendorf | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | 13./14. century | Ruins, castle courtyard, remains of a waiting room and moat have been preserved | |
Gattendorf Castle | Gattendorf - Schloßgattendorf | lock | 1702/02 | Receive | |
Fortified church Geroldsgrün (St. Jakobus) | Geroldsgrün | Fortified church | Modern | Church courtyard fortifications with three round towers partially preserved | |
Gottsmannsgrün Castle | Berg - Gottsmannsgrün | lock | 17th century | Preserved, brewery privately owned. | |
Gumpertsreuth Castle | Gattendorf - Gumpertsreuth | lock | Medieval, 17th / 18th centuries Century expanded | Receive | |
Burgstall Haideck | Oberkotzau - Haideck - "Haidleite" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone, in 1421 already mentioned as a desert. Traces of wall and ditch visible | |
Hallerstein Castle | Schwarzenbach an der Saale - Hallerstein | lock | 15th century | ruin | |
Hartungs Tower Hill | Leupoldsgrün - Hartungs | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Hinterer Buberg tower hill | Weißdorf - Bug - "Bugberg" | Höhenburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Hirschstein castle ruins | Martinlamitzer Forst-Nord | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | before 13th century | Destroyed in the middle of the 14th century, remains of the wall preserved | |
Hofstatt tower hill | Zell im Fichtelgebirge - Grossenau | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Hohenberg Castle | Regnitzlosau - Hohenberg | lock | Medieval / modern | Abandoned, burned down in 1958 | |
Hohenrod Castle Stables | Unregulated area of Geroldsgrüner Forst - "Schlossberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Second half of the 12th century | Disappeared, neck ditch and double ring wall around the main castle preserved | |
Knight seat Isaar | Töpen - Isaar | Manor house | Medieval | Conservation yard | |
Issigau Castle | Issigau | lock | 16th Century | Receive | |
Joditz Manor | Köditz - Joditz | Manor house | 1534 | Receive | |
Köditz Tower Hill | Köditz - "Mühlhügel" | Höhenburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Köditz Castle | Köditz | lock | Late medieval | Receive | |
Köditz fortified church | Köditz | Fortified church | Late medieval | Receive | |
Konradsreuth Castle | Konradsreuth | Castle (moated castle) with castle park, in it the traces of a tower hill complex | Probably 13th century | Preserved, privately owned | |
Lichtenberg Castle | Lichtenberg | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | 12th Century | Destroyed by fire in 1682. Preserved as a ruin, the donjon reconstructed | |
Lippertsgrün Castle | Naila - Lippertsgrün | lock | Early modern | Receive | |
Löwelsches Gut | Naila - Marx green | Hammer lock | 17./18. century | Receive | |
Marlesreuth Tower Hill | Naila - Marlesreuth | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Manor Moss | Mountain - moss | Manor house | 17./18. century | Receive | |
Mechlenreuth tower hill | Münchberg - Mechlenreuth | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Münchberg tower hill | Münchberg | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Tower Hill Münchenreuth | Feilitzsch - Münchenreuth | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Departed, tower hill leveled | |
Tower Hill Mussen | Münchberg - Mussen | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, tower hill partially built over | |
Naila Tower Hill | Naila | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Nentschau tower hill | Regnitzlosau - Nentschau | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, round tower hill preserved | |
Nestelreuth manor | Naila - Nestelreuth | Manor house | 18th century | Receive | |
Neuhaus Castle | Selbitz - Neuhaus | lock | 15th century | Receive | |
Niedernberg Castle | Regnitzlosau | lock | Modern | Receive | |
Oberkotzau Castle | Oberkotzau | lock | before 16th century | Destroyed in the 16th century, rebuilt as a baroque palace in the 18th century, burned down in 1852 and rebuilt. Today partly privately owned, partly Diakonie dormitory. | |
Oberschwarzenstein Castle | Schwarzenbach am Wald - Schwarzenstein | Castle, previously a hilltop castle | Medieval castle, castle from 1795 | Preserved, now serves as a residential building | |
Burgstall Osseck | Regnitzlosau - Osseck am Wald - "Stinkbühl" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Ostburg | Zell im Fichtelgebirge - Sparnecker Forest - " Großer Waldstein " | Höhenburg (summit castle) | 12th Century | Abandoned in the 14th century and used as a quarry, numerous remains have been preserved as ruins | |
Burgstall Raitschin | Regnitzlosau - Raitschin | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Rehau Castle Stables | Rehau | Niederungsburg | 13th Century | Gone | |
Regnitzlosau Castle | Regnitzlosau | lock | Early modern | Gone | |
Regnitzlosau tower hill | Regnitzlosau | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, tower hill largely destroyed by road construction | |
Regnitzlosau II tower hill | Regnitzlosau | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Reitzenstein Castle Stables | Issigau - Reitzenstein | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Reitzenstein Castle | Issigau - Reitzenstein | Castle, previously a hilltop castle | 1740-65 | Receive | |
Reuthlas tower hill | Konradsreuth - Reuthlas | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Departed, tower hill leveled | |
Rodeck Castle Stables | Schwarzenbach am Wald - Rodecker Forst-Ost - "Schlossberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall Rodesgrün | Selbitz - Rodesgrün , at height point 604.8 | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Rodesgrün tower hill | Selbitz - Rodesgrün , 450 meters east of the town center | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Rudolphstein Castle | Berg - Rudolphstein | lock | 15th century, medieval predecessor buildings | Preserved, now houses a hotel | |
Saalenstein Castle Stables | Köditz - Saalenstein | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall Schartenmauer | Köditz - Scharten | Niederungsburg | Medieval | Disappeared, remains of the wall preserved | |
Schauenstein Castle | Schauenstein | lock | around 1230 | Preserved, now houses a fire department and local history museum | |
Schlegel Castle | Köditz - Schlegel | Castle | 16./17. century | Receive | |
Schnarchenreuth Castle | Berg - Schnarchenreuth | Castle, previously a tower hill castle | Medieval | Building dilapidated today | |
Schottenhammer Castle | Naila - Schottenhammer | Hammer lock | Second half of the 18th century | Receive | |
Schwarzenbach Castle | Schwarzenbach on the Saale | lock | Early modern | Preserved, now serves as the town hall | |
Upper Gut (Schwarzenbach am Wald) | Schwarzenbach am Wald | Manor of the Lords of Reitzenstein | Medieval | Receive | |
Lower Gut (Schwarzenbach am Wald) | Schwarzenbach am Wald | Manor of the Lords of Reitzenstein | Medieval | Gone | |
Schweinsbach tower hill | Münchberg - Schweinsbach | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Departed, tower hill leveled | |
Old Castle (Selbitz) | Selbitz | lock | Early modern | Abandoned, canceled in 1972, no remains | |
New Castle (Selbitz) | Selbitz | lock | 17th century | Receive | |
Sparneck Castle | Sparneck | Niederungsburg | Early 13th century | Destroyed in 1523 and left to decay. 1730 New building of an office building using old wall remains (visible) | |
Parkschlößchen Bad Steben | Bad Steben | lock | hotel | ||
Burgstall Stockenroth | Sparneck - Stockenroth | Niederungsburg | Medieval | Left, trench remains | |
Tauperlitz tower hill castle | Döhlau - Tauperlitz | Niederungsburg (moated castle, tower hill castle) | around 1200 | Disappeared, moat preserved | |
Thierbach Castle Stables | Bad Steben - Thierbach | Niederungsburg, predecessor to Thierbach Castle | Medieval | Gone | |
Thierbach Castle ruins | Bad Steben - Thierbach | lock | Late 15th century | Destroyed in 1554 and in the Thirty Years War , rebuilt, abandoned to ruin in 1727. Wall remains visible, stables preserved | |
Töpen Castle | Pots | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall Trogen | Trogen | Niederungsburg (moated castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Trogen manor | Trogen | Manor house | Medieval, today's building from the 18th century | Receive | |
Manor Trogen II | Trogen | Manor house | Medieval, today's building from the 18th century | Receive | |
Unterblade Spur Manor | Naila - lower blade spur | Manor house | 13th Century. Manor with hammer mill, preserved | ||
Unterschwarzenstein Castle | Schwarzenbach am Wald - Schwarzenstein | lock | 1708 | Today residential building | |
Uprode Castle | Weißdorf - Oppenroth -Flur "Hag" | Höhenburg (summit castle) | around 1320 | Destroyed in 1523, preserved as a ruin | |
Tower hill choice height | Helmbrechts - Wahlhöhe - "Wahlershöhe" | Höhenburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Waldschlösschen tower hill | Regnitzlosau - Waldschlösschen | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Waldsteinburg | Zell im Fichtelgebirge - Sparnecker Forest - " Großer Waldstein " | Höhenburg (summit castle) | 1350 | Destroyed in 1523, ruin | |
Wallenrode Castle | Unregulated area of Geroldsgrüner Forst - "Burgstein" | Höhenburg (Spornburg), ancestral castle of the Lords of Wallenrode | Mid 13th century | Left, two neck ditches and several wall ditches have survived from the three-part complex | |
Weissdorf moated castle | Weissdorf | lock | 1364 | Initially a castle, destroyed in 1523, rebuilt after 1543 as a castle with the curtain wall and tower preserved. Both broken off in 1875, private property | |
Weissenstein guard tower | Stammbach - " Weißenstein " | Watch tower | Late medieval | Gone, replaced today by a new building | |
Tower hill castle Woja | Rehau - Woja | Niederungsburg (moated castle, tower hill castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, only the tower hill in a pond is still preserved | |
Burgstall Zedtwitz | Feilitzsch - Zedtwitz | Niederungsburg (moated castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Zedtwitz Castle | Feilitzsch - Zedtwitz | lock | Early modern | Receive |
District of Kronach
Surname | place | Type | Time of origin | State of preservation and current use | image |
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Alte Kemenate Castle (Nagel) | Küps nail | lock | 14th Century | Preserved, private property | |
Tower Hill Old Castle | Stockheim - Hasslach | Niederungsburg ( tower hill castle, moated castle ) | Medieval | Gone, castle site between two streams on an island | |
Tower Hill Alter Schlossberg | Kronach -Kathragrub- "Alter Schlossberg" | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, five meter high tower with a moat preserved | |
Burgstall Am Schlossberg | Steinwiesen toll house | Burgstall | |||
Birkach Castle | Kronach - Birkach | Castle | |||
Buchbach tower hill | Steinbach am Wald - Buchbach | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall The castle | Weißenbrunn | Niederungsburg | Late medieval, probably mentioned in 1416 | Gone, castle site built over today | |
Tower Hill The Bastion | Weißenbrunn | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, built over by a villa | |
Entmannsdorf tower hill | Kronach- Entmannsdorf | moth | |||
Upper Fischbach Castle | Kronach - Fischbach | lock | Receive. | ||
Lower Fischbach Castle | Kronach - Fischbach | lock | |||
Middle Castle Friesen | Kronach - Frisians | lock | Gone | ||
Upper Friesen Castle | Kronach - Frisians | Burgstall | Ruin demolished in 2009. | ||
Lower Friesen Castle | Kronach - Frisians | lock | 1391 | Manor of the Knights of Zeyern, 1625–1801 private property, then redesigned in Baroque style. 1804–2008 rectory. Today residential building. | |
Haig Castle | Stockheim - Haig | lock | Privately owned. | ||
Hain Castle | Küps Grove | lock | 1774 | Preserved, private property. | |
Haßlach tower hill | Stockheim - Haßlach - "Grubholz" corridor | Tower Hill Castle | Medieval | Disappeared, upstream moat fortifications preserved | |
Hesselbach Castle | Wilhelmsthal - Hesselbach | lock | Gone | ||
Heunischenburg fortification section | Mitwitz - Burgstall | Prehistoric section fortification | 10th century BC Chr. | Abandoned, 1986 and 2000 reconstruction of wall sections. | |
Hirschfeld tower hill | Steinbach am Wald- Hirschfeld | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone, today built over by the Catholic branch church of the Visitation | |
Hohenrot Castle | Stockheim - Neukenroth - "Eilaberg" | lock | Medieval | Gone | |
Rear (new) Küps Castle | Küps | lock | around 1400 | Privately owned Baroness von Redwitz. | |
Middle (old) Küps Castle | Küps | lock | 1151 | New building in the 16th century, private property. | |
Upper Küps Castle (Schemenau) | Küps | lock | 16th Century | Preserved, private property. | |
Lauenstein Castle | Ludwigsstadt- Lauenstein | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | 12th Century | Expanded in 1554 in the Renaissance style. Privately owned in 1815 and initially abandoned to ruin, expanded into a hotel in 1896. State-owned since 1962, hotel closed since 2007. Museum open. | |
Ludwigsstadt Palace | Ludwigsstadt | lock | Today kindergarten | ||
Burgstall Ludwigsstadt | Ludwigsstadt | Niederungsburg | Medieval | Gone | |
Tower Hill Ludwigsstadt | Ludwigsstadt -Oberneu-Hüttendorf- "Black Mountain" | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | High medieval | Gone | |
Hofgut Melanger | Küps | Ground monument | 14th Century | Left in 1668. Findings from the Middle Ages and the early modern period. | |
Upper lock | Mitwitz | lock | Late Middle Ages | Burned out in 1634, expanded into a castle in 1713 using old walls. Privately owned. | |
Mitwitz moated castle | Mitwitz | lock | 1266 | Partly destroyed in 1525. Rebuilt as a moated castle at the end of the 16th century. Since 1989 the seat of the Upper Franconian Ecological Educational Center and the Upper Franconian Beekeeping School with a small beekeeping museum. | |
Tower hill Obere Bürg | Steinbach am Wald - Obere Bürg | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, trapezoidal tower hill with rampart and moat preserved | |
Oberlangenstadt Castle | Küps - Oberlangenstadt | lock | 1862 | Complete with park. | |
Rosenberg Fortress | Kronach | Castle | 13th Century | 1656–1699 and 1706–1867 expansion into a baroque fortress. Seat of the Franconian Gallery of the Bavarian National Museum. Guided tours through the above-ground and part of the underground facilities. | |
Rothenkirchen Castle | Pressig - Rothenkirchen | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Around 1187 | Partly preserved | |
Burgstall Rothenkirchen | Pressig - Rothenkirchen - "Fosshügel" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall Schlossberg (North Halben) | Nordhalben - "Schlossberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Between 1151 and 1154 | Departed, section trench received | |
Burgstall Schlossberg (Seibelsdorf) | Marktrodach - Seibelsdorf - "Schlossberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Departed, section trench received | |
Burgstall Schlossberg (Steinwiesen) | Steinwiesen -Rieblich- "Schlossberg" | Höhenburg (summit castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, no more visible remains | |
Schmölz Castle | Küps - Schmölz | lock | 1194 | Destroyed in 1525, rebuilt in 1536. Privately owned, café. | |
Black Geis Castle Stables (Steinberg Castle) | Wilhelmsthal- Steinberg- "Schlossberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval, in 1150 the castle nobility was named | Gone | |
Seibelsdorf Castle | Marktrodach - Seibelsdorf | lock | 1818 | Today residential building. | |
Seibelsdorf tower hill | Marktrodach - Seibelsdorf | moth | |||
Steinberg Castle Stables | Wilhelmsthal- Steinberg | Burgstall | |||
Sternberg fortification section | Kronach- Russmühle- "Sternberg" | Section attachment | probably early medieval | Gone | |
Stockheim Castle | Stockheim | lock | |||
Theisenort Castle | Küps- Theisenort | Castle | 1335 | Old guard of the former castle preserved, restaurant. The castle burned out in 1947, then converted into residential buildings. | |
Tüschnitz moated castle | Küps -Tüschnitz | Ground monument | Late medieval | Disappeared, foundations uncovered and secured; The castle's economic building from 1822 has been preserved, today the town hall | |
Tschirn Castle Stables | Tschirn - "Hammerberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Disappeared, core mound with moat and ramparts preserved | |
Waldenfels Castle | Wallenfels - "Schlossberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | After 1195 | Disappeared, neck moat and impressive ring moat around the main castle | |
Welitsch tower hill | Pressig - Welitsch - "Bärnsbrunnen" | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Fortified church Welitsch | Pressy - Welitsch | Fortified church | Medieval | Receive | |
Burgstall Wildenberg | Weißenbrunn -Wildenberg- "Long Mountain" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | 1248 | Gone |
District of Kulmbach
Surname | place | Type | Time of origin | State of preservation and current use | image |
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Burgstall Alladorf | Thurnau - Alladorf | Niederungsburg | Medieval | Gone | |
Alladorf tower hill | Thurnau - Alladorf | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, tower hill partially built over | |
Burgstall Altenhollfeld | Thurnau - Alladorf - "Burgstall" | Burgstall | |||
Burgstall on the Heidelknock | Kasendorf - Azendorf - "Heidelknock" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall on the pulpit | Stadtsteinach - "Pulpit" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Left, neck ditch preserved | |
Breitenreuth manor | Guttenberg - Breitenreuth | Manor house | 1746-1750 | Received according to plans by Balthasar Neumann . | |
Burgstall castle hill | Marktschorgast - Rohrersreuth - "Gondelberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Castle stable badly damaged, neck moat partially preserved | |
Buchau Castle | Mainleus - Buchau | lock | |||
Cottenau Castle | Wirsberg - Cottenau | lock | |||
Danndorf Castle | Mainleus | lock | |||
Eisenwind Tower Hill | Rugendorf - Eisenwind | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone, the tower hill in the local area is now leveled and built over | |
Burgstall Eulenburg (Grafengehaig) | Earl mate | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | 11-16 Century? | 1371 "Ewelstein" near Grafengehaig v. Waldenrode. 1434 to Grafengehaig in the Ewelburg. Around 1500 high castle of the Ewel zu Grafgehaig. According to oral tradition, ruins around 1900, underground passages. Today "rough rock", possibly large amounts of rubble (collapse of the wall), leveling layers recognizable. | |
Forstleiten Castle | Thurnau - Forstleithen | lock | |||
Neuguttenberg Castle | Guttenberg | Castle | 1482-92 | Destroyed in 1523 and rebuilt as a castle using the remains. Today's facility has few features of the medieval castle. Residence of the Enoch family from und zu Guttenberg. | |
Altguttenberg Castle | Guttenberg | Castle | around 1318 | Destroyed in 1523 and not rebuilt. No leftovers received. | |
Fortified church Grafengehaig | Earl mate | Fortified church | around 1448 | Historically significant culture, built around 1448 on remains from the 13/14. Century, well-preserved fortification, is one of the oldest and best preserved in Germany | |
Ringwall Grünbürg | Stadtsteinach -Grünbürg | Ring wall | Early medieval | Disappeared, double ring wall preserved | |
Green Castle (Mittlerhaus) | Guttenberg | lock | 1819 | Erected over an older core, today Baron von Guttenbergsche Rentenverwaltung. | |
Grünwehr Castle | Kulmbach | lock | |||
Old Heinersreuth Castle (Wildensteiner Schlösschen) | Presseck - Heinersreuth | lock | around 1500 | Preserved, forestry operation. | |
New Heinersreuth Castle | Presseck - Heinersreuth | lock | |||
Prinzenbau Himmelkron | Sky crown | lock | End of the 16th century | Until the 19th century summer residence and hunting lodge of the Bayreuth margraves. Today dormitory and day care center for people with intellectual disabilities. | |
Burgstall Hohe Reuth | Rugendorf - Losau , 550 meters north of the town center | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Disappeared, neck ditch and ramparts preserved | |
Tower Hill High Tower | Wonsees - Grossenhül | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Departed, castle site strongly disrupted today | |
Hummendorf Castle | Untereinach | lock | |||
Jöslein Castle | Neudrossenfeld - Jöslein | lock | 16th Century | Expanded in 1752. Receive. | |
Katschenreuth Castle | Kulmbach | lock | |||
Kulmbach Palace | Kulmbach | lock | |||
Kunreuth tower hill | Presseck - Kunreuth | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, square core mound with moat and outer wall preserved | |
Kirchleus Castle | Kulmbach - Kirchleus | lock | |||
Lanzendorf Castle | Himmelkron - Lanzendorf | lock | |||
Lindenberg Castle | Kasendorf - Lindenberg | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle), later a castle | High medieval | Disappeared, square tower mound with moat and outer wall preserved. Castle site today partially built over. | |
Castle stable in Lösau | Kulmbach - Lösau - "Lösauer Berg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg, ground floor residence) | Probably 11th century | Departed, moat received | |
Mangersreuth tower hill | Kulmbach - Mangersreuth | moth | |||
Marktschorgast fortified church (St. Jakob) | Marktschorgast | Fortified church | |||
Neudrossenfeld Castle | Neudrossenfeld | lock | 16th Century | Expanded in 1752. Receive. | |
Neuhaus tower hill | Wirsberg | moth | |||
Nordeck castle ruins | Stadtsteinach | Castle | around 1100 | Destroyed in 1438, rebuilt around 1450, destroyed again and abandoned in 1525. Some parts have been preserved as ruins. | |
Oberdornlach tower hill | Kulmbach - Oberdornlach | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Upper Künsberg Castle | Thurnau | lock | |||
Partenfeld tower hill (stone house) | Thurnau - Partenfeld | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, tower mound with a diameter of 15 meters as well as rampart and moat preserved | |
Peesten Castle | Kasendorf - Peesten | lock | |||
Plassenburg | Kulmbach | Castle | around 1135 | Expanded into a fortress in 1530, largely destroyed in 1554. 1557–1607 reconstruction in the Renaissance style. 1862–1928 prison, 1933–1945 Reich School of German Technology . Today the largest collection of pewter figures in the world. | |
Burgstall Rabenstein | Wirsberg - "Rabenstein" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Disappeared, double neck ditch preserved | |
Burgstall Rauhenstein | Presseck - Schlackenreuth - "Rauhenstein" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Disappeared, section trench with outer wall preserved | |
Rugendorf Castle | Rugendorf | lock | 1555 | Original condition preserved, residential building. | |
Oriental building Sanspareil | Wonsees - Sanspareil | lock | 1747 | Building designed as a rural hermitage in the entrance area of the Sanspareil rock garden. After 1835 abandoned to ruin. 1950–1956 Securing of the building and interior restoration. Today museum. | |
Schimmendorf tower hill | Mainleus - Schimmendorf -Flur "Burgstall" | Höhenburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, tower mound and moat preserved | |
Tower Hill Castle (Vannau Castle) | Ködnitz | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle, moated castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, round tower hill preserved, formerly separated from the White Main by a moat | |
Schlössle tower hill (Alte Schmelz or Schmölz) | Kupferberg - Dörnhof , about 900 meters east of the village | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, trapezoidal tower hill with rampart and moat preserved | |
Schmeilsdorf Castle | Mainleus - Schmeilsdorf | lock | |||
Schwand Tower Hill | Stadtsteinach - Schwand | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone, the tower hill in the local area is now partially built over | |
Schwedenschanze tower hill | Kulmbach - Burghaig | Tower Hill Castle | Medieval | Disappeared, castle hill with partial outer moat preserved | |
Schwedenschanze tower hill | Kulmbach - Lehenthal - "Röt" corridor | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, leveled by agriculture | |
Stadtsteinach Castle | Stadtsteinach | lock | |||
Steinbach manor | Marktleugast - Steinbach | Manor house | |||
Steinenhausen Castle | Kulmbach - Steinenhausen | lock | from 1481 | Until 1935 owned by the baronial von und zu Guttenberg family. Then kindergarten teacher seminar, maternity home and retirement home. Since 1987 branch of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment | |
Thurnau Castle | Thurnau | lock | 13th Century | Between 1430 and 1840 it was constantly rebuilt, expanded and expanded. The castle was never destroyed. Part of the facility is now used by the Research Institute for Music Theater at the University of Bayreuth , while another part is used as a hotel and restaurant. The stables serve as an event hall. | |
Trebgast Castle | Trebgast | lock | |||
Fortified church Trebgast (St. Johannis) | Trebgast | Fortified church | probably second half of the 15th century | Receive | |
Burgstall Turmberg | Kasendorf | Burgstall | 11./12. century | Small remains of the wall have been preserved. | |
Unterauhof tower hill (Rauhental castle?) | Mainleus - Unterauhof | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle, moated castle) | Medieval | Gone, tower hill with reconstructed stone house | |
Fortified Church Untersteinach (St. Oswald) | Untereinach | Fortified church | |||
Lower Castle (Lower House) | Guttenberg | lock | Early 18th century | Stately mansard hipped roof, formerly owned by the von und zu Guttenberg family. Receive | |
Castle stable Untersteinach | Untersteinach - wire mill | Burgstall | |||
Vorderreuth Castle | Stadtsteinach - Vorderreuth , 440 meters north-northeast of the local church | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, tower hill eight meters in diameter with ring moat and outer wall preserved | |
Wartenfels castle ruins | Presseck - Wartenfels | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | 1327 | Castle ruins, remains of the tower preserved | |
Wartenfels tower hill (Presseck) | Presseck - Wartenfels | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, square tower hill preserved | |
Wernstein Castle | Mainleus - Wernstein | Castle | 1376 | Instead of a destroyed previous system. From 1567 expansion to a renaissance castle. Fully preserved and inhabited (private property!) | |
Wildenstein Castle | Presseck | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | around 1300 | Gone | |
Wirsberg castle ruins | Wirsberg - "Schlossberg" | Höhenburg (summit castle) | around 1300 | Ruin, destroyed and abandoned in 1554. Remnants of the wall preserved. | |
Rabenstein'sches Schloss Wirsberg | Wirsberg | lock | |||
Zultenberg tower hill | Kasendorf - Zultenberg | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Zwernitz Castle | Wonsees - Sanspareil | Castle | Mid 12th century | 1553 and after a makeshift construction partially destroyed in 1632. Rebuilt in 1745 as part of the Sanspareil rock garden without fortifications and outer bailey. Museum since 1963. |
Lichtenfels district
Surname | place | Type | Time of origin | State of preservation and current use | image |
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Abtenberg ring wall | Community-free area Breitengüßbacher Forst - "Abtenberg" | Ring wall | 10th century | Disappeared, remains of the ring wall with outer moat preserved | |
Ringwall Alter Staffelberg | Bad Staffelstein - Uetzing - "Alter Staffelberg" | Ring wall, possibly a fortified observation post for the Menosgada oppidum on the Staffelberg | Prehistoric | Disappeared, remains of the ring wall around the entire mountain plateau have been preserved | |
Ansberg Castle Stables | Ebensfeld - Dittersbrunn - "Ansberg" | Höhenburg ( summit castle ) | 11th century, Burgadel mentioned in 1087 | Gone, only the castle hill is still preserved, today the location of the St. Veit chapel | |
Arnstein Castle Stables | Weismain - Arnstein | Höhenburg ( Spornburg ) | 1100-1200 | Built as a hilltop castle by the Lords of Arnhem, it was lost until the 18th century. New construction of a castle on the remains of the castle, demolished in 1953 and built over by an agricultural enterprise. | |
Burgstall on the Heideknock (Leuchnitz Castle) | Weismain - Arnstein - "Heideknock" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | First mentioned in 1165 | Disappeared, only moats and walls preserved | |
Banz Castle | Bad Staffelstein - Neubanz | Ring wall, later hill fort | Early medieval ring wall, hilltop castle of the High Middle Ages | Gone, overbuilt by the Banz monastery | |
Banz Castle | Bad Staffelstein - Neubanz | lock | 1803 | Founded as a monastery and rebuilt from 1635 after destruction in the Thirty Years War. Abandoned as a monastery in 1803 and expanded into a castle. Received completely. Since 1978 conference center of the Hanns Seidel Foundation . | |
Ringwall Banzer Berg | Bad Staffelstein - Neubanz - "Banzer Berg" | Ring wall | 8/9 century | Departed, ring wall received | |
Castle book | Lichtenfels - Buch am Forst | lock | 1722/24 | Built over an older core, preserved. | |
Burgkunstadt Castle | Burgkunstadt - "Altenberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | 9th century, then used until the High Middle Ages | Disappeared, few remains | |
Burgstall near Burgstall | Hochstadt am Main - Burgstall | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | High medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall section fortification | Ebensfeld corridor "Burgstall" | Section fortification , possibly a hilltop settlement | Prehistory and early history or medieval | Gone | |
Section fortification Dornig | Bad Staffelstein - Stublang - "Thorny" | Section attachment | Early medieval | Disappeared, a double wall-ditch system preserved | |
Ebneth Castle | Burgkunstadt - Ebneth | lock | before 1353 | Built over an older core. Several times destroyed, burned out and partially rebuilt. Today privately owned. | |
Geiskirche fortification section | Weismain - Schammendorf - "Schammenleithe" | Section attachment | Prehistoric | Got off, easy section wall | |
Giechkröttendorf Castle | Weismain - Giechkröttendorf | lock | Early modern with medieval predecessor buildings | Receive | |
Section fortification Graitz | Bad Staffelstein - Frauendorf - "Graitz" | Section attachment | Medieval | Gone, double wall system received | |
Ringwall Great Kordigast | Altenkunstadt - Pfaffendorf - " Big Kordigast " | Ring wall | Between 600 and 400 BC Chr. | Disappeared, two-part ring wall preserved | |
Hahnhof Tower Hill | Ebensfeld - Hahnhof | Niederungsburg ( tower hill castle ) | Medieval | Gone | |
Hainzendorf tower hill | Burgkunstadt - Hainzendorf | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | 10th or 11th century | Disappeared, tower mound with a diameter of 40 meters preserved | |
Hochstadt Castle | Hochstadt am Main | Moated castle , previously a castle | Medieval castle, early modern castle | Gone | |
Section fortification Kahlberg | Weismain - Görau - "Kahlberg" | Section attachment | Late Hallstatt-early La Tène period, re-fortified during the early Middle Ages in Carolingian-Ottonian times | Disappeared, several section walls and a shallow ditch preserved | |
Burgstall Kleinziegenfeld | Weismain - field of small goats | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | High medieval | Gone | |
Kleinziegenfeld Castle (Jägerhaus) | Weismain - field of small goats | Castle, previously a hilltop castle | High medieval | Gone | |
Section fortification Kröttenstein | Weismain - " Kröttenstein " | Section attachment | Early medieval | Gone | |
Ring wall Kulch | Bad Staffelstein - Altenbanz - "Kulch" | Ring wall | Early medieval, presumably Ottonian period | Disappeared, two-part ring wall preserved | |
Külmitzberg fortification section | Altenkunstadt - Pfaffendorf - " Külmitzberg " | Section attachment | Prehistory and early history or rather early medieval | Disappeared, triple wall and ditch system preserved | |
Kutzenberg tower hill | Ebensfeld - Kutzenberg | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Lichtenfels Castle | Lichtenfels - "Castle Hill" | Höhenburg (summit castle) | Probably around 1000 | Gone, castle site today completely built over | |
Kastenboden lock | Lichtenfels | lock | Early modern, medieval predecessor buildings | Receive | |
Liebenburg Castle | Ebensfeld - Oberbrunn - "Schlossberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg, Turmhügelburg) | High medieval, first mentioned in 1268 | Disappeared, 30 meter tall and 7.5 meter high tower hill preserved | |
Maineck Castle | Altenkunstadt - Maineck | lock | 12th Century | Receive | |
Mellaberg fortification section | Bad Staffelstein - Kümmersreuth - "Mellenberg" | Section attachment | Prehistoric and early medieval | Disappeared, received a four-fold wall-ditch system | |
Nassanger Weiher tower hill | Lichtenfels - Trieb - "Nassanger Weiher" | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Disappeared, tower hill received | |
Niesten Castle | Weismain - Niesten | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | before 1128 | Disappeared, partly decayed from 1710 and demolished in 1872–1882. Few wall remains and several trenches have been preserved | |
Burgstall Obristfeld | Redwitz an der Rodach - Obristfeld | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Gone | ||
Burgstall Pfaffendorf | Altenkunstadt - Pfaffendorf - " Big Kordigast " | Höhenburg (Spornburg, ground floor residence ) | Medieval | Left, dig received | |
Burgstall parish rocks | Bad Staffelstein - Tiefenthal - "Pfarrfelsen" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | 11th century | Disappeared, section wall and neck ditch preserved | |
Section fortification Possenberg | Ebensfeld - Oberküps - "Possenberg" | Section fortification and ring wall | Prehistoric section fortifications, early medieval ramparts | Gone, prehistoric section ramparts and the ring wall built into the section fortifications have been preserved | |
Burgstall Rauhenstein | Weismain - "Rauhenstein" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Burgstall Rauschenstein | Weismain - Arnstein | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | probably built during the 13th century | Disappeared, only one piece of wall received | |
Redwitz Castle | Redwitz an der Rodach | lock | before 1350 | Erected on the remains of a castle. Partly burned down in 1525, immediately rebuilt. Expanded in the 17th century. Mostly preserved, private property. | |
Burgstall Schlossberg | Bad Staffelstein - Kümmersreuth - "Schlossberg" | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Dismissed, section ramparts and section trenches and probably the basement excavation of a keep preserved | |
Schney Castle | Lichtenfels - Schney | lock | 1680-1690 | Built in place of an older castle complex. Today the "Franken-Akademie" conference center. | |
Schönbrunn Castle | Bad Staffelstein - Schönbrunn | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | 12./13. century | Disappeared, tower hill with moat and outer wall partially preserved | |
Section fortification of the Schwedenschanze | Lichtenfels - Oberlangheim - "Unterglänzberg" | Section attachment | Prehistory and early history | Disappeared, several section walls with trenches received | |
Seubersdorf II tower hill | Weismain - Seubersdorf | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Seubersdorf tower hill | Weismain - Seubersdorf | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | 11th century | Gone, overbuilt by the local church | |
Lichtenfels City Palace (Kastenboden) |
Lichtenfels | lock | 1555 (as " Trutzburg " for Caspar von Sternberg against the city of Lichtenfels and Bamberg prince-bishops) | Preserved, in 1970 in city ownership, renovated in 1991, used for events and catering | |
Ring wall on the Staffelberg (Oppidum Menosgada) | Bad Staffelstein - " Staffelberg " | Ring wall | Committed since the Stone Age | Disappeared, 700 by 900 meter multi-part ring wall preserved | |
Steglitz Castle | Bad Staffelstein - Altenbanz - "Steglitz" | Höhenburg (summit castle) | Probably built in 1337/38 | Disappeared, the attempt to build a castle was abandoned during construction, and the unfinished facility was razed in 1339. Few remains preserved. | |
Tower hill stone | Lichtenfels stone | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval, castle name first mentioned in 1411 | Disappeared, tower hill received | |
Strössendorf Castle | Altenkunstadt - Strössendorf | Castle, previously a medieval hilltop castle | Castle 12th century, destroyed in 1525 and rebuilt by 1530. 1570 construction of the south wing. | Preserved, private property. | |
Trebitzmühle tower hill | Hochstadt am Main - Wolfsloch -Flur "Weinleite" | Höhenburg (tower hill castle) | High medieval | Disappeared, tower mound and moat preserved | |
Trieb Castle (Nassanger Castle) | Lichtenfels - drive | lock | Today's building from 1723/24, medieval predecessor | Receive | |
Weihersmühle tower hill | Weismain - Weihersmühle | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Late medieval | Gone | |
Wildenroth Castle | Burgkunstadt - Wildenroth | Castle, previously a residence | 1436 | Today used as horse breeding and antique trade. | |
Burgstall Wohnsig | Weismain - Wohnsig | Höhenburg (Spornburg) | Medieval | Gone | |
Section fortification of Zeulner Berg | Marktgraitz - "Zeulner Berg" | Section attachment | Prehistoric and early history, possibly also early medieval | Disappeared, received several section walls |
District of Wunsiedel in the Fichtel Mountains
Surname | place | Type | Time of origin | State of preservation and current use | image |
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Alexandersbad Palace | Bad Alexandersbad | lock | 1753 | Actually built as a bathhouse and to accommodate ten spa guests. 1782 expansion to today's castle. | |
Badershof manor | Same | Manor house | |||
Bernstein Castle | Wunsiedel - amber | lock | around 1200 | Preserved, private property. | |
Birkenbühl Castle | Thierstein - Birkenbühl | lock | |||
Brand Castle | Marktredwitz brand | lock | 1221 | 1969–2007 brewery, today owned by the “Margravial Collegiums Historiae e. V. ". | |
Burgstein castle ruins | Thierstein Black Hammer | Burgstall | around 1200 | ||
Tower Hill The Temple | Market people | moth | |||
Dörflas Castle | Marktredwitz -Dörflas | lock | around 1550 | late medieval building, expanded in 1609, redesigned in 1783, used as a brewery and inn "zum golden Löwen", expanded again in 1902 | |
Epprechtstein Castle | Kirchenlamitz - " Epprechtstein " | Castle | |||
New Erkersreuth Castle | Selb - Erkersreuth | lock | 1414 | Initially a knight's seat, in 1748 new building in today's appearance. | |
Fahrbach Castle | Tröstau | lock | |||
Fahrbühl hunting lodge | Kirchenlamitz | lock | 1886 | Today hotel. | |
Burgstall Foerles-Neudürrlas | Thierstein - Neudürrlas | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | 12th Century | Disappeared, still clearly recognizable moat with outer wall | |
Grafenreuth Castle | Thiersheim - Grafenreuth | lock | |||
Hirschstein castle ruins | Community-free area Martinlamitzer Forst-Süd - " Großer Kornberg " | Burgstall | 1223 | Destroyed in the middle of the 14th century, not rebuilt. Remnants of the wall preserved. | |
Hohenberg Castle | Hohenberg on the Eger | Castle | around 1480 | Erected on a previous building from 1222. Occupied for a few years from 1632, 1666 new building of the Princely House. From 1935 Landschulheim. 1945 partially destroyed by fire. Rebuilt in 1951, since 1955 a youth hostel. | |
Kaiserhammer hunting lodge | Marktleuthen - Kaiserhammer | lock | 1701 | Initially made of wood, from 1760 a three-wing new building. The main wing was demolished as early as 1792. Kitchen and stable wings preserved, | |
Kirchenlamitz Castle | Kirchenlamitz | lock | |||
Burgstall Kleiner Hengstberg | Hohenberg an der Eger - "Little stallion mountain" | Burgstall | |||
Hammerschloss Leupoldsdorf | Tröstau - Leupoldsdorf | lock | 14th Century | Restored 2011–2011. | |
Leutendorf Castle | Marktredwitz - Leutendorf | lock | slowly decays | ||
Old Lorenzreuth Castle | Marktredwitz- Lorenzreuth | lock | Remodeled in the 19th century, later Aulinger restaurant | ||
New Lorenzreuth Palace | Marktredwitz- Lorenzreuth | lock | 1773 to 1779 | Privately owned | |
Luxburg Castle | Wunsiedel - Luisenburg | Burgstall | 12th Century | Gone early, few low and partly overgrown walls have been preserved. | |
Marktredwitz Castle | Marktredwitz | Castle | 13th Century | 3 towers preserved, in 1384 reconstruction in the town hall and parish church, keep (Lug ins Land) built into the church, gate tower and pentagonal tower added to the town hall | |
Neuhaus an der Eger castle ruins | Hohenberg an der Eger - Neuhaus an der Eger | Castle | around 1380 | Destroyed in 1412 and rebuilt by 1499. Abandoned in 1770 and decayed. Small remains of the wall and parts of the trench have been preserved. | |
Neuhaus Castle on the Eger | Hohenberg an der Eger - Neuhaus an der Eger | lock | 1770 | Schoolhouse since 1825. | |
Oberhöchstädt Castle | Höchstädt in the Fichtel Mountains | lock | |||
Oberröslau Castle | Röslau | lock | |||
Burgstall Oberweißbach | Selb - Oberweißbach | Burgstall | |||
Tower hill Oberweißbach I | Selb - Oberweißbach | Burgstall | |||
Tower hill Oberweißbach II | Selb - Oberweißbach | Burgstall | |||
Röthenbach Castle | Arzberg - Röthenbach | lock | before 1389 | 1559–1561 reconstruction in the Renaissance style. Today the home of the von Waldenfels family. | |
Rudolfstein Castle Stables | Weißenstadt - " Rudolfstein " | Höhenburg (summit castle) | 12th Century | Gone, pieces of rampart between five rock towers preserved | |
Turmhügel Schlossberg (Turmhügel Bürg) | Wunsiedel - Schönlind | Höhenburg (tower hill castle) | before 13th century | Worn, moats and core mounds can be seen | |
Castle ruin | Thierstein | Castle | |||
Schlottenhof Palace | Arzberg - Schlottenhof | lock | 1753 | Erected as a manor on a previous building before 1600. Later expanded as a castle. Receive. | |
Schönbrunn Castle | Wunsiedel - Schönbrunn | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Late medieval | Disappeared, square tower hill with rampart and moat preserved | |
Sinatengrün tower hill | Wunsiedel -Sinatengrün | Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) | Medieval | Gone | |
Sophienreuth Palace | Schönwald - Sophienreuth | lock | 1777 | ||
Burgstall Steinelburg | Marktleuthen - Großwendern | Burgstall | |||
Thierstein Castle | Thierstein | Höhenburg (summit castle) | before 1340 | Ruin, today a tourist attraction, keep preserved. Uninhabited since 1575, burned out in 1725 | |
Hammerherrensitz Trompetenberg | Arzberg -Trompetenberg | Manor house | |||
Tröstau hammer lock | Tröstau | lock | |||
Tröstau Castle | Tröstau | Castle | |||
Unterhöchstädt Castle | Höchstädt in the Fichtel Mountains | lock | |||
Vielitz tower hill | Selb - Vielitz | moth | |||
Wartberg watchtower | Selb - Längenau | Wait | |||
Wildenau tower hill | Selb - Wildenau | moth | |||
Wunsiedel Castle | Wunsiedel | Castle |
Individual references, sources
- ↑ Stadtschloss Lichtenfels , city website, accessed on January 13, 2017