List of castles and palaces in Lower Franconia

The list of castles and palaces in Bavaria / Lower 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 Lower Franconia administrative district, divided into independent cities and districts. Ornamental and replicas that were never used as residential buildings or for defense are not listed . There are further lists for the administrative districts of Upper Bavaria , Lower Bavaria , Upper Palatinate , Upper Franconia , Middle Franconia , and Swabia .

Administrative region of Lower Franconia

Aschaffenburg

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Johannisburg Castle	Aschaffenburg	Residence of the Archbishops of Mainz	built from 1604 in place of an older castle complex	Owned by the Bavarian Administration of State Palaces, Gardens and Lakes , several museums	more pictures
Schönborner Hof	Aschaffenburg	City palace of the Counts of Schönborn	Built between 1673 and 1681, the noble stork's nest , 80 years older , later became part of the complex	Natural science museum of the city, extensive insect collection and representative collection of mineralogy and geology of the Spessart , city ​​and monastery archives ( city museum)	more pictures
Schönbusch Castle	Aschaffenburg	Pleasure palace with a large English landscape garden	1778 to 1781	Recreation area, Bavarian administration of state palaces, gardens and lakes	more pictures

Schweinfurt

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Burgstall Peterstirn	Schweinfurt - "Corridor Peterstirn"	Höhenburg ( Spornburg ), previously section fortification, presumably by the Counts of Schweinfurt	Early and high medieval	Left , neck ditch preserved

Wurzburg

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Old Castle (Rebstock Castle)	Würzburg - Rottenbauer	Wasserburg, castle extension	12./13. Century	only foundation walls in front of the lower castle
Marienberg Fortress (Fortress Our Women Mountain)	Wurzburg	Fortified church , later fortress , later tw. Remodeling in Renaissance - Royal Palace	704 (706) church, around 1200 castle complex, 1253 to 1719 residence of the Würzburg prince-bishops	preserved, two museums: Mainfränkisches Museum and Fürstenbaumuseum , as well as several restaurants with event rooms and apartments
Huttenschlösschen	Wurzburg	Summer residence (little summer palace)	1720 for Prince-Bishop Christoph Franz von Hutten	2 × rebuilt, preserved, owned by Corps Rhenania Würzburg
Huttenhof	Würzburg - old town	City Palace	Baroque building by and for Balthasar Neumann , then sold to von Hutten	Destroyed in World War II, rebuilt around 1950, preserved ( Kapuzinerstraße 2 ), now Rotkreuzklinik
Burgstall Oberdürrbach	Würzburg - Oberdürrbach	Spurburg	unknown	hardly any remains above ground (2 stone walls)
Upper lock	Würzburg - Rottenbauer	small castle of those von Wolfskeel ( country house in baroque style )	1700 (um)	preserved, today residential building of an agricultural property
Wurzburg Residence	Wurzburg	Baroque residential palace , seat of the Würzburg prince-bishops	1719–1744 in two construction phases	receive, destruction of the Second World War, restored, since 1981 UNESCO - World Heritage Site
Ruin Schenkenschloß (Rossberg Castle)	Würzburg - Unterdürrbach	Niederungsburg on a small hill	Owned by the taverns of Rossenberg, around 1270 keep, in the middle of the 15th century after a fire, reconstruction and several extensions. Destroyed in 1525	28 m high keep, few remains of walls and moat
Steinburg (Castrum in Lapide)	Würzburg - Unterdürrbach	Höhenburg ( Würzburger Stein )	13th century (around 1260) by the Hohenlohe family	Destroyed again in the 13th century, rebuilt as a castle and later a hotel before 1898
Lower Castle (Wolfskeel Castle)	Würzburg - Rottenbauer	Castle of those von Wolfskeel	1575 (um)	receive

Aschaffenburg district

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Altenburg Castle Stables	Community-free area Schöllkrippener Forst - "Reuschberg"	Wallburg	10/11 century	Gone
Alzenau Castle	Alzenau	Höhenburg in the local area, built by the Archbishops of Mainz	1395-1399	Ruin, essential parts preserved
Emmerichshofen Castle	Bald on the Main	late baroque palace complex , named after the Archbishop of Mainz Emmerich Joseph von Breidbach zu Bürresheim	1766	Receive
Geiselbach Castle	Geiselbach	Wasserburg (called a castle with a moat or water house )	Medieval, owned by Seligenstadt Abbey, seat of the Bailiwick after 1802, later rectory	Gone
Burgstall Graefenberg (Burg Landesehre?)	Hösbach - Rottenberg - " Graefenberg "	Summit castle of the Counts of Rieneck	Erected in the middle of the 13th century on and next to ramparts from the Latène period	Disappeared, destroyed again after 1261 (Mainz / Rieneck conflict), remains of the wall visible, large parts of it were removed by quarries from the 18th century onwards
Burgstall Haibach	Haibach	Hilltop castle	Medieval	Gone
Hauenstein Castle	Krombach - Hauenstein	Spur Castle , Tower Hill Castle	around 1300	Ruin, remains of walls preserved
Kirchenburg Hessenthal (Our Dear Lady)	Mespelbrunn - Hessenthal	Fortified church	Medieval	Receive
Hörstein fortified church (Assumption of Mary)	Alzenau - Hörstein	Fortified church	Late medieval	Receive
Burgstall Kalmus	Krombach - "Kalmus"	Höhenburg, summit castle	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Ketzelburg	Haibach	Castle, high moth	2nd half of the 12th century, abandoned a short time later	Disappeared, excavation remains and the remains of a residential tower as a replica, display boards, integrated into the Spessart circular route
Burgstall Klosterberg (= Burg Waldenberg)	Hösbach - Rottenberg - " Klosterberg "	Hilltop castle	13th century (probably more like 1183)	Disappeared, remains of the wall visible
Burgstall Kugelburg	Goldbach - "Kugelberg"	Höhenburg, summit castle	12th Century	Disappeared, tower mound and moat preserved
Luitpoldshöhe Castle	Rohrbrunner Forst area free of municipalities	Prince Regent Luitpold's hunting lodge	1889	Preserved, private property
Mespelbrunn Castle	Mespelbrunn	Moated castle of the Echter family	Early 15th century in place of an older pond house	Preserved, privately owned, partly publicly accessible
Maisenhausen Castle	Alzenau - Michelbach	Built as a moated castle, later converted into a baroque castle	16th century (rebuilt around 1700)	Preserved not to be viewed
Michelbach Castle	Alzenau - Michelbach	Moated castle	16th Century	Preserved after renovation in 2006, today the Alzenau city museum and venue
Mömbris Castle	Mömbris	Spurburg	around 1300	Castle stable, castle plateau and three-sided castle moat in the area of ​​the cemetery
Mole Castle (Molen)	Heimbuchenthal	High medieval moated castle	No longer permanently inhabited before 1363, after 1430	Disappeared, only excavation remains from 2008/2009
Burgstall Randenburg	Alzenau	Hilltop castle	First mentioned in 1227	Gone
Rothenbuch Castle	Rothenbuch	Castle in place of older castle complex, former Electoral Mainz hunting and moated castle from 1527	First mentioned in a document in 1318	Preserved, now houses a castle hotel and a conference center, opposite is the castle chapel from 1573
Burgstall Schanzenkopf	Alzenau - waterless - " Schanzenkopf "	Höhenburg, Gipfelburg, previously ring wall system	Prehistory and the Middle Ages	Gone, ramparts visible
Schöllkrippen Castle	Schöllkrippen	Moated castle	Medieval previous building, castle from the 14th century, renovated in 1544	Preserved, now serves as the town hall
Unterbessenbach Castle	Bessenbach - Unterbessenbach	Castle with park	Castle from 1842, previous building from 1577	Preserved, privately owned, cannot be viewed
Burgstall Unterschnorrhof (Herbroch Castle)	Dammbach - Unterschnorrhof	Moated castle	probably 14th century, Kurmainzer property, still marked on the Pfinzing map from 1562/1594	Gone, castle site leveled today, recognizable in the aerial photo
Burgstall Forgotten Castle	Alzenau	Wallburg	10th century	Gone
Burgstall Wahlmich (Weilerburg)	Waldaschaff - "Flur Wahlmich"	Höhenburg, hillside castle	Medieval	Gone
Wasserlos Castle	Alzenau - waterless	Castle on the remains of an older castle complex	1790	Preserved, now serves as a district hospital
Weiler Castle	Bessenbach - hamlet	Moated castle with park	Between 1633 and 1667	Preserved, private property
Weyberhöfe Castle	Sailauf - Weiberhof	Hunting lodge of the Archbishops of Mainz	1265	Preserved, now houses a hotel and restaurant
Castle meadows	grasslands	Hunting lodge of the Archbishops of Mainz	1597 (predecessor building from the late Middle Ages, traces of settlement up to the 13th century)	Preserved, privately owned, is being restored
Womburg Castle	Mömbris - Schimborn (north of the Krombacher district)	Hangburg of the Counts of Rieneck	unknown	Gone

Bad Kissingen district

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Burgstall Old Castle	Münnerstadt - Althausen	Höhenburg (spur location, ground-level residence)	Medieval	Gone
Ringwall Altenberg	Bad Kissingen - Garitz - "Altenberg"	Ring wall	Prehistory and early history	Departed, walls leveled today
Altenburg Castle Stables	Hammelburg - Untereschenbach	Höhenburg (Spornburg, ground floor residence)	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Alt-Trimburg	Elfershausen - Trimberg	Höhenburg (summit castle) east of the Trimburg	Medieval	Gone
Office moths	Moths	Official seat of the last Fulda prince-bishop	1789	Built by order of Adalbert III. von Harstall , seat of the chief bailiff, two-storey baroque rectangular building with hipped roof and built-in stair tower, later district bailiff, court, forestry office, property of the local brewery
Arnstein castle ruins	Hammelburg - Morlesau	Höhenburg (Spornburg) of the Lords of Thüngen		Castle ruins, few remains
Aschach Castle	Aschach	Castle, previously a castle, the seat of a line of the Counts of Henneberg , later the summer seat of the Würzburg prince-bishops	Castle around 1190, today's castle from the 16th century	Preserved, owned by the district of Lower Franconia, now houses three museums
Burgstall in Bildhausen	Münnerstadt - Maria Bildhausen	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone, moat and several ramparts around a 75 by 40 meter complex preserved, possibly unfinished castle
Botenlauben castle ruins	Bad Kissingen - Reiterswiesen	Höhenburg (summit castle) of the Henneberger	Probably first mentioned in a document around 1180, 1206	Castle ruins, large parts preserved, annual castle festival
Ebenhausen Castle	Oerlenbach - Ebenhausen	Castle, previously the Henneberg castle		Receive
Eiringsburg	Bad Kissingen - Arnshausen	Höhenburg (Spornburg, Ringwall)	Probably 7th century as a refugee castle, first mentioned in 822	Disappeared, remains of the curtain wall have been preserved
Elfershausen Castle	Elfershausen	lock	Built in 1562 by the Lords of Erthal instead of a permanent house	Preserved, today the seat of the municipal administration
Burgstall Engenthal	Elfershausen - Engenthal - "Hesselberg"	Höhenburg (ground floor residence)	Medieval	Disappeared, round complex protected by ramparts and moats
Hunting lodge Euerdorf	Your village	Hunting lodge of the prince abbots of Fulda	1598	Receive
Frauenroth tower hill (Castrum Burchhardrode)	Burkardroth - Frauenroth	Höhenburg (Turmhügelburg, Spornburg)	Medieval	Disappeared, only the tower hill preserved
Greifenstein Castle	Hammelburg - Hammelburg military training area - Bonnland (desert)	lock	Probably from 1558	Receive
Hammelburg Cellar Castle (Red Castle)	Hammelburg	Castle, summer residence of Adolf von Dalberg	Between 1726 and 1737	Receive
New Town Hall (Bad Kissingen)	Bad Kissingen	lock	Erected between 1707 and 1720	Preserved, today serves as the town hall
Hunberg castle ruins	Nüdlingen - "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg) of the Henneberger	1242	Castle ruins, few remains
Hundsfeld fortified church	Hammelburg - Hammelburg -Hundsfeld military training area (desert)	Fortified church		ruin
Maßbach Castle	Maßbach	lock	1891/1896/1906	Noble seat in the 1st half of the 16th century destroyed by the von Rosenbach rulers in the Thirty Years' War; End of the 19th century. New building in three sections as a hunting lodge, theater
Section fortification Michelsberg (Grapfeldonoburg?)	Münnerstadt - Burghausen - "Michelsberg"	Höhenburg (section fortification)	Prehistoric and early medieval	Gone, walls and ditches preserved
Ringwall Mettermich	Schondra - " Mettermich "	Ring wall	Prehistoric	Disappeared, three-part ring wall preserved
Münnerstadt Castle	Münnerstadt	City castle	Medieval	Gone
Münnerstadt Castle	Münnerstadt	lock	1789	Receive
Fuldisches Jagdschlösschen Neuwirtshaus	Wartmannsroth - Neuwirtshaus	Hunting lodge of the Fulda monastery (two-storey, shingled mansard roof building)	1764	after 1806 only forester's house still preserved
Fortified church in Nüdlingen	Nüdlingen	Fortified church	Medieval	Remains of the churchyard fortifications have been preserved
Rabenstein Castle	Wildflecken -Neuwildflecken (Wildflecken military training area)	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Rannungen Castle	Rannungen	Castle, residence of the Lords of Münster	First half of the 16th century (mentioned as a castle as early as 1303)	partially preserved, today agricultural property (private property)
Reussenburg	Hammelburg -Höllrich- "Reußenberg"	Höhenburg (summit castle)	1331	Castle ruins, remains of the wall preserved
Römershag Castle	Bad Brückenau - Römershag	lock	1648	Receive
Rossbach Castle	Zeitlofs - Rossbach	Castle of the Lords of Thüngen	Late 14th century	Receive
Saaleck Castle	Hammelburg -Saaleck- "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	12th century, first mentioned in 1228	Castle ruins
Schildeck Castle	Schondra - Schildeck	Höhenburg (summit castle) of the diocese of Fulda	Probably 13th century	Castle ruins, some remains of the wall have been preserved
Ringwall Schwedenschanze (Elfershausen)	Elfershausen - "Schanzhügel"	Ring wall	More recent Urnfield period to late Hallstatt period and probably early medieval	Disappeared, section wall with ditch and other walls received
Sodenberg Castle (Kilianstein)	Hammelburg - Morlesau - "Sodenberg"	Höhenburg (summit castle) of the Lords of Thüngen	Mentioned in the High Middle Ages in 1393	Gone, completely destroyed by a quarry
Ringwall Sodenberg (Hilifridesburg?)	Hammelburg - Morlesau - "Sodenberg"	Ring wall	Early medieval	Gone, walls and ditches preserved
Steinach Castle (Old Castle)	Bad Bocklet - Steinach	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Partly preserved
Steinach Castle (New Castle)	Bad Bocklet - Steinach	lock	1707	Preserved, is now privately owned and used as a residential building
Burgstall Thundorf	Thundorf in Lower Franconia	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Thundorf Castle	Thundorf in Lower Franconia	Castle (moated castle)	around 1600	Receive
Trimburg	Elfershausen- Trimburg	Höhenburg (Spornburg), ancestral seat of the Lords of Trimberg	12th Century	Castle ruins, large parts preserved
Völkersleier Castle ( courtyard house of Völkersleier )	Wartmannsroth - Völkersleier	Castle of the Lords of Thüngen	Predecessor from 1616, destroyed in the Thirty Years War, new building in the 18th century	In the possession of the von Thüngen family until 1928 , since then it has been privately owned and has been renovated
Waizenbach Castle	Wartmannsroth - Waizenbach	Castle (moated castle) of the Lords of Thüngen	1570	Receive
Weissenbach Castle	Zeitlofs - Weißenbach	Castle of the Lords of Thüngen	Late 14th century	Receive
Werberg castle ruins	Wildflecken -Neuwildflecken (Wildflecken military training area)	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	13th Century	Castle ruins
Windheim Castle	Wartmannsroth - Windheim	lock	Attested in 1752	Demolished in 1882; today there is a protected forester's house
Section fortification Windsburg (Grapfeldonoburg?)	Münnerstadt	Höhenburg (section fortification)	Early middle ages	Gone
Zeitlofs Castle	Zeitlofs	lock		Receive

Haßberge district

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Ringwall Old Castle	Maroldsweisach -Lichtensteiner Wald- "Gehrenberg"	Höhenburg (ring wall system)	Probably early medieval, possibly later as well	Gone, only walls and ditches preserved
Ringwall Old Castle	Maroldsweisach -Lichtensteiner Wald- "Gehrenberg"	Höhenburg (ring wall system)	Early medieval	Gone, only walls and ditches preserved
Burgstall Altenburg (Castrum Zilanum?)	Zeil am Main - "Kapellenberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Disappeared, no traces of attachment visible above ground
Altenstein Castle	Maroldsweisach - Altenstein	Höhenburg (hill castle), ancestral seat of the family of the barons von Stein zu Altenstein	13th century, first mentioned in 1232	Castle ruins, large parts of it preserved, owned by the district of Hassberge (part of the Haßberge castle history trail )
Bettenburg Castle	Hofheim in Lower Franconia - Manau	Mountain castle, previously mountain castle	First mentioned in a document in 1231, conversion to a castle during the 16th / 17th centuries. Century	Preserved refurbished, privately owned, now serves as a seminar and conference center
Birkenfeld Castle	Maroldsweisach - Birkenfeld	Castle with castle garden by Johann Philipp Friedrich von Hutten	1738 to 1775	Preserved, privately owned
Herrensitz Bischofsheim	Zeil am Main - Bischofsheim	Manor house	Attested in 1567	Receive
Bramberg Castle	Burgpreppach -Gossmannsdorfer Forst- "Bramberg"	Höhenburg (summit castle), ministerial seat of the Bamberg diocese	Probably 11th century, first mentioned in a document in 1108	Secured castle ruins, large parts preserved (part of the Haßberge castle history trail)
Burgstall book	Untermerzbach - book	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Bundorf Castle	Bundorf	Castle, previously a moated castle	Medieval castle, rebuilt as a castle after being destroyed in the middle of the 16th century	Preserved, privately owned (Truchsessen von Wetzhausen)
Burgpreppach Castle	Burgpreppach	Castle, previously a moated castle, the ministerial seat of the Counts of Henneberg	Medieval castle, rebuilt as a castle after destruction between 1717 and 1725	Preserved, privately owned, interior viewing possible
Dankenfeld Castle	Oberaurach - Dankenfeld	lock	Between 1714 and 1718, today's appearance from the 19th century	Receive
Dippach Castle	Maroldsweisach - Dippach	Niederungsburg (moated castle), ministerial seat of the Counts of Henneberg	Medieval	Castle ruins, some remains preserved
Ditfurth Castle	Theres - upper theres	Castle, east of the former monastery grounds	after 1856	Receive
Ditterswind Castle	Maroldsweisach - Ditterswind	Castle, previously a castle		Preserved, now serves as a home for mentally and multiply disabled people
Burgstall Dürrnhof	Pfarrweisach - Dürrnhof	Niederungsburg (Wehrspeicher)	Medieval	Disappeared (part of the Haßberge castle history trail)
Ebelsbach Castle	Ebelsbach	Moated castle	Early modern	Burned down in 2009, is to be rebuilt
Ebersberg castle ruins	Knetzgau - Zell am Ebersberg - "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Castle ruins
Ebersberg Castle Stables	Knetzgau - Zell am Ebersberg - "Ebersberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Trench remnants
Eichelsdorf Castle	Hofheim in Lower Franconia - Eichelsdorf	Castle, previously a monastery	1678	Preserved, now houses a rehabilitation center of the Eichelsdorf Castle Specialist Clinic
Burgstall Eltmann	Eltmann	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Unknown	Disappeared, only three trenches and a few remains of the main castle wall have been preserved
Castle estate Ermershausen	Ermershausen	lock	Late 18th century	Partly preserved, residential building in ruins.
Eyrichshof Castle	Ebern - Eyrichshof	Castle (moated castle), presumably as the successor to a farm yard of Rothenhan Castle	around 1330/1340 by the barons of Rotenhan	Preserved, privately owned, only partially accessible
Fischbach Castle	Ebern - Fischbach	Castle of the Lords of Rotenhan, previously a castle estate	1530	Preserved, is inhabited
Friesenhausen Castle	Aidhausen - Friesenhausen	Castle (moated castle)	1563	Preserved, privately owned
Gereuth Castle	Untermerzbach - Gereuth	Castle (moated castle) with castle park	First mentioned in 1576, construction of the New Palace in 1705 by Prince-Bishop Johann Philipp von Greiffenclau-Vollraths	Preserved, readings and exhibitions are held regularly in the rooms today
Gleisenau Castle	Ebelsbach - Gleisenau	Castle (moated castle) with park of the Lords of Trockau	1772/1773, previous building from 1548	Preserved, now houses a primary school
Gleusdorf Castle	Untermerzbach - Gleusdorf	lock	First mentioned in a document in 1151, today's building around 1770	Preserved, privately owned, now houses a retirement home
Burgstall Gutenfels	Untermerzbach - book	Höhenburg (Spornburg) of the Lords of Arnstein	High medieval, mentioned in 1225	Disappeared, only the neck ditch and a few remains of the wall preserved
Hafenpreppach Castle	Maroldsweisach - Hafenpreppach	Castle and park of the Stein von Altenstein family	probably 16th century	Old castle (previous building) blown up in 1960, new castle preserved, privately owned, inhabited
Hebendorf tower hill	Rentweinsdorf - Hebendorf	Tower Hill Castle	Medieval	Gone
Tower House High House	Zeil am Main - Bischofsheim	Tower house (tower castle?)	14th Century	Castle ruins, remains of the walls of the cellar vault have been preserved
Kapellenberg tower hill	Königsberg in Bavaria - Erbrechtshausen - "Galgenberg"	Tower Hill Castle	middle Ages	Gone
Kirchlauter Castle (Guttenberg's moated castle)	Kirchlauter	Castle (moated castle) of the Lords of Guttenberg	Old castle from the 16th century, New castle 17th century	Preserved, privately owned, inhabited
Knetzgau Castle	Knetzgau	Niederungsburg (moated castle)	Medieval	Disappeared, only a present house has been preserved, probably part of the former castle
Koenigsberg Castle	Königsberg in Bavaria - "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg), imperial castle of the Hohenstaufen	after 1168	Castle ruins, large parts of the building have been restored and renovated, buildings can be viewed, and more and more events are taking place there
Leuzendorf Castle	Burgpreppach - Leuzendorf	Castle of the Lords of Leuzendorf	1576	Preserved, privately owned
Lichtenstein Castle	Pfarrweisach - Lichtenstein	Höhenburg (Spornlage), Ganerbeburg, group of castles	First mentioned in a document from 1200, 1232	The southern castle has largely been preserved and is inhabited, the northern castle is preserved as a castle ruin, of the two other mansions of the castle only remains of the wall or nothing at all remain (part of the Haßberge castle history trail )
Maroldsweisach Castle	Maroldsweisach	Castle of the Barons Horneck von Weinheim	around 1768	Preserved refurbished, privately owned
Maroldsweisach moated castle	Maroldsweisach	Castle (moated castle), previously Niederungsburg	Medieval	Disappeared, destroyed in 1525
Burgstall Memmelsdorf	Untermerzbach - Memmelsdorf in Lower Franconia	Niederungsburg	Late medieval	Gone, partly overbuilt
Burgstall near Memmelsdorf	Untermerzbach - Memmelsdorf in Lower Franconia - Jewish cemetery	Höhenburg (summit castle)	Medieval	Gone, partly overbuilt by the Jewish cemetery
Oberschwappach Castle	Knetzgau - Oberschwappach	Castle with castle park, summer residence of the abbots of Ebrach	Between 1733 and 1738	Preserved, owned by the municipality of Knetzgau, now houses a museum, a kindergarten and a restaurant, concerts and cultural events take place
→ Obertheres Castle	Theres - upper theres	Castle, previously a Benedictine abbey	Site already fortified in the early Middle Ages, monastery around 1045, from 1809 converted into a castle	Receive
Pfaffendorf Castle	Maroldsweisach - Pfaffendorf	Castle and park of the Stein von Altenstein family	from 1703	Preserved, now houses a boarding school
Rauheneck Castle	Ebern - Vorbach - "Haubeberg"	Höhenburg (summit castle), later the district castle of the Diocese of Würzburg	Probably around 1180 by the Brambergers, first called the nobility of the castle in 1231	Castle ruins, will be secured, large parts preserved (part of the Haßberge castle history trail)
Tower hill in the Rheinhauser Grund	Hassfurt - Wülflingen	Tower Hill Castle	Medieval	Disappeared, only the tower hill is preserved
Rentweinsdorf Castle	Rentweinsdorf	Castle, previously Niederungsburg (moated castle) of the Lords of Rotenhan	Castle 13th century, castle built from 1750	Preserved, privately owned, cannot be viewed
Rotenhan Castle	Ebern - Rotenhan - "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Hangburg, Felsenburg), ancestral seat of the Barons von Rotenhan	1190 the nobility of the castle was named	Castle ruins, many parts of the buildings carved from the sandstone have been preserved (part of the Haßberge castle history trail)
Burgstall Rottenstein	Aidhausen - Rottenstein	Höhenburg (Spornburg) of the Counts of Henneberg	High medieval, mentioned in 1354	Disappeared, received several trenches
Scherenburg Castle Stables	Zeil am Main - Krum	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone, only walls and ditches preserved
Schernberg Castle Stables	Knetzgau - Oberschwappach -Neuhauser Forest- "Schernberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval, first mentioned in 1271	Gone, only walls and ditches preserved
Schmachtenberg Castle	Zeil am Main - Schmachtenberg	Höhenburg (Spornburg) of the Bamberg Hochstift	built around 1420/1430, first mentioned in 1466	Secured castle ruins, large parts preserved
Ringwall Schwedenschanze	Hofheim in Lower Franconia - Eichelsdorf - "Rottensteiner Forst"	Ring wall	Early medieval	Departed, walls preserved
Schweinshaupten Castle	Bundorf - pig's heads	lock	Early modern, predecessor buildings	Disappeared, only the estate of the castle has been preserved
Burgstall Sendelbach	Rentweinsdorf - Sendelbach	Niederungsburg (moated castle)		Gone
Spielhof mansion	Rauhenebrach - playground	Manor house	around 1600	Only a basement of the seat is preserved
Stöckach Castle	Bundorf - Stöckach	lock	around 1730	Receive
Teufelsstein castle stables	Pfarrweisach - Lichtenstein	Höhenburg (Hangburg) possibly the original ancestral seat of the Lords of Stein zu Lichtenstein (part of the Haßberge castle history trail)	High medieval	Worn, only rock workings visible
Burgstall on Trauberg	Knetzgau - Zell am Ebersberg -Zeller Forst-West	Höhenburg (Spornburg, ground floor residence)	Medieval	Disappeared, remains of the wall preserved
Burgstall Tretzendorf	Oberaurach - Tretzendorf	Niederungsburg (moated castle)	Medieval	Left, only the castle pond is preserved
Tretzendorf Castle	Oberaurach - Tretzendorf	Castle, successor to the moated castle, built from its stones	Between 1768 and 1772	Preserved, now serves as the town hall
Untermerzbach Castle	Untermerzbach	Castle with castle park, previously a hilltop castle of the Lords of Merzbach	Medieval castle, castle built in 1534	Preserved, now houses an academy
Wallburg	Eltmann	Höhenburg (Spornburg), district castle of the Hochstift Würzburg	Mentioned in 1303, previously prehistoric or early historical complex	Castle ruins, besides some remains the keep has been preserved
Wasmuthhausen Castle	Maroldsweisach - Wasmuthhausen	Castle (moated castle)	around 1860/1870	Receive; today esoteric seminar center
Weissenbrunn Palace	Ebern - Weißenbrunn	Castle with castle park		Preserved, privately owned, houses a gallery
Wonfurt Castle	Wonfurt	Castle with castle park, previously Niederungsburg	16th Century	Receive
Zeil Castle on the Main	Zeil am Main	Castle, previously an estate	17th century	Receive

Kitzingen district

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Fortified church Abtswind	Abtswind	Fortified church		Only remains of the fortified church are preserved
Albertshofen fortified church	Albertshofen	Fortified church	Modern	Churchyard fortifications largely gone
Altcastell tower hill	Castell - "Mahrenberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg, Turmhügelburg), original ancestral seat of the Lords of Castell	High medieval, first mentioned in a document in 1258	Gone , only the tower hill of the castle is preserved
Burgstall Altenschönbach	Prichsenstadt - Altenschönbach - "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg, ground floor residence)	Medieval	Gone
Altenschönbach Castle	Prichsenstadt - Altenschönbach	Moated castle, previously Niederungsburg (moated castle)	Castle renewed in 1843	Receive
Bibergau Castle	Dettelbach - Bibergau	Moated castle	High medieval	Receive
Johanniterkastell Biebelried	Biebelried	Niederungsburg (fort castle) of the Order of St. John	Built in 1275, previously the castle of the Bishop of Würzburg	Castle ruins, some parts have been preserved
Bimbach Castle	Prichsenstadt - Bimbach	Castle, previously the Niederungsburg of Messrs. Fuchs zu Bimbach	Medieval castle, early modern castle	Receive
Bullenheimer Berg ring wall	Ippesheim - Bullenheim - "Bullenheimer Berg"	Ring wall	Early medieval, fortified in prehistoric times	Gone, walls and ditches preserved
Burggrub Castle	Geiselwind - Burggrub	lock	16th Century	Receive
Burgstall Burkertsgräben	Ippesheim - Bullenheim - "Kapellberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Disappeared, neck ditch preserved but almost completely leveled
Castell Castle	Castell	Castle with castle park, successor to the mountain castle	Between 1687 and 1691	Preserved, only park accessible to the public
Crailsheim Castle (Rödelsee Castle)	Rödelsee	Castle of the Lords of Crailsheim	around 1600	Receive
Burgstall Dettelbach	Dettelbach	Hilltop castle	First mentioned in 741, expanded in the 12th century, expired from 1466	Gone, replaced by Rentamt
Fortified church Einersheim	Einersheim market	Fortified church	Medieval	Gone
Einersheim Castle	Einersheim market	Castle of the Lords of Rechteren-Limpurg	1685	Receive
Burgstall Enheim	Martinsheim - Enheim	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Late medieval	Disappeared, only the rectangular tower hill preserved
Friedrichsberg Castle	Abtswind - Friedrichsberg	Hunting lodge of the Lords of Castell	1735	Receive
Fröhstockheim Castle	Rödelsee - Fröhstockheim	Wasserschloss, previously a manor house, ancestral seat of a line of the Crailsheimer line	Early 16th century	Preserved, privately owned, interior viewing not possible
Graflich Schönborn'sches Schloss Gaibach	Volkach - Gaibach	Castle with extensive park, previously Niederungsburg	Medieval castle, castle built between 1590 and 1608	Preserved, now houses a school home
Gerlachshausen Castle	Schwarzach am Main - Gerlachshausen	Castle, previously Niederungsburg	17th century castle	Today a residential building
Gnötzheim Castle (tithe box)	Martinsheim - Gnötzheim	Moated castle, previously moated castle	Castle 14th century, castle 1562 attested	Ruin, some remains such as the tithe box and other building remains have been preserved
Großlangheim Castle	Großlangheim	Niederungsburg (moated castle)	Late medieval	Castle ruins, larger remains of the curtain wall have been preserved
Hallburg Castle	Volkach - Hallburg	Höhenburg (Spornburg) of the Lords of Castell	13th Century	Preserved essential parts, is now a winery
Fortified church Markt Herrnsheim	Willanzheim - Herrnsheim Market	Fortified church	13th Century	Receive
Hohenfeld Castle Stables	Kitzingen - Hohenfeld	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Hüttenheim	Willanzheim - Hüttenheim in Bavaria	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Late medieval	departed
Fortified church Hüttenheim	Willanzheim - Hüttenheim in Bavaria	Fortified church	Medieval	one of the best preserved fortified churches in Franconia
Ilmbach Castle	Prichsenstadt - Ilmbach	Hunting lodge of the Counts of Schönborn , previously a monastery	around 1870	Receive
Kirchschönbach Castle	Prichsenstadt - Kirchschönbach	Castle and park belonging to the von Guttenberg family	before 1700, probably the previous building	Receive
Fortified church in Kleinlangheim	Kleinlangheim	Fortified church	13th Century	Partly preserved
Krautheim Castle	Volkach - Krautheim	Castle of the Lords of Castell	15th century, attested in 1736	Receive
Mainstockheim Palace (Ebracher Hof)	Mainstockheim	Castle with castle park	Between 1618 and 1637	Preserved, now serves as a retirement home
Mainstockheim church castle	Mainstockheim	Fortified church	Medieval	Gone
Mainsondheim Castle	Dettelbach - Mainsondheim	Castle with castle garden	16th Century	Receive
Marktbreit Castle	Market wide	Castle of the Lords of Seinsheim	around 1580	Preserved, now houses a restaurant, the city archive and a library
Fortified church Marktsteft	Marktsteft	Fortified church	Attested in 1593	Partly preserved
Michelfeld Castle	Marktsteft - Michelfeld	lock	Attested in 1523	Partly preserved, now a farm
Michelfeld tower hill	Marktsteft - Michelfeld	Tower Hill Castle	Medieval	Departed, tower hill dragged down
Fortified church Mönchsondheim	Iphofen - Mönchsondheim	Fortified church	Late medieval	Largely preserved or renewed, today houses the fortified church museum Mönchsondheim
Fortified church in Nenzenheim	Iphofen - Nenzenheim	Fortified church	Late medieval	Gatehouse and Gadenhäuser preserved, remains of the outer wall
Nenzenheim Castle	Iphofen - Nenzenheim	lock	Attested in 1852	Today a farmhouse
Neuses Castle on the sand	Prichsenstadt - Neuses am Sand	Castle (moated castle)	15th century	Preserved, privately owned, now houses a hotel and a winery
Burgstall Oberschloss (Castell)	Castell - "Schlossberg"	Mountain castle, previously mountain castle	Early medieval castle, possibly mentioned as early as 816, 16th century castle	Castle ruins, only one stair tower preserved, the castle today dismantled, some moats and walls visible
Prichsenstadt Castle	Prichsenstadt	lock	Early modern	Gone
Burgstall Reupelsdorf	Wiesentheid - Reupelsdorf	Moated castle	unclear, owned by the Counts of Castell in 1230	Destroyed in 1525, the remains of the moat and a round wall preserved
Burgstall Rimbach (Zollner Castle)	Volkach - Rimbach	Castle, castle-like expansion	unclear, probably in the 12th century by the von Rintbach or after 1335 by the Zollner	1525 first destroyed by extinction of Zollner 1591 expire, most recently called 1657, by Jägerhaus replaced
Rudenhausen Castle	Rüdenhausen	Castle (moated castle) with castle park of the Counts of Castell, previous building "Old Castle"	Old castle 14th century, new building during the 16th century	Receive
Burgstall Schernau	Dettelbach - Schernau	Niederungsburg		Gone
Schernau Castle	Dettelbach - Schernau	lock	Attested in 1739	Receive
Schwanberg fortification section	Rödelsee - Schwanberg - "Schwanberg"	Section attachment	Early medieval, fortified in prehistoric times	Disappeared, several moats received
Schwanberg Castle	Rödelsee - Schwanberg	Mountain castle with castle park, previously a hilltop castle	16th Century	Receive
Old Schwarzenau Castle	Schwarzach am Main - Schwarzenau	Mespelbrunn Castle	In the core of the 15th century	Receive
Schwarzenau New Castle	Schwarzach am Main - Schwarzenau	Mespelbrunn Castle	Early 18th century	Preserved, it now houses the State Research and Testing Institute for Animal Husbandry
Speckfeld castle ruins	Markt Einersheim - new courtyard - "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg) of the Counts of Speckfeld	around 1250	Castle ruins, some remains of the walls of buildings have been preserved
Church castle Stadelschwarzach	Prichsenstadt - Stadelschwarzach	Fortified church	Medieval	Partly preserved
Burgstall Steinbürg	Iphofen -Limpurger Forst- "Steinbürg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Burgstall Stephansberg	Kleinlangheim - Stephansberg	Niederungsburg	Mentioned during the first half of the 14th century	Disappeared, small remains of ramparts and moats have been preserved
Burgstall Stettenburg	Volkach - Obervolkach - "Stettenberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	First mentioned in a document in 1225	Disappeared, little masonry, walls and ditches preserved
Burgstall Vogelsburg	Volkach - Vogelsburg - "Escherndorfer Berg"	Höhenburg (section fortification)	Medieval castle, later monastery, mountain fortified in prehistoric times	Gone, walls and a moat preserved
Wässerndorf Castle	Seinsheim - Wässerndorf	Castle of the Counts of Schwarzenberg	13th century, converted into a castle in 1555	Ruin, burned down at the end of the Second World War, large parts of the walls have been preserved
Westheim Castle	Biebelried - Westheim	Castle of Johann Philipp von Zobel	Attested in 1772	Installed from wooden barns, part of an agricultural property
Burgstall Wiesenbronn	Wiesenbronn	Niederungsburg	Late medieval	Gone
Wiesenbronn fortified church	Wiesenbronn	Fortified church	Late medieval	Receive
Wiesentheid Castle	Wiesentheid	Castle with park of the Counts of Schönborn	Built between 1576 and 1600	Receive
Burgstall Willanzheim	Willanzheim	Niederungsburg	Medieval, mentioned in 1140	Gone
Willanzheim fortified church	Willanzheim	Fortified church	Medieval	Ruin, some parts of the building preserved
Willanzheim Tower Hill	Willanzheim- Hagenmühle	Tower Hill Castle	Medieval	Gone

Main-Spessart district

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Adolphsbühl Castle	Gemünden am Main - Adelsberg	Castle of the Lords of Hohenberg, later a castle	Castle from 1008, expansion to a castle in 1626	Castle preserved
Burgstall Altbessingen	Arnstein - Altbessingen - "Auberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Left, only one ditch received
Old Castle (Burgsinn)	Burgsinn	Niederungsburg (moated castle), ancestral seat of the Barons of Thüngen	Mentioned in 1001	Castle ruins, moat and large parts of the complex have been preserved
Old castle ruins	Gemünden am Main - Harrbach	Höhenburg (Spornburg), ministerial seat of the Lords of Harburg	around 1100	Castle ruins, few remains of the foundation wall
Arnstein Castle (Arnstein Castle)	Arnstein	Höhenburg, expanded as a castle in the middle of the 16th century	, Castle 13th century. Castle 1540 to 1544 after the destruction of the castle by Prince Bishop Konrad von Bibra built	Lock tw. preserved, only parts of the moat and two round towers have been preserved from the castle
Aschfeld fortified church	Eußenheim - Aschfeld	Niederungsburg (fort castle) of the Order of St. John	Built in 1275, previously the castle of the Bishop of Würzburg	Castle ruins, Gaden around the church
Aura Castle in Sinngrund	Aura in mind	lock	18th century	Receive
Bartenstein Castle	Partenstein - "Schlossberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg) of the Counts of Rieneck	around 1180	Castle ruins, few remains of the wall, an annual castle festival takes place on site
Billingshausen fortified church	Birkenfeld - Billingshausen	Fortified church	Medieval	Gone
Binsfeld Castle	Arnstein - Binsfeld	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Blue tower watch tower	Thüngen - "Lerchberg"	Watch tower	Late medieval	Ruin, remains of walls preserved
Büchold Castle	Arnstein - Büchold	Höhenburg (Spornburg), later Castle of the Order of St. John	First mentioned in a document in 1299	Castle ruins, round keep and some remains of walls have been preserved
Burgsinnschloss	Thüngen	lock	Attested in 1536	Receive
Burgstall Diemarsburg	Gemünden am Main - Adelsberg	Hilltop castle	13th century, probably built in 1218	Disappeared, ground leveled in 1972
Burgstall Erlenbach	Karlstadt - Erlenbach	Mansion (one-storey residence)	Medieval	Gone, the wall of the complex was leveled in the course of the land consolidation, a ditch is only very faintly visible
Hide skins	Skins	Manor house	16th Century	Receive
Burgstall Franzenburg	Arnstein - Heugrumbach	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone, only walls and ditches preserved
Fronhofer Schlösschen	Burgsinn	lock	1607	Receive
Section fortification on the Gaiberg	Neustadt am Main - "Gaiberg"	Section attachment	Prehistory and early history	Gone
Burgstall near Gemünden am Main	Gemünden am Main	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Early medieval	Gone
Section fortification on Grainberg	Karlstadt - Gambach - "Grainberg"	Section attachment	Early medieval	Disappeared, only a few walls preserved
Fortified church in Gössenheim	Goessenheim	Fortified church	Medieval	Parts of the fortification received
Höllrich Castle	Karsbach - Höllrich	Moated castle of the Lords of Thüngen as a successor to the high castle Reußenberg	Between 1561 and 1580	Receive
Homburg Castle	Triefenstein - Homburg am Main	Mountain castle, previously a hill fort of the Würzburg bishopric	Castle 12./13. Century, castle 1561 attested	Castle preserved, only parts of the castle such as the round keep and the curtain wall are visible
Homburg	Gössenheim - "Hohe Setz"	Höhenburg (Spornburg), ministerial seat of the Würzburg bishopric	around 1170	Castle ruins, large parts have been preserved
Huttenschlösschen	Gemünden am Main	lock	1711	Receive; until 2008 Lower Franconian Transport Museum, today Photo and Film Museum
Karbach Fortified Church	Karbach	Fortified church	Medieval	Gone
Karlsburg	Karlstadt - Mühlbach	Höhenburg (Spornburg), successor to an early medieval section fortification	8th century, today's castle from the 11th century	Ruin, large parts of the building walls preserved
Kreuzwertheim Castle	Kreuzwertheim	Castle of the noble family von Löwenstein-Wertheim	1736	Receive
Laudenbach castle ruins	Karlstadt - Laudenbach	Höhenburg (Spornburg) of the Lords of Hohenlohe	around 1150	Castle ruins, only two tower ruins remain
New Castle (Laudenbach)	Karlstadt - Laudenbach	Castle, successor to the hilltop castle destroyed in the Peasants' War	after 1525	Receive
Lohrer Schloss (Kurmainzer Schloss)	Lohr am Main	lock	Early modern	Receive
Mühlbach Castle (Karlstadt)	Karlstadt - Mühlbach	Castle of the Lords of Thüngen	Late 17th century	Receive
Neuchâtel Castle	Triefenstein - Triefenstein Monastery	Höhenburg (Spornburg), previously prehistoric section fortification	12./13. century	Disappeared, only the neck ditch and invisible wall foundations preserved
Reinstein Castle	Schollbrunn - "Rehberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	High medieval, approx. 13th century, owned by the Lords of Reinstein	Gone, only the neck ditch and rubble walls visible
Rieneck Castle	Rieneck	Höhenburg (Spornburg) of the Counts of Rieneck	around 1150	Substantial parts have been preserved, today owned by the association "Recreation and Education Work of the Christian Scouting Society of Germany eV"
Rodenbach Castle	Lohr am Main - Rodenbach am Main	Castle of the Counts of Rieneck	1731	Preserved, private property, riding facility
Rothenfels Castle (Rothenfels)	Rothenfels	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	around 1148	Preserved or substantial parts preserved, first youth castle in Germany, today a youth hostel and conference center in private ownership
Scherenburg castle ruins	Gemünden am Main	Höhenburg (Spornburg) of the Counts of Rieneck	before 1243 as a customs castle	Castle ruins, larger remains of the walls of buildings and the ruins of the round keep have been preserved from the castle
New lock	Burgsinn	Castle with castle garden	1620	Receive
Schönarts Castle Ruins (In the Old Castle)	Eußenheim - Schönarts	Höhenburg (Spornburg, ground floor residence) of the Lords of Henneberg	1258	Castle ruins, only small remains of walls and two moats have been preserved
Schoenart's ring wall	Eußenheim - Schönarts	Höhenburg (ring wall)	Early medieval	Disappeared, only faintly perceptible remains of the wall have survived
→ Schönrain Palace	Gemünden am Main - Hofstetten	Mountain castle, previously a hilltop castle of the Counts of Rieneck and before that a monastery	Monastery around 1180, castle 16th century	Castle ruins, large remains of the wall have been preserved
Burgstall Schwebenried	Arnstein - Schwebenried - Stolzenmühle	Höhenburg (Spornburg, ground floor residence)	Medieval	Gone
Seewiese Castle	Graefendorf	Hunting lodge
Seifriedsburg ring wall	Gemünden am Main - Seifriedsburg	Höhenburg (ring wall)	Early medieval	Gone, only walls and ditches preserved
Slorburg Castle Stables	Gemünden am Main	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	13th Century	Gone
Hutten Castle Steinbach (New Castle)	Lohr am Main - Steinbach	Castle and park of the Barons von Hutten	Between 1725 and 1728, the previous castle from 1589	In World War II destroyed rebuilt, private collection
Thüngen Castle	Thüngen	Castle, previously the castle of the Lords of Thüngen	Medieval castle, 16th century castle	Receive
Section fortification Wettenburg	Kreuzwertheim - "Kingdom of Heaven"	Section attachment	probably early medieval	Gone
Wolfsmünster Castle	Graefendorf - Wolfsmünster	Castle of the Lords of Thüngen	Attested in 1584	Receive
Red Castle (Zellingen) (Old Castle)	Zellingen	lock		Gone
White Castle (Zellingen) (New Castle)	Zellingen	lock	Rebuilt into a church between 1785 and 1787	Gone, today the Catholic parish church of St. George
Zellingen Tower Hill (Löwenburg?)	Zellingen	Tower Hill Castle	Medieval	Disappeared, only a slightly raised plateau visible

Miltenberg district

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Altepurg	Klingenberg am Main , "Kühruh" forest department (in the Klingenberg clay mine)	Hilltop castle	Medieval	Disappeared, destroyed during clay degradation in modern times
Altenburg (Sodenburg)	Leidersbach and Sulzbach am Main	Ring wall	600-450 BC BC, again used during the early Middle Ages	Disappeared , used as a quarry in the 19th and early 20th centuries, double ring wall and ditches recognizable
Old Castle (Waleburg)	Kleinwallstadt - "Waldflur Am Alten Schloss"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Middle of the 13th century	Ruin, destroyed around 1260. Remnants of the ring wall, ramparts and ditch preserved and restored
Burgstall Alteburg	Eschau - Wildenstein , opposite the Wildenstein castle ruins	Höhenburg (ground floor residence)	Medieval	Disappeared, rectangular moat and walls preserved, was a short-lived counter - castle of the Kurmainz
Burgstall Alte Schanze	Klingenberg am Main - "Alte Schanze"	Höhenburg (ring wall system)	Medieval	Disappeared, several ramparts and moats preserved; center: modern lookout tower
Princely Leiningen's Palais Amorbach	Amorbach	lock	1724-1727	Preserved, expanded in 1830
Bacheburg (Lower Castle)	Obernburg am Main - Eisenbach - Neustädterhof	Moated castle	around 1400	Ruin, destroyed in 1441 after the church ban, remains of the wall used for other purposes, archway, remains of the ring wall, moat
Ring wall of Bürgstadter Berg	Bürgstadt - "Bürgstadter Berg"	Ring wall	Prehistoric	Disappeared, double ring wall and trenches preserved
Collenburg castle ruins	Collenberg	Höhenburg ( hillside castle )	1214, abandoned around 1790 and left to decay	Ruin, large parts of the building structure preserved
Eichenbühl toll tower	Eichenbühl	Customs tower	15th century	ruin
Burgstall Elsenfeld	Elsenfeld	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone, completely leveled during the construction of the railway
Fechenbach Castle	Collenberg	lock	1750	Preserved, in ruins until 2005, then rebuilt true to the original, today in private ownership
Frankenberg Castle	Amorbach and Weilbach - "Gotthardsberg"	Höhenburg ( summit castle )	Early medieval (around 800)	Disappeared (destroyed around 1168 (see Güldene Freiheit )), built over by a monastery at the beginning of the 13th century, wall remains and small finds in excavations 2010–2012
Greinberg ring wall	Miltenberg - "Greinberg"	Ring wall	Celtic	large remains of the three kilometer long wall have been preserved, as well as finds from two Roman temples
St. Michaelis (Grubingen)	Grubingen desert	Fortified church	Documented in 1291	resigned from 1778; Foundation walls, gate and remnants of the defensive wall restored in 1979
Henneburg ruins	Stadtprozelten	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	12th Century	Ruin, built on an older building. Destroyed by storms around 1650. Today with gastronomy
Burgstall Heunenhügel	Klingenberg am Main , 500 meters east of the Klingenburg	Höhenburg in spur location	Medieval	Disappeared, castle mound and moat preserved
Klingenberg City Palace	Klingenberg am Main	City Palace	Renaissance building from 1560 by Kottwitz von Aulenbach , from 1693 by von Mairhofen	Preserved, in the old town of the place, with castle courtyard and gatehouse, vaulted cellar and castle barn, venue for concerts and music events
Klingenburg Castle Ruins (Clingenburg)	Klingenberg am Main	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	around 1100	Ruin, decayed from 1500. Gastronomy and open-air stage.
Ringwall Langer Berg	Röllbach - "Long Mountain"	Ring wall and section fortification	Prehistoric and early medieval	Gone, walls and ditches preserved
Laudenbach Castle	Laudenbach	Castle with park	Modern	Receive
Löwenstein Castle	Kleinheubach	lock	1721-1732	Receive. Built in the late Baroque style, several neo-classical additions from 1780–1824. Since 1948 training and education center of the Bundespost, later Telekom. Owner Alois Konstantin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.
Mildenburg	Miltenberg	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Expanded around 1200, 1390–1396, destroyed in 1552, rebuilt by 1558	Receive. Since 2011 museum with icons and modern art from the art collections of the Diocese of Würzburg
Mönchberg Castle (Mengeburg)	Mönchberg	Hilltop castle	Medieval	Gone, leveled castle spot in the area of ​​the local church in the churchyard
Moated castle Oberaulenbach	Eschau	lock	15th century	Preserved, privately owned
Burgstall Ölenbuckel (Castle on the Ölenbuckel, Upper Castle, Eisenbach Castle)	Obernburg am Main - Eisenbach	Burgstall	Medieval	Disappeared, no more aboveground remains visible, underground remains of the foundation
Erdwerk Ohrbacher Schanze (Heuneschüssel, Römerschanze)	Miltenberg - "Geißberg"	Rampart	Probably Roman or early medieval	Gone, rectangular ramparts with ditches preserved
Riedern moated castle	Eichenbühl - Riedern	Moated castle of the Lords of Riedern	late medieval	Remains preserved: castle wall, moat, 1780 gatehouse as Electoral Mainz hunting lodge, today forester's house, private
Roßhof tower hill ( Rossberg )	Großheubach - Roßhof	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle) the Rüd von Rossberg	Medieval	Gone, the tower hill leveled in 1975, overbuilt with the riding stable of the Rosshof
Schneirersbuckel Tower Hill (Upper Castle)	Obernburg am Main - Eisenbach -Neustädterhof	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Departed, tower hill leveled
Sommerau moated castle	Eschau - Sommerau	Moated castle	1271	Built on the remains of a previous castle. Burned down in 1525, rebuilt, destroyed again around 1630. 1650 New construction of the still existing wing. Remains of the defense tower and moat have been preserved.
Lower Eisenbach Castle	Obernburg am Main - Eisenbach	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone (Burgstall), local and small castle, no more aboveground remains visible, stood between Raiffeisen and Odenwaldstraße (youngest of the four Eisenbacher castles)
Templar House	Amorbach	Fixed house	1291	Preserved, half-timbered building on a tower ground floor around 1200. Today a museum.
Weckbach Castle (Weckbach Water Castle )	Weilbach - Weckbach	Wasserburg / castle	12./13. Century	Moated castle of the lords of Dürn, 1272 fiefdom of Mainz, from 1433 fiefdom of the lords of Erl (en )bach, no longer mentioned since the 18th century - gone, location in the area visible
Fortified Church of St. Maria Magdalena (Trennfurt)	Klingenberg am Main - Trennfurt	Fortified church	around 1300	Fortified church that was destroyed and rebuilt several times, with an imposing three-storey facade tower and defense tower-like medieval nave yokes
Wise castle	Miltenberg	lock	1849	Receive
Wildenberg castle ruins	Kirchzell - Preunschen	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Badly damaged by earthquakes around 1200, 1356, burned down in 1525 and fell into disrepair	ruin
Wildenstein castle ruins	Eschau - Wildenstein	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	around 1250, abandoned after 1560 and left to decay	Ruin, extensive remains of the wall preserved, examined and restored by the ASP
Castle Wörth	Woerth am Main	Castle, previously a castle	Medieval castle, first mentioned in 1299, early modern castle	Dismissed, only the keep of the castle ( crenellated wreath over console frieze, plastered sandstone masonry with hump square edges and ashlar elements) has been preserved, on the factory site (not accessible)

District of Rhön-Grabfeld

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Altenbrenda Castle Stables	Bischofsheim in the Rhön - Unterweissenbrunn	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone , today partially overbuilt by a sewage treatment plant
Section fortification Altenburg	Trappstadt - "Altenburg"	Section attachment	Early medieval	Gone
Altenburg Tower Hill	Sulzfeld corridor "Altenburg"	Niederungsburg ( tower hill castle )	High medieval	Disappeared, six meter high and 30 by 30 meter tall tower hill preserved
Ringwall Altenburg	Ostheim in front of the Rhön	Ring wall	Probably early medieval	Gone
Altenstein Castle (Untermarschalk`scher Hof)	Ostheim in front of the Rhön	lock	Between 1753 and 1757	Receive
Burgstall Blankenberg	Bad Königshofen im Grabfeld - Ipthausen -Blankenberghof	Höhenburg ( Spornburg )	Medieval	Gone
Borstadel Castle Stables	Hollstadt - "Stationsberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone, the semicircular wall with an exposed, ten-meter-wide trench has been preserved
Brennhausen moated castle	Sulzdorf an der Lederhecke -Brennhausen	Moated castle	13th Century	Preserved, renovated in 1861, moats and castle pond restored after 1950, today privately owned
Watch tower thick tower	Niederlauer	Watch tower	15th century	Preserved, building fabric renewed
Eichenhausen Castle	Wülfershausen on the Saale - Eichenhausen	lock	Medieval, today's castle building from 1712	Receive
Burgstall Frickenhausen	Mellrichstadt - Frickenhausen	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone, trench with outer wall preserved
Gangolfsberg ramparts (Werinfriedesburg)	Oberelsbach - Gangolfsberg	Ring wall	Celts through Merovingians to the early Middle Ages	Wall remains and chapel ruins from the Middle Ages
Gebsattelsches Schloss Sondheim in front of the Rhön	Sondheim before the Rhön	lock	1577/1893	Fulda fiefdom of the von Stein family, 1686 to von Gebsattel , burned out in 1940, sold in 1851, restored in 1893
Yellow Castle (Rosenauischer Hof)	Ostheim in front of the Rhön	Manor house	17./18. century	Receive
Yellow Castle (Old Castle)	Nordheim before the Rhön	Manor of the Barons von der Thann	1578, alterations in the 18th century, used as a synagogue after 1803	Receive
Hanstein Castle	Ostheim in front of the Rhön	lock	Between 1430 and 1450	Preserved, organ building museum since 1993
Ringwall Heidelberg (Unterwaldbehrungen)	Bastheim - Unterwaldbehrungen - "Heidelberg"	Ring wall	Probably early medieval	Gone
Heßbergsches Schlösschen	Ostheim in front of the Rhön	Manor house	Inscribed 1595	Receive
Burgstall Heustreu	Heustreu -Flur "ropes"	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Fortified church Heustreu (Church of St. Michael)	Haystack	Fortified church	Late medieval	restored, external fortifications with towers preserved
Hildenburg castle ruins	Hausen - Hillenberg - "Schlossberg"	Hilltop castle	around 800	Ruin, destroyed in 1525. Parts of the keep and the foundation walls of the massive ring have been preserved.
Höchheim Castle	Hoechheim	Manor house	15th century	Receive
Holzberghof hunting lodge	Bischofsheim in the Rhön - Holzberg	Hunting lodge	Würzburger Forsthaus 1614, around 1910 neo-Romanesque castle extension	Preserved, now serves as an inn
Huflar Castle	Fladungen - Huflar	Manor house	Between 1597 and 1799	Receive
Irmelshausen Castle	Höchheim - Irmelshausen	Moated castle	15th century	Receive
Kleinbardorf Castle	Sulzfeld - Kleinbardorf	Moated castle	1589/1590	Preserved until the 17th century Wartburg. Conversion to a moated castle in 1766. Privately owned.
Kleineibstadt Castle	Großeibstadt - Kleineibstadt	Moated castle	Between 1581 and 1594	Abandoned, destroyed in 1900
Königsburg ramparts	Nordheim before the Rhön - " Königsburg "	Rampart	Prehistoric and early history, renewed use during the Middle Ages	Gone
Königshofen fortress	Bad Königshofen in Grabfeld	Castle	1650	Until 1803 fortress of the Würzburg bishopric , then razed. Wall remains preserved.
Löwenhain Castle	Bad Neustadt an der Saale - Lebenhan	lock	1750	Received, since 2010 "Educational Center of the Foundation for the World Heritage of Wisdom Teachings"
Lichtenburg castle ruins	Ostheim in front of the Rhön	Hilltop castle	1159	Ruin, destroyed around 1525 and rebuilt. Abandoned in 1719 and fell into disrepair. Today with gastronomy and a knight's hall. Keep as a lookout tower.
Burgstall Lure	Burglauer	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone, Burgstall today largely overbuilt by modern buildings, remains of the moat and northwest slope of the castle hill preserved
Mellrichstatt Castle	Mellrichstadt	lock	around 1512	Gone
Fortified church wall skull	Willmars - Unterfilke	Fortified church	around 1000	Ruin, demolished in the 14th century, remains of the tower preserved
Neuhaus Castle	Bad Neustadt an der Saale - Bad Neuhaus	lock	Between 1773 and 1776	Preserved, now serves as a hotel
Neustädtles Castle	Nordheim before the Rhön - Neustädtles	Castle with park, previously a moated castle	18th century castle, medieval castle	Receive
Obereßfeld Castle	Sulzdorf an der Lederhecke - Obereßfeld	lock	Early modern, today's castle building from the first half of the 16th century	Receive
Oberweißbrunn double tower hill	Bischofsheim an der Rhön - Oberweißbrunn - "Hagküppel"	Double tower hill castle	Medieval	Gone
Optical lock	Ostheim in front of the Rhön	Manor house	15./16. century	Receive
Osterburg castle ruins	Bischofsheim in the Rhön - Haselbach in the Rhön	Höhenburg ( summit castle )	around 1200	Destroyed as early as 1270. Preserved as a secured ruin with numerous low wall remains.
Ostheim fortified church	Ostheim in front of the Rhön	Fortified church	Late medieval	Receive
Ostheimer Warte	Ostheim in front of the Rhön	Watch tower	first half of the 14th century	Preserved, accessible
Turmhügel Rappershausen (Turmhügel Burgkeller)	Hendungen - Rappershausen	Niederungsburg (tower hill castle)	Medieval	Gone
Fortification at Rappershausen	Hendungen - Rappershausen , 1100 meters east of the local church	Three-part rampart	Early medieval	Gone
Rödelmaier Castle	Rödelmaier	Castle, today a monastery	1754	Receive
Rossrieth Castle	Mellrichstadt - Rossrieth	Moated castle	around 1140	Ruin, rebuilt in 1589. After the Second World War, granary and chicken coop. 1985 Completion of an exterior renovation. After that vacancy, ruinous inside.
Burgstall Rothausen	Höchheim - Rothausen - "Flur Schindrasenholz"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Salzburg Castle	Bad Neustadt an der Saale	Hilltop castle	around 1150	Large parts of the 450 meter long curtain wall have been preserved.
Ringwall Schwedenschanze	Bastheim -Wechterswinkel	Ring wall	Prehistory and early history as well as early medieval	Gone
Castle stable Simonides	Bastheim - Simonshof	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Steineck Castle	Burglauer -Burglauer Forst- "Quastenberg"	Höhenburg (Hangspornburg)	expired before 1201, 1443	Gone, remains of walls and traces of ramparts and ditches have been preserved
Sternberg Castle	Sulzdorf an der Lederhecke - Sternberg im Grabfeld	Castle, previously a castle	1199	1667–1669 rebuilt as a castle after damage from 1525. Since 1884 in changing private ownership.
Sulzfeld Castle	Sulzfeld	lock	1698	Preserved, vacancy
Sulzfeld fortified church	Sulzfeld	Fortified church with cemetery fortifications	16th Century	Receive
Old Trappstadt Castle	Trappstadt	lock	around 1616	After the New Palace was built, only a horse stable, later a barn; badly in need of renovation
New Trappstadt Castle	Trappstadt	lock	around 1700	Two wings adjoining at right angles, preserved
Fortified church Trappstadt (St. Burkard)	Trappstadt	Fortified church with cemetery fortifications		Receive
Unsleben moated castle	Unsleben	Moated castle, previously moated castle	Medieval castle	Receive
Untereßfeld Castle	Bad Königshofen im Grabfeld - Untereßfeld	Moated castle	Early modern	Gone
Völkershausen Castle	Willmars - Völkershausen	Castle with park	Between 1721 and 1731	Receive
Burgstall Völlburg	Herbstadt - "Völlburg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone
Wallbach Castle	Schönau an der Brend - Burgwallbach	Niederungsburg (moated castle)	destroyed before 1335, 1357 and rebuilt, destroyed again in 1525 and released for demolition in 1790	Ruin, cellar vault partially preserved
Waltershausen Castle	Hall on the Saale - Waltershausen	Castle, previously a castle	1619-1627	Preserved, built on the foundations of a previous castle. Rebuilt around 1730 in the Rococo style. 1953–1986 Recreation Home of the Deutsche Bundespost. now privately owned
White lock	Nordheim before the Rhön	Manor house	16th century, alterations 1651–1668	Preserved, private, two-winged three-storey building (stone and half-timbered, plastered except for two half-timbered gables, on the courtyard side alliance coat of arms stone dated 1577 and a building inscription stone with the builder's coat of arms re. 1668, 1651–68)
Wildberg castle ruins	Sulzfelder Forst - "Wildberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	before 1123	Disappeared, destroyed in 1525. Few remains of masonry and a cellar vault have been preserved
Wollbach Tower Hill	Wollbach	Tower Hill Castle	11th century	Tower stump preserved
Wolzog Castle	Mellrichstadt - Mühlfeld	lock	Modern	Receive

Schweinfurt district

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Section fortification Alteburg	Stadtlauringen - "Flur Altenburg"	Section attachment	Prehistoric	Disappeared, remains of the wall preserved
Burgstall Bergheide	Gochsheim - Weyer - "Herrenberg"	Höhenburg ( Spornburg )	Medieval	Gone
Birnfeld Castle	Stadtlauringen - Birnfeld	lock	18th century	Preserved, old people's home.
Craheim Castle	Stadtlauringen - Wetzhausen	lock	1908-1910	Since 1968 meeting place of the life center for the unity of Christians
Fortified Church Donnersdorf (St. John the Baptist)	Donnersdorf	Fortified church	Modern, but probably older	Partly preserved, churchyard fortifications and moat visible
Erthal's castle	Gochsheim	Manor house	around 1760	Preserved, today residential building
Euerbach Castle	Euerbach	lock	Destroyed in 1525, rebuilt in 1563	Hotel and hall / wine cellar rental
Castle Euerburg	Grettstadt - Obereuerheim	lock
Burgstall Garstadt	Bergrheinfeld - Garstadt	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone, partly overbuilt
Fortified church of Geldersheim (St. Nikolaus)	Geldersheim	Fortified church	16th Century	Parts of the fortification received	more pictures
Fortified church Gochsheim (St. Michael)	Gochsheim	Fortified church	Late medieval	Parts of the fortification received
Klingenberg Castle	Wipfeld	lock	before 1230	Completely destroyed in 1525, rebuilt in 1543. Private property.
Kronungen Castle	Poppenhausen - Kronungen	lock	Inscribed 1735	Receive
Mainberg Castle	Schonungen - Mainberg	lock	900-1000	Initially only a defense tower, still in place. 1480–1486 expansion to the castle in its present form. Privately owned, catering since 2005.
Marktsteinach Castle	Schonungen - Marktsteinach	Niederungsburg	12th Century	Castle ruins with tower stumps and remains of walls, now farms.
Fortified church Niederwerrn	Niederwerrn	Fortified church		Gone
New Castle (Niederwerrn)	Niederwerrn	lock	18th century	Receive
Ringwall Nunnery	Community-free area Bürgerwald - "Staatsforst Nonnenkloster"	Ring wall	Early medieval	Gone
Obbach Castle	Euerbach - Obbach	lock	1692-97	1746–47 expanded to a two-wing complex. Extensive park area.
Oberlauringen Castle	Stadtlauringen - Oberlauringen	lock	18th century	Received, youth and handicapped aid from the Diakonie in Schweinfurt.
Oberschwarzach Castle	Oberschwarzach	lock	1614	Receive
Burgstall Oberspiesheim	Kolitzheim - Oberspiesheim	Niederungsburg (ground floor residence)	Medieval	Gone, the site is overbuilt today
Burgstall Pusselsheim	Donnersdorf - Pusselsheim	Niederungsburg (ground floor residence)	Medieval	Worn, round moat with outer wall preserved
Riedburg Tower Hill	Geldersheim - "Steyershügel corridor"	Niederungsburg ( tower hill castle )	Medieval, first mentioned in 1240	Left, tower hill leveled
Burgstall Schlössle	Donnersdorf - Falkenstein - "Falkenberg"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Gone, trench with outer wall preserved
Schwanfeld Castle	Swan field	lock	Modern	Gone
Burgstall Schwarzacher Tännig	Community-free area Bürgerwald - "Flur Schwarzacher Tännig"	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Medieval	Left, dig received
Schwebheim Castle	Floating home	lock	1440	Destroyed in 1523, rebuilt in 1525. Private property since 2001, event center.
Ringwall Schwedenschanze	Poppenhausen - Kützberg - "Floor timber"	Ring wall	Early medieval	Disappeared, rectangular rampart and moat preserved
Stollburg castle ruins	Oberschwarzach - Handthal	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	12th century, destroyed and abandoned in 1525	Ruin, remains of an octagonal keep, small remains of walls and vaults have been preserved
Sulzheim Castle	Sulzheim	lock	1728	1824–1970s owned by the Princely House of Thurn und Taxis. Today privately owned.
Theilheim Castle	Waigolshausen - Theilheim	lock	1741	Receive
Traustadt Castle	Donnersdorf - Traustadt	lock
Vasbühl Castle	Werneck	lock	1677
Ring wall full castle	Community-free area Bürgerwald - "Vollberg"	Ring wall	Early medieval	Departed, ring wall received
Werneck Castle	Werneck	lock	before 1223	First castle, burned down in 1553. Rebuilt in 1601, burnt down again in 1723 and poorly repaired in 1724. 1733–1745 new building by Balthasar Neumann. Since 1855 sanatorium and nursing home, today psychiatric clinic and orthopedic hospital.
Wetzhausen Castle	Stadtlauringen - Wetzhausen	lock	1528	Formerly moated castle. Preserved, vacancy.
Wiesenburg castle ruins	Niederwerrn	Niederungsburg	after 1236	Ruin, remains of a round tower preserved.
Zabelstein castle ruins	Michelau im Steigerwald - Hundelshausen - " Zabelstein "	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	around 1000	Ruin, destroyed by fire in 1689, used as a quarry. Since 1999 observation tower.
Zeilitzheim Castle	Kolitzheim - Zeilitzheim	lock	1679-1683	Since 1975 private property, hotel operation.

Würzburg district

Surname	place	Type	Time of origin	State of preservation and current use	image
Alteburg tower hill	Röttingen	moth
Burgstall Old Castle	Helmstadt	Burgstall
Burgstall Old Castle	Hettstadt	Burgstall
Aub Castle	Aub	lock	before 1369	Initially a castle, in the 16th century it was converted into a palace in the Renaissance style
Brattenstein Castle	Röttingen	Castle	before 1230	Prince-Bishop's property until 1806. Thereafter rent office. 1971 Some parts of the castle collapse. Preserved essential parts. Röttinger Festival at the castle since 1984
Burggrumbach Castle	Unterpleichfeld -Burggrumbach	lock
Castell's castle	Remlingen	lock	Beginning of the 16th century	Office building, red building, white building, large half-timbered barn
Former Würzburg Official Castle Remlingen (Old Castle)	Remlingen	lock	Late medieval	the formerly regular four-wing complex was divided into farm properties and redesigned, only remnants (three corner towers, fastening parts) were built into the property
Darstadt Castle	Ochsenfurt- Darstadt	lock
Erbachhof Castle	Eisingen - Erbachshof	Niederungsburg	Medieval	Gone
Erlach moated castle	Ochsenfurt - Erlach	lock	12th Century	New building in the 14th century. Destroyed in 1525, rebuilt in 1545. Receive.
Burgstall Erbshausen	Hausen near Würzburg- Unterhof	Burgstall	unknown	semicircular neck moat and dominant castle hill still visible
Etzburg Castle Stables	Thüngersheim	Burgstall
Falkenberg Castle	Erlabrunn	Castle		Demolished in 1202, since then ruin with low wall remains
Friesenhausen Castle	Gable City	lock	around 1709	Municipal property since 1979, town hall since 1984
Gelchsheim Castle	Gelchsheim	lock	13th Century	Today clinic for naturopathy
Geyerschloss (Geyerburg)	Gable City	Moated castle	Destroyed for the first time in 1441	z. Some of the rebuilt remains of the later moated castle (gate system, tower remains, remains of the castle wall)
Wasserschloss Giebelstadt (Sable Castle)	Gable City	Moated castle
Grumbach Castle	Rimpar	lock	14th Century	Formerly a castle, converted into a palace until 1469. Today a museum.
Guttenberg Castle Stables ( Guttenberg Ruins, Old Castle)	Guttenberg Forest	Burgstall	13th Century	Castle ruins (200 m south of the Guttenberg forest house)
Guttenberg tower hill	Reichenberg- Guttenberger Forest	moth		abandoned, later (16th century) built over by a hunting lodge that was also abandoned (in the Guttenberg forestry area)
Ingolstadt tower hill	Giebelstadt -auzenmühle	moth
Burgstall Kleinochsenfurt	Ochsenfurt - Kleinochsenfurt	Burgstall
Burgstall Klingenstein	Bieberehren blades	Höhenburg (Spornburg)	Late medieval	Disappeared, three trenches and the remains of a wall preserved
Madelhofen hunting lodge	Waldbrunn	Hunting lodge foundation	1724	Started in 1724, never finished, rediscovered in 1990, restored foundation walls
Neubrunn Palace	Neubrunn	lock
Ochsenfurt Castle	Ochsenfurt	lock		Today museum of local history.
Ravensburg ruins	Thüngersheim	Castle	around 1170	Demolished in 1202, since then ruin with low wall remains
Reichelsburg castle ruins	Aub	Castle	14th Century	Destroyed in 1525, partially restored and inhabited until 1750. After that it fell into disrepair. Ruin with preserved keep
Reichenberg Castle	Reichenberg	lock	13th Century	1525 partly destroyed. 17./18. Century greatly expanded in the style of the Renaissance; Privately owned.
Burgstall Schönstein	Röttingen- Strüth	Niederungsburg (Burgstall)	Documented in 1295	from 1467 recorded as dismissed
Sonderhofen tower hill	Sonderhofen	Motte (medieval tower hill)		Ground monument
Sommerhausen Castle	Sommerhausen	lock	at least since 1413 (seat of the Counts of Limpurg and Rechteren)	Main building, three-storey quarry stone masonry building with a saddle roof, stepped gable with ornamental attachments and southern stair tower from 1546–75 (with another rear and chancellery building); today private property
Uettingen Castle	Uettingen	lock	1818	Privately owned palace and park
Veitshöchheim Castle	Veitshochheim	lock	1680-1682	1753 greatly expanded in the Baroque style. Museum since 1932.
Vogtsberg Castle	Gaukönigshofen	Burgstall		Destroyed and lost in 1525. Digging recognizable.

literature

• Heinz Rötter: Castles in Lower Franconia. Verlag Neue Presse, Coburg 1991, OCLC 165668951 .
• Walter Schilling: The castles, palaces and mansions of Lower Franconia. Echter Verlag , Würzburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-429-03516-7 .
• Anton Rahrbach, Jörg Schöffl, Otto Schramm: Palaces and castles in Lower Franconia - A complete representation of all palaces, manors, castles and ruins in the Lower Franconian independent cities and districts . Hofmann Verlag, Nuremberg 2002, ISBN 3-87191-309-X .
• Martina Amkreutz-Götz: Castles and palaces in Lower Franconia . (The book for the series by the media group Main-Post). Volume 1, Würzburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-925232-61-9 .

Web links

Commons : Castles and palaces in Bavaria / RB Unterfranken  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Castle landscape Main4Eck A journey through time in Main4Eck - castles and fortifications in the Spessart - Miltenberg - Amorbach area to the Bavarian Odenwald with an "Education and Information Center Castle Landscape" in the historic town hall of Eschau

Individual evidence

1. ^ Steinburg in the regio-wiki Würzburg; accessed on October 9, 2018
2. ↑ Presumably passed in the dispute with the forced mortgage lending of the place to Erpho zu Gelnhausen . Compare with: Stephan Behlen: Der Spessart: Attempting a topography of this forest area, with special consideration for mountain, forest, geography and folklore , Brockhaus Verlag, Leipzig 1823, Volume II, p. 155
3. ↑ Possibly to be considered today as Waldenberg Castle; the assignment of the Waldenburg to the old castle (Waleburg) in Kleinwallstadt can no longer be maintained due to the excavations from 2006 to 2010.
4. ↑ Kulturweg Dammbach: Plate 4: Unterschorrhof: Location of Herbroch Castle
5. ↑ Wolfgang Hartmann: Who were the gentlemen of Kesselberg , in: Spessart magazine 09/2012 (106th year), pp. 17-21
6. ↑ 725 years of Eisenbach , Festschrift. P. 26 ( Memento of the original from April 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ^ Weilbach: Weckbach district , local website; accessed on February 12, 2019
8. ^ Entry on Wasserburg Weckbach in the private database "Alle Burgen".
9. ↑ Ground monument no. D-6-6321-0089: Underground medieval and early modern findings in the area of ​​the abandoned castle in Weckbach . Weilbach monument list of the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (PDF file; 354.5 kB); accessed on February 12, 2019
10. ↑ Fortified Church of St. Maria Magdalena zu Trennfurt of the website "Burglandschaft - A journey through time in Main4eck", supported by the Archäologische Spessartprojekt eV
11. ↑ Monument List Sonderhofen: Bodendenkmal D-6-6425-0076 ; accessed on August 13, 2017
12. ↑ funded by the Bavarian State Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forests and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)

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