Alladorf tower hill
Alladorf tower hill | ||
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Alternative name (s): | Whales in a cold sweat | |
Castle type : | Niederungsburg, moth | |
Conservation status: | Burgstall, tower hill, moat, wall | |
Place: | Thurnau - Alladorf | |
Geographical location | 49 ° 57 '32.6 " N , 11 ° 22' 51.6" E | |
Height: | 455 m above sea level NHN | |
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The Tower Hill Alladorf , as whales in Kühschwitz called, is a Outbound Turmhügelburg (moth) about 400 meters south-southeast of the Church of Alladorf , a district of the market Thurnau in the district of Kulmbach in Bavaria .
Only the square tower hill has survived from the former motte . This is surrounded by a three meter deep trench and a six meter wide wall. Today there is a two-story stable house on the hill.
The area is registered as a soil monument D-4-6034-0017 "Medieval Tower Hill" by the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation .
literature
- Rüdiger Bauriedel, Ruprecht Konrad: Medieval fortifications and noble residences in the district of Kulmbach . Published by the district of Kulmbach, Neudrossenfeld 2010, ISBN 978-3-00-033354-5 , pp. 107 and 136.
- Denis André Chevalley (arr.): Upper Franconia . Ed .: Michael Petzet , Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (= Monuments in Bavaria . Volume IV ). Oldenbourg, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-486-52395-3 .
Web links
- Entry for Alladorf in the private database "Alle Burgen".
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Rüdiger Bauriedel, Ruprecht Konrad: Medieval fortifications and noble residences in the district of Kulmbach. P. 107.
- ↑ Location of the tower hill in the Bavaria Atlas
- ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
- ↑ List of monuments for Thurnau (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (PDF; 148 kB)