Alladorf tower hill

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Alladorf tower hill
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 Coordinates: 49 ° 57 '32.6 "  N , 11 ° 22' 51.6"  E
Height: 455  m above sea level NHN
Tower Hill Alladorf (Bavaria)
Alladorf tower hill

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

  1. a b Rüdiger Bauriedel, Ruprecht Konrad: Medieval fortifications and noble residences in the district of Kulmbach. P. 107.
  2. Location of the tower hill in the Bavaria Atlas
  3. ^ Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation
  4. List of monuments for Thurnau (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (PDF; 148 kB)