Tower Hill Old Castle (Berndorf)

Tower Hill Old Castle
Alternative name (s):	Old castle
Creation time :	Medieval
Castle type :	Hill castle, moth
Conservation status:	Burgstall, tower hill, wall rest
Place:	Lehrberg - Berndorf - "Old Castle"
Geographical location	49 ° 21 '58.1 " N , 10 ° 25' 28.4" E Coordinates: 49 ° 21 '58.1 " N , 10 ° 25' 28.4" E
Height:	507 m above sea level NHN

The Tower Hill Old Castle , and Old Castle called, is an Outbound medieval motte (moth) at 507 m above sea level. NHN on the "Altes Schloss" plateau about 500 meters southwest of Berndorf , a current part of the market town of Lehrberg in the Ansbach district in Bavaria .

The castle was probably the seat of the Knights of Geißendorf, who were part of the castle team of Colmberg Castle .

The tower hill and wall remains of the large, round moth algae have been preserved.

literature

Ruth Bach-Damaskinos, Jürgen Schabel, Sabine Kothes: Palaces and castles in Middle Franconia . Verlag A. Hoffmann, Nuremberg 1993, ISBN 3-87191-186-0
Günther P. Fehring : City and district of Ansbach (= Bavarian art monuments . Volume 2 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1958, DNB 451224701 , p. 82 .

Web links

Entry on Berndorf Altes Schloss in the private database "Alle Burgen".