Schimmendorf tower hill
Schimmendorf tower hill | ||
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Creation time : | Medieval | |
Castle type : | Hill castle, moth | |
Conservation status: | Burgstall, tower hill, moat | |
Place: | Mainleus - Schimmendorf -Flur "Burgstall" | |
Geographical location | 50 ° 9 '27.6 " N , 11 ° 21' 53.8" E | |
Height: | 464 m above sea level NHN | |
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The Tower Hill mold village is an Outbound medieval hilltop castle on 464 m above sea level. NHN of the type of a tower hill castle (Motte) in the corridor area "Burgstall" about 600 meters northeast of the center of the village Schimmendorf , a current district of the market Mainleus in the district of Kulmbach in Bavaria .
The tower hill and a moat are still preserved from the former moth enclosure .
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. 128 and 176.
- 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 .
- Klaus Schwarz: The prehistoric and early historical monuments in Upper Franconia . (Material booklets on Bavarian prehistory, series B, volume 5). Verlag Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz 1955, p. 117.
Web links
- Entry on Schimmendorf in the private database "Alle Burgen".
- Soil monuments in the district of Kulmbach on the site Landschaftsmuseum.de