Tower Hill Castle (Ködnitz)
Tower Hill Castle | ||
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Alternative name (s): | Vannau Castle | |
Creation time : | Medieval | |
Castle type : | Niederungsburg, moth | |
Conservation status: | Burgstall, tower hill | |
Place: | Ködnitz | |
Geographical location | 50 ° 5 '32.7 " N , 11 ° 31' 48" E | |
Height: | 320 m above sea level NHN | |
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The Tower Hill Castle , also castle Vannau called, is an Outbound medieval moated castle from the type of a motte (moth) about 200 meters northeast of the center of Ködnitz in the district of Kulmbach in Bavaria .
The tower hill, which was previously separated from the White Main by a moat, has been 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. 114, 151.
- 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. 115.
Web links
- Entry for the castle in the private database "All castles".
- Soil monuments in the district of Kulmbach on the site Landschaftsmuseum.de