Wiesentfels tower hill
| Wiesentfels tower hill | ||
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| Creation time : | Medieval | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle, spur position, moth | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Place: | Hollfeld - Wiesentfels | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 57 '19.6 " N , 11 ° 13' 4.4" E | |
| Height: | 420 m above sea level NN | |
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The Tower Hill Wiesent rock is an Outbound medieval motte (moth) at Wiesent rock , a modern suburb of Hollfeld in the district of Bayreuth in Bavaria . It was probably the oldest of the four castles in town, next to the castles Unterwiesentfels, Oberwiesentfels and Wiesentfels .
Albert II von Giech is named as the owner of the moth enclosure , which was destroyed in 1514 .
literature
- Rüdiger Bauriedel, Ruprecht Konrad-Röder: Medieval fortifications and low-nobility mansions in the Bayreuth district . Published by the district of Bayreuth, Ellwanger Druck und Verlag, Bayreuth 2007, ISBN 978-3-925361-63-0 , p. 177.
- Hellmut Kunstmann : The castles of north-western and northern Franconian Switzerland . Reprint of the 1972 edition. Kommissionsverlag Degener & Co, Neustadt an der Aisch 2000, ISBN 3-7686-9265-5 , p. 138.
- Gustav Voit, Walter Rüfer: A castle tour through Franconian Switzerland - In the footsteps of the draftsman AF Thomas Ostertag . 2nd Edition. Verlag Palm & Enke, Erlangen 1991, ISBN 3-7896-0064-4 , pp. 221-226.
Web links
- Entry on Wiesentfels Castle in the private database "Alle Burgen".
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hellmut Kunstmann: The castles of north-western and northern Franconian Switzerland , p. 138
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