Zoggendorf tower hill

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Zoggendorf tower hill
Tower Hill Zoggendorf - View of the tower hill from the east

Tower Hill Zoggendorf - View of the tower hill from the east

Alternative name (s): Zoggendorf Castle
Castle type : Niederungsburg, moth
Conservation status: Burgstall
Place: Heiligenstadt in Upper Franconia - Zoggendorf
Geographical location 49 ° 52 '12.4 "  N , 11 ° 9' 8"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '12.4 "  N , 11 ° 9' 8"  E

The Tower Hill Zoggendorf even lock Zoggendorf called, is an Outbound Turmhügelburg (moth) about 100 meters west of the center of the village Zoggendorf , a local part of the market Heiligenstadt in Oberfranken in the district of Bamberg in Bavaria .

The Lords of Greiffenstein are named as owners of the castle, first mentioned in 1427.

The rectangular tower hill from the former castle complex is still preserved.

literature

  • 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 .
  • Hellmut Kunstmann : The castles of north-western and northern Franconian Switzerland . Reprint of the 1972 edition. Commission publishing house Degener & Co, Neustadt an der Aisch 2000, ISBN 3-7686-9265-5 , pp. 28-30.

Web links

  • Entry on Zoggendorf in the private database "Alle Burgen".