Zoggendorf tower hill
Zoggendorf tower hill | |
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Tower Hill Zoggendorf - View of the tower hill from the east |
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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 |
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".