Oberweilersbach Castle
Weilersbach-Oberweilersbach | |
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Coordinates | 49°45′11″N 11°07′27″E / 49.753143°N 11.124074°ECoordinates: 49°45′11″N 11°07′27″E / 49.753143°N 11.124074°E |
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Type | lowland castle |
Code | DE-BY |
Height | 340 m above sea level (NHN) |
Site information | |
Condition | burgstall (no above-ground ruins) |
Site history | |
Built | recorded in the 12th century |
Oberweilersbach Castle (German: Burgstall Oberweilersbach) is a levelled mediaeval lowland castle in the northwest of the parish of Oberweilersbach, in the municipality of Weilersbach in the county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria.
Nothing of the castle, which was mentioned in the records in the 12th century, has survived.
Literature
- Hellmut Kunstmann: Die Burgen der südwestlichen Fränkischen Schweiz. Aus der Reihe: Veröffentlichungen der Gesellschaft für Fränkische Geschichte Reihe IX: Darstellungen aus der Fränkischen Geschichte, Vol. 28. Kommissionsverlag Degener und Co., Neustadt/Aisch, 1990, pp. 136–153.
- Denis André Chevalley (revision editor). "Oberfranken". Vol. IV. Munich: Oldenbourg Verlag. ISBN 3-486-52395-3.
External links
- "Oberweilersbach". Alle Burgen (in German).
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