Gräfenberg Castle (Forchheim)

This article is about the castle in the Bavarian county of Forchheim. For the eponymous castle in Aschaffenburg county, see Gräfenberg Castle (Aschaffenburg).

Burg Gräfenberg
Gräfenberg
Burg Gräfenberg
Coordinates	49°38′40″N 11°14′53″E / 49.644544°N 11.248083°E / 49.644544; 11.248083Coordinates: 49°38′40″N 11°14′53″E / 49.644544°N 11.248083°E / 49.644544; 11.248083
Type	lowland castle and settlement
Code	DE-BY
Height	430 m above sea level (NHN)
Site information
Condition	burgstall (no above-ground ruins)
Site history
Built	recorded in 1477

Gräfenberg Castle (German: Burg Gräfenberg) is the older of two former castles in Gräfenberg in the Upper Franconian county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria. Today, there is little left of the castle; it is classed as a burgstall and the site is in the area of Bahnhofstraße 11 to 21. The castle was first recorded in the year 1477; its last remains were removed from about 1563.

Literature

Robert Giersch, Andreas Schlunk, Berthold Frhr. von Haller: Burgen und Herrensitze in der Nürnberger Landschaft. Altnürnberger Landschaft, Lauf an der Pegnitz, 2006, ISBN 978-3-00-020677-1, pp. 141–142.
Denis André Chevalley (revision editor). "Oberfranken". Vol. IV. Munich: Oldenbourg Verlag. ISBN 3-486-52395-3.

External links

Burg Gräfenberg at "www.herrensitze.com"
"Gräfenberg". Alle Burgen (in German).

Castles in the county of Forchheim

	Schlösser:	Ermreuth Gräfenberg (Steinhaus, Großhaus, Nuremberg Pflegschloss) Guttenburg Hagenbach Hallerndorf (levelled) Heroldsbach Neues Schloss (Hiltpoltstein) Hundshaupten Jägersburg Kunreuth Pretzfeld Schellenberg (levelled) Thurn Unterleinleiter Wiesenthau Wolfsberger Schloss Wüstenstein

	Castles and castle ruins:	Bärnfels Bieberbach (levelled) Dietrichstein (levelled) Dietzhof (levelled) Dörnhof (levelled) Egloffstein Forchheim Gaillenreuth Gößweinstein Gräfenberg (levelled) Hiltpoltstein (Altes Schloss) Kohlstein Moschendorf (levelled) Neideck Niederfellendorf (levelled) Obertrubach (levelled) Oberweilersbach (levelled) Regensberg Reifenberg (levelled) Reuth (levelled) Rothenbühl (levelled) Schlüsselstein (levelled) Streitburg Thuisbrunn Unterleinleiter Vestenberg (levelled) Wichsenstein (levelled) Wolfsberg Wolkenstein

	Fortresses:	Forchheim Fortress

	Motte castles (all levelled):	Burk Ebermannstadt Kersbach Niedermirsberg Rüssenbach Wöhr

	Manor houses:	Dormitz Manor (levelled) Steinhaus Manor (Dormitz) (levelled) Hammermühle Manor (levelled) Walkersbrunn Manor (levelled) Wannbach Manor

	Burgställe (levelled or unlocated castles):	Altenburg Burggraf Alter Schlossberg Altes Schloss (Affalterthal) Altes Schloss (Oberzaunsbach) Altes Schloss (Drügendorf) Borschl Breitensten Burggraf Burgstein (Leutenbach Castle?) Ehrenbürg Hainburg (Rüsselbach Castle, Burg auf der Katze) Heidelberg Heiliger Bühl Castle Hetzelsdorf Hunnenberg Lehmberg Leutenbach Lindelberg Lindelburg Reisberg Retterner Kanzel Sattelmansburg (Stadtmers Bürg) Schießberg Schlossberg Castle (Heidenstein) Thüngfelderstein (Eberhardstein Castle) Tiefenstürmig Unterailsfeld Wartleiten

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