Gräfenberg Castle (Forchheim)

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.

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 is located in Germany
Burg Gräfenberg
Burg Gräfenberg
Coordinates49°38′40″N 11°14′53″E
Typelowland castle and settlement
CodeDE-BY
Height430 m above sea level (NHN)
Site information
Conditionburgstall (no above-ground ruins)
Site history
Builtrecorded in 1477

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) (1986). "Oberfranken". In Michael Petzet, Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege [in German] (ed.). Denkmäler in Bayern : Ensembles, Baudenkmäler, archäologische Geländedenkmäler [Monuments in Bavaria: ensembles, monuments, archaeological site memorials]. Denkmäler in Bayern (in German). Vol. IV (Various ed.). München: Oldenbourg. ISBN 3-486-52395-3. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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