Bieberbach Castle


Biberbach
Egloffstein-Bieberbach
Site of Bieberbach Castle (1998)

Coordinates	49°43′40″N 11°17′24″E / 49.727840°N 11.290011°E / 49.727840; 11.290011Coordinates: 49°43′40″N 11°17′24″E / 49.727840°N 11.290011°E / 49.727840; 11.290011
Type	hill castle, spur castle
Code	DE-BY
Height	530 m above sea level (NN)
Site information
Condition	burgstall (no above-ground ruins)
Site history
Built	c. 1225

The burgstall or site of Bieberbach Castle is a ruined mediaeval spur castle situated at a height of 530 m above sea level (NN) on a rock formation in the southern part of the parish of Bieberbach, in the market municipality of Egloffstein in the county of Forchheim in the German state of Bavaria.

The castle was built around 1225 by the lords of Dachstetten. Later occupants were the lords of Egloffstein and the lords of Wichsenstein, who were recorded as ministeriales of the Bishopric of Bamberg. The castle was damaged in 1525 during the Peasants' War and finally destroyed during the Thirty Years' War. In the early 19th century the remains were carried away apart from a vaulted roof and a cellar.

Literature

Walter Heinz: Ehemalige Adelssitze im Trubachtal - Ein Wegweiser für Heimatfreunde und Wanderer. Verlag Palm und Enke, Erlangen und Jena, 1996, ISBN 3-7896-0554-9, pp. 186–190.
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. 239–243.

References

External links

"Bieberbach". 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) Streit 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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