Gaillenreuth Castle
| Gaillenreuth Castle | |
|---|---|
| Ebermannstadt-Burggaillenreuth | |
 Tower house and remains of the gateway | |
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| Coordinates | 49°46′48″N 11°17′19″E / 49.7799°N 11.2885°E |
| Type | hill castle |
| Code | DE-BY |
| Height | Height missing, see template documentation |
| Site information | |
| Condition | Wohnturm, Mauerreste |
| Site history | |
| Built | first recorded 1122 |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | Klerikale, Adel |
Gaillenreuth Castle (Template:Lang-de) is situated high above the Wiesent river on its upper western perimeter in the village of Burggaillenreuth. The village belongs to the borough of Ebermannstadt in the county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria. All that survives is the southern part of the hill castle. As well as parts of the outer ward there is a tower house from the post-1632 period.
History
The castle is one of six that the Bishop of Bamberg, Otto I of Mistelbach (1102–1139), procured for the Bishopric of Bamberg in 1122. Nothing is known of its previous occupants or who built it.
The next record of the castle comes from an appendix to the law book of the Bamberg bishop, Frederick of Hohenlohe (1342–1352). This notes that the Bishop of Bamberg, Leopold III of Bebenburg (1353–1363), paid 100 pounds of hellers to Conrad of Egloffstein for the maintenance of the castle.
Literature
- Hellmut Kunstmann: Die Burgen der südwestlichen Fränkischen Schweiz 2. Auflage, Kommissionsverlag Degener & Co, Neustadt an der Aisch, 1990, pp. 16-33.
- Gustav Voit, Walter Rüfer: Eine Burgenreise durch die Fränkische Schweiz – Auf den Spuren des Zeichners A. F. Thomas Ostertag, 2nd edn., Verlag Palm & Enke, Erlangen, 1991, ISBN 3-7896-0064-4, pp. 55-58.
- Toni Eckert, Susanne Fischer, Renate Freitag, Rainer Hofmann, Walter Tausendpfund: Die Burgen der Fränkischen Schweiz – Ein Kulturführer. Gürtler Druck, Forchheim o.J., ISBN 3-9803276-5-5, pp. 35-39.
External links
- Artist's impression by Wolfgang Braun
- More photographs and history of Gaillenreuth Castle at Foracheim
