Burk Castle
Burk Castle (German: Turmhügel Burk) is a levelled medieval motte and bailey castle in the area known as Beim Schanzbach, about 550 metres south-southwest of the church in Burk, a village in the borough of Forchheim in the county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria.
Burk Castle | |
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Forchheim-Burk-Flur Beim Schanzbach | |
Coordinates | 49°42′38″N 11°02′32″E |
Type | lowland castle, motte and bailey |
Code | DE-BY |
Height | Height missing, see template documentation |
Site information | |
Condition | burgstall (no above-ground ruins) |
Site history | |
Built | recorded 1127 |
Nothing has survived of the castle which was mentioned in the records in 1127.
Literature
- Denis André Chevalley (revision editor) (1986). "Oberfranken". In Michael Petzet, Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege (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.
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See also
- List of German motte and bailey castles
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