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
Forchheim-Burk-Flur Beim Schanzbach
Coordinates49°42′38″N 11°02′32″E
Typelowland castle, motte and bailey
CodeDE-BY
HeightHeight missing, see template documentationTemplate:Höhe/Erro in parameter list
Site information
Conditionburgstall (no above-ground ruins)
Site history
Builtrecorded 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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