Oberweilersbach Castle

Oberweilersbach Castle (German: Burgstall Oberweilersbach) is a levelled mediaeval lowland castle in the northwest of the parish of Oberweilersbach, in the municipality of Weilersbach in the county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria.

Oberweilersbach Castle
Weilersbach-Oberweilersbach
Coordinates49°45′11″N 11°07′27″E
Typelowland castle
CodeDE-BY
Height340 m above sea level (NHN)
Site information
Conditionburgstall (no above-ground ruins)
Site history
Builtrecorded in the 12th century

Nothing of the castle, which was mentioned in the records in the 12th century, has survived.

Literature
  • 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. 136–153.
  • 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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