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Dietrichstein Castle (Lützelsdorf)
The ''burgstall'' of Dietrichstein Castle, also called the Diederichstein Ruins (''Ruine Diederichstein''), is the site of an old, probably high mediaeval, aristocratic, castle, situated high above the valley of the River Trubach in the municipality of Pretzfeld in the Upper Franconian county of Forchheim in Bavaria, Germany. The ''burgstall'' is freely accessible at all times and is used today as a viewing point. Location The small, former hill castle is located within the Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest Nature Park about 750 metres north-northeast of the village of Lützelsdorf. It stands at a height of about on the ''Diederichstein'' rocks whose sides drop vertically into the valley of the Trubach about eleven kilometres northeast of Forchheim. Close by, on the Kreuzberg, lies another ''burgstall'' or former castle site, the Schlüsselstein, probably founded by the Schlüsselbergs. Immediately west of Ebermannstadt is yet another, unnamed, ''burgstall'', de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pretzfeld
Pretzfeld is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany. Geography Geographical location The municipality is located in the south-western part of Upper Franconia, in Franconian Switzerland. The region is known for growing and processing fruit. Of the approx. 2500 ha total area, 1100 ha are forest. The town of Pretzfeld lies in the west of the municipality, near the confluence of the Trubach and the Wiesent. Districts The pretzfeld municipality has 13 districts: Economy and Infrastructure The largest closed sweet cherry growing area in Germany and one of the largest in western Europe extends around the Pretzfeld market. Due to the warm climate and nutrient-rich soils, there are over 200,000 sweet cherry trees on 1700 ha. In the municipality there are the breweries Nikl-Bräu in Pretzfeld, Meister in Unterzaunsbach and Penning-Zeißler in Hetzelsdorf. There are also several distilleries, one of the best known is the Haas distillery with an annual p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motte
A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or Bailey (castle), bailey, surrounded by a protective Rampart (fortification), ditch and palisade. Relatively easy to build with unskilled labour, but still militarily formidable, these castles were built across northern Europe from the 10th century onwards, spreading from Normandy and County of Anjou, Anjou in France, into the Holy Roman Empire, as well as the Low Countries it controlled, in the 11th century, when these castles were popularized in the area that became the Netherlands. The Normans introduced the design into England and Wales. Motte-and-bailey castles were adopted in Scotland, Ireland, and Denmark in the 12th and 13th centuries. By the end of the 13th century, the design was largely superseded by alternative forms of fortification, but the earthworks remain a prominent feature in many countries. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Egloffstein Castle
Egloffstein Castle () is a former high mediaeval, aristocratic castle, that stands immediately west of the eponymous village of Egloffstein in the Upper Franconian county of Landkreis Forchheim, Forchheim in the German state of Bavaria. The castle may be visited for an entrance fee. Location The spur castle is located within the Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest Nature Park at a height of 443 metres on a rocky, eastwards-pointing promontory of the Rabenstein, about 80 metres above the village in the Trubach valley in the hill region of Franconian Switzerland. In the vicinity are also the castles of Thuisbrunn Castle, Thuisbrunn, Schloss Hundshaupten, Hundshaupten and Wolfsberg Castle (Obertrubach), Wolfsberg. Other castles not far from Egloffstein include the Altes Schloss (Affalterthal), Altes Schloss on the Altschlossberg hill near Affalterthal, the ruins of Dietrichstein Castle (Lützelsdorf), Dietrichstein near Lützelsdorf and the ruins on the Zaunsbacher Berg an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiltpoltstein Castle
Hiltpoltstein Castle () was originally a high mediaeval aristocratic castle dating to the 11th or 12th century. It stands in the centre of the market village of Hiltpoltstein, Markt Hiltpoltstein in the Upper Franconian county of Landkreis Forchheim, Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria. Its present appearance as a triple-winged building goes back to renovations carried out at the end of the 16th century. Location The hilltop castle stands on a dolomite (rock), dolomite crag () and forms the heart of the village of Hiltpoltstein (). The roughly 20-metre-high rocks are - like most other examples in Franconian Switzerland – the remains of fossil sponge reefs of the White Jurassic. In the vicinity there are other hilltop castles which have been built on exposed rock formations: to the east is Wildenfels Castle and the ''burgstall'' of Strahlenfels Castle, to the northeast are the ruins of Stierberg Castle, to the north are Egloffstein Castle and the ruins of Wolfsberg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gößweinstein Castle
Gößweinstein Castle (), also called Schloss Gößweinstein, is a mediaeval hilltop castle in Gößweinstein in the county of Landkreis Forchheim, Forchheim in the German state of Bavaria. It towers high above the market rights, market town and the Wiesent (Regnitz), River Wiesent and may have been the inspiration for Richard Wagner's grail castle in his opera, ''Parsifal''. The castle is a Bavarian listed building, no. D-4-74-129-10. History The castle was probably named after its founder, Count Gozwin. He was killed in 1065, after he had invaded the territory of the Bishop of Würzburg. The first record of ''Goswinesteyn'' castle is dated to 1076. At that time, Henry IV (HRR), Emperor Henry IV had Bishop Burchard II of Halberstadt, who had become embroiled in the Saxon revolt of 1073–1075, Saxon Rebellion, incarcerated there, a fact which suggests it was already a strong fortress. From the time of Bishop Otto of Bamberg there is evidence that the castle became part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pottenstein Castle
Pottenstein Castle () is one of the oldest castles in Franconian Switzerland, a region in the German state of Bavaria. It stands on a rock above the eponymous town of Pottenstein (Upper Franconia), Pottenstein in the Upper Franconian county of Landkreis Bayreuth, Bayreuth. The castle is home to a museum and both may be visited for a fee. Location The spur castle is located within the Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest Nature Park at a height of roughly 410 metres on a west-facing hill spur between the valleys of the Püttlach (river), Püttlach and the Weihersbach, immediately southeast and above the town of Pottenstein, about 22 kilometres southwest of Bayreuth. In the vicinity are other castles: to the west are Gößweinstein Castle, Kohlstein Castle and the ruins of the Upper Tüchersfeld Castle, Upper and Lower Tüchersfeld Castle, Lower Castles in Tüchersfeld, to the east are the ruins of Hollenberg Castle and sites of Wartberg Castle (Kosbrunn), Wartberg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Francia
East Francia (Latin: ) or the Kingdom of the East Franks () was a successor state of Charlemagne's empire created in 843 and ruled by the Carolingian dynasty until 911. It was established through the Treaty of Verdun (843) which divided the former empire of Francia into three kingdoms: ''Francia Orientalis'' (the East Frankish kingdom); ''Francia Media'' (the Middle Frankish kingdom); and ''Francia Occidentalis'' (the West Frankish kingdom). The east–west division with the Treaty of Verdun, enforced by the Germanic-Latin language split, "gradually hardened into the establishment of separate kingdoms", with East Francia becoming (or being) the Kingdom of Germany, and West Francia becoming the Kingdom of France. Terminology The term "Francia", land of the Franks (also known as the "Kingdom of the Franks"), was commonly used to refer to the empire. The ruling dynasty was Frankish, although its inhabitants were mostly other non-Frankish Germanic tribes. The Kingdom of Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuremberg Castle
Nuremberg Castle () is a group of medieval fortified buildings on a sandstone ridge dominating the historical center of Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany. The castle, together with the City walls of Nuremberg, city walls, is considered to be one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortifications.Fehring, Günther P. and Ress, Anton. ''Die Stadt Nürnberg.'' 2. Auflage bearbeitet von Wilhelm Schwemmer. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München, , S. 152ff. It represented the power and importance of the Holy Roman Empire and the outstanding role of the Imperial City of Nuremberg.''Imperial Castle of Nuremberg,'' Bavarian Administration of State-Owned Palaces, Gardens and Lakes Summary In the Middle Ages, German List of German monarchs, kings (respectively Holy Roman Emperors after thei ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Observation Point
A scenic viewpoint—also called an observation point, viewpoint, viewing point, vista point, scenic overlook,These terms are more commonly used in North America. etc.—is an elevated location where people can view scenery (often with binoculars) and photograph it. Scenic viewpoints may be created alongside scenic routes or mountain roads, often as simple turnouts or lay-bys where motorists can pull over onto pavement, gravel, or grass on the right-of-way. Locations Many viewpoints are larger, having parking areas, while some (typically on larger highways) are off the road completely. Viewing points may also be found on hill or mountain tops or on rocky spurs overlooking a valley and reached via a hiking trail. They may be protected by railings to protect the public or be enhanced by a viewing tower designed to elevate visitors above the surrounding terrain or trees in order to offer panoramic views. Overlooks are frequently found in national parks and in the U.S. along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wichsenstein
Wichsenstein is a village in the municipality of Gößweinstein in the Upper Franconian county of Forchheim in Germany. Geography Wichsenstein lies high up in the hills of Franconian Switzerland between the city of Nuremberg and the towns of Forchheim and Bayreuth about six kilometres southwest of Gößweinstein and fourteen kilometres east of Forchheim. The Wichsenstein Rock (''Wichsensteiner Fels'') towers over the centre of the village. It may be climbed using steps and, at a height of , offers panoramic views over Franconian Switzerland. History The independent parish of Wichsenstein was disbanded on 1 May 1978. The majority of its more than 500 inhabitants with the villages of Wichsenstein, Altenthal, Hardt, Sattelmannsburg and Ühleinshof were incorporated into the market town (''Markt'') of Gößweinstein. The villages of Eberhardstein, Pfaffenloh and Urspring with around 50 inhabitants joined Markt Pretzfeld. Transport Wichsenstein is accessible on county roads ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wichsenstein Castle
Wichsenstein Castle () was a hill castle, once owned by noblemen, on a steep and prominent rock reef (''Felsriff'') outcrop above the church village of Wichsenstein in the Upper Franconian county of Forchheim in Bavaria, Germany. The castle has been completely demolished and there are no visible remains. The castle rock is now just used as a viewing point. Location The site or ''burgstall'' of this hilltop castle lies in the central part of Franconian Switzerland, part of the German Central Upland range of the Franconian Jura. It is located on top of a natural monument and rocky ''kuppe'', the Wichsenstein Rock (''Wichsensteiner Fels''), at a height of about on the northern edge of the village of Wichsenstein, about 20 metres above the village and about 60 metres north-northwest of the Roman Catholic parish church of Saint Erhard. and about 15 kilometres northeast of Forchheim. In the vicinity are other old mediaeval castles. In the nearby village of Bieberbach are the rema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Pinnacle
A pinnacle, tower, spire, needle or natural tower (, ''Felsturm'' or ''Felszinne'') in geology is an individual column of rock, isolated from other rocks or groups of rocks, in the shape of a vertical shaft or spire. is a natural geomorphological shape and a structural denudation shape of the relief. It is about an isolated, tall and often also slender column or prism, reminiscent of a tower in its shape. A specific type of rock tower is the rock needle. Formation The rock tower was created as a result of mechanical erosion, namely the gradual breakdown and destruction of a flat plateau or a rocky mountain ridge. Its shape is the result of mechanical weathering and the attitude of the rock, or the subsidence of the slope. On the sea coast, rock towers are created by abrasion and isolation of the more resistant parts of the worn and abraded coast (cliff). Distribution Rock towers are found in various parts of the world. They are found on the edges of high mountains a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
