Niedermirsberg Castle

Niedermirsberg Castle
Steinhaus
Ebermannstadt-Niedermirsberg-Flur "Buchholz"
Coordinates 49°46′52″N 11°08′23″E / 49.781084°N 11.139657°E / 49.781084; 11.139657Coordinates: 49°46′52″N 11°08′23″E / 49.781084°N 11.139657°E / 49.781084; 11.139657
Type lowland castle, motte
Code DE-BY
Height Height missing, see template documentationTemplate:Höhe/Erro in parameter list
Site information
Condition burgstall (no above-ground ruins)

Niedermirsberg Castle (German: Turmhügel Niedermirsberg), also called the Steinhaus ("Stone House"), is a levelled motte castle which is situated 780 metres west of the village church of Niedermirsberg, in the borough of Ebermannstadt in the county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria.

Of the former motte nothing has survived above ground.

Literature

  • Denis André Chevalley (revision editor) (1986). "Oberfranken". In Michael Petzet, Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege. 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.
  • Hellmut Kunstmann: Die Burgen der südwestlichen Fränkischen Schweiz. Verlag Degener & Co., 1990.

See also

  • List of German motte and bailey castles
  • "Niedermirsberg". Alle Burgen (in German).
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