Oberburg (Gondorf)
Oberburg may refer to: * Oberburg, Bern, a municipality in Switzerland * Gornji Grad, Gornji Grad (German: ''Oberburg''), a town in Slovenia * Oberburg, Kobern, a hill castle in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany See also * Inner bailey, or inner ward, the strongly fortified enclosure at the heart of a medieval castle * Obere Burg, a castle ruin in Schellenberg, Liechtenstein * Obernburg Obernburg am Main (officially ''Obernburg a.Main'', short version: ''Obernburg,'' ) is a town in the Miltenberg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. It has a population of around 8,500. ...

Oberburg, Bern
Oberburg is a municipality in the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. History Oberburg is first mentioned in 1240 as ''Obrunburc''. The oldest evidence of a settlement in the area are some Roman era coins which were found at Pfaugarten. Other traces of settlements include a fortification at Bachholen, a pass road from the Aare valley into the Emme valley and earthworks at Waldbrueder. While these three sides predate surviving records, their exact age is unknown. The village took its name from the ''upper castle'' (german: Oberburg) which stood on the Rothöchi. The castle probably got its name to distinguish it from the ''lower castle'' at Burgdorf. The castle was probably the seat of a ministerialis (unfree knights in the service of a feudal overlord) family in the service of the Counts of Kyburg. The ministerialis family might have been the Lords of Oberburg who were mentioned in the 13th century or the Lords of Rohrmoos, a fam ...
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Gornji Grad, Gornji Grad
Gornji Grad (; german: Oberburg''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 44.) is the largest settlement and the administrative centre of the Municipality of Gornji Grad in Slovenia. Geography It is located on the Dreta River, a right tributary of the Savinja, in the southeastern foothills of the Kamnik–Savinja Alps, about east of Celje and north of Ljubljana. Traditionally Gornji Grad belongs to the region of Styria (Lower Styria), it is today included in the Savinja Statistical Region. In the west, the road leads up to the ''Črnivec sedlo'' mountain pass and to Kamnik in Upper Carniola. History Gornji Grad has a rich history. A fortress (''grad'') already existed at the site in the early 12th century. In 1140 Patriarch Pellegrinus I of Aquileia founded a Benedictine monastery vested with extended possessions in the vicinity. Temporarily held by the Lords of Žovnek (Sa ...
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Oberburg, Kobern
The Oberburg at Kobern, also called the ''Oberburg'' or ''Altenburg'', is a hill castle above the municipality of Kobern-Gondorf in the county of Mayen-Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Location The ruins of the Oberburg ("Upper Castle") stand at a height of about 200 metres above the village of Kobern on a hill ridge that points towards the Moselle. On the same ridge and about 50 metres lower, is the Niederburg, Kobern, Niederburg ("Lower Castle"). Description Apart from the Late Romanesque (architecture), Romanesque St. Matthias' Chapel, Kobern-Gondorf, St. Matthias' Chapel and the ''bergfried'' little other than a few remains of the enceinte have survived. The castle has a rectangular ground plan and measures about 110 by 40 metres. The ground and upper storey of the roughly 9 by 9 metre, square ''bergfried'' are vaulted. Access to the second floor is via a staircase in the wall. The building attached to the ''bergfried'' was built in 1989. ...
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Inner Bailey
The inner bailey or inner ward of a castle is the strongly fortified enclosure at the heart of a medieval castle.Friar, Stephen (2003). ''The Sutton Companion to Castles'', Sutton Publishing, Stroud, 2003, p. 22. It is protected by the outer ward and, sometimes also a ''Zwinger'', moats, a curtain wall and other outworks. Depending on topography it may also be called an upper bailey or upper ward. The inner bailey enclosed the most important living quarters and defensive elements for the lord and his family, e.g. the great hall, the ''palas'', the tower house and the keep or ''bergfried''. The castle well or cistern was usually found in the inner bailey, because water supplies were particularly important in the past in order to be able to withstand a siege for any length of time. The inner bailey is usually the oldest part of a castle, because it contains those buildings that were the first to be built during its construction. It often has flanking towers that enabled grazin ...
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Obere Burg
Obere Burg ('Upper Castle'), also known colloquially as ''Burg Neu-Schellenberg'' ('Castle of Neu-Schellenberg'), is a castle ruin located in the municipality of Schellenberg, Liechtenstein. It lies at the western edge of Hinterschloss, one of the burroughs in the village of Neu-Schellenberg. It is freely open to tourists. Due to its close proximity to Hinterschloss, it is probably the most easily accessible of all Liechtenstein castles. Obere Burg is one of the five existing castles in Liechtenstein and one of the three ruined ones in the country. History Obere Burg is the larger and older one of the two ruined castles in the Municipality of Schellenberg. Its construction was finished already around 1200. The castle's first appearance in written records occurred on the 10th of January 1348. According to current estimates, it was inhabited until roughly the 16th century, when it was abandoned and ceased to function as a residence. In the following centuries, the castle lost its mi ...
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