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Schlossberg Castle (Haidhof)
The ''burgstall'' of Schlossberg Castle (german: Burgstall Schlossberg), also called the Burgstall on the Flöss (''Burgstall auf der Flöss'') or the Heidenstein, is a now levelled, probably high mediaeval, nobleman's castle. It is situated above Haidhof (Gräfenberg), Haidhof, a village in the municipality of Gräfenberg, Bavaria, Gräfenberg in the Upper Franconian county of Landkreis Forchheim, Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria. The ''burgstall'' of the old spur castle is freely accessible at all times and is used as a viewing point. Location The ''burgstall'' is located in the Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest Nature Park at a height of Map service of the Bundesamt für Naturschutz on a rocky, southeast pointing hill spur known as the ''Flöss'' on the hill of ''Haidhofer Schloßberg'' (), w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hill Castle
A hill castle or mountain castle is a castle built on a natural feature that stands above the surrounding terrain. It is a term derived from the German ''Höhenburg'' used in categorising castle sites by their topographical location. Hill castles are thus distinguished from lowland castles (''Niederungsburgen''). Hill castles may be further subdivided depending on their situation into the following: * Hilltop castle (''Gipfelburg''), that stands on the summit of a hill with steep drops on all sides. A special type is the rock castle or ''Felsenburg''. * Ridge castle (''Kammburg''), that is built on the crest of a ridge. * Hillside castle (''Hangburg''), that is built on the side of a hill and thus is dominated by rising ground on one side. * Spur castle (''Spornburg''), that is built on a hill spur surrounded by steep terrain on three sides and thus only needs to be defended on the one remaining side. When in the 10th and 11th centuries castles lost their pure fortress charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
