Gräfenberg Castle (german: Burg Gräfenberg) is the older of two former castles in Gräfenberg in the

Upper Franconia Upper Franconia (german: Oberfranken) is a ''Regierungsbezirk'' (administrative 'Regierungs''region 'bezirk'' of the state of Bavaria, southern Germany. It forms part of the historically significant region of Franconia, the others being Middle F ...

n county of

Forchheim Forchheim () is a town in Upper Franconia (german: Oberfranken) in northern Bavaria, and also the seat of the administrative district of Forchheim. Forchheim is a former royal city, and is sometimes called the Gateway to the Franconian Switzer ...

in the south German state of

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

. Today, there is little left of the castle; it is classed as a ''

burgstall A ''burgstall'' is a German term referring to a castle of which so little is left that its appearance cannot effectively be reconstructed.

'' and the site is in the area of ''Bahnhofstraße'' 11 to 21. The castle was first recorded in the year 1477; its last remains were removed from about 1563.

Literature

* Robert Giersch, Andreas Schlunk, Berthold Frhr. von Haller: ''Burgen und Herrensitze in der Nürnberger Landschaft''. Altnürnberger Landschaft, Lauf an der Pegnitz, 2006, , pp. 141–142. *

External links

''Burg Gräfenberg''
at "www.herrensitze.com" * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grafenberg Castle Castles in Bavaria Gräfenberg, Bavaria