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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] |
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 character a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |