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

Upper Franconia Upper Franconia (, ) is a (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 Franconia and Lower Franconia, wh ...

n county of

Forchheim Forchheim () is a Town#Germany, town in Upper Franconia () in northern Bavaria, and also the seat of the administrative Forchheim (district), district of Forchheim. Forchheim is a former royal city, and is sometimes called the Gateway to the Fr ...

in the south German state of

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. 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