Burk Castle (German: Turmhügel Burk) is a levelled medieval motte and bailey castle in the area known as Beim Schanzbach, about 550 metres south-southwest of the church in Burk, a village in the borough of Forchheim in the county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria.
| Burk Castle | |
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| Forchheim-Burk-Flur Beim Schanzbach | |
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| Coordinates | 49°42′38″N 11°02′32″E / 49.710652°N 11.042114°E |
| Type | lowland castle, motte and bailey |
| Code | DE-BY |
| Height | Height missing, see template documentation |
| Site information | |
| Condition | burgstall (no above-ground ruins) |
| Site history | |
| Built | recorded 1127 |
Nothing has survived of the castle which was mentioned in the records in 1127.
Literature edit
- Denis André Chevalley (revision editor) (1986). "Oberfranken". In Michael Petzet, Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege [in German] (ed.). Denkmäler in Bayern : Ensembles, Baudenkmäler, archäologische Geländedenkmäler [Monuments in Bavaria: ensembles, monuments, archaeological site memorials]. Denkmäler in Bayern (in German). Vol. IV (Various ed.). München: Oldenbourg. ISBN 3-486-52395-3.
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See also edit
External links edit
- "Burk, Schanzgraben". Alle Burgen (in German).