The burgstall of Wartleiten Castle (German: Burgstall Wartleiten) is the site of a levelled, medieval hill castle situated at a height of 410 m above sea level (NHN) on the Wartleitenberg, about 600 metres southeast of the church in Streitberg, a village in the market municipality of Wiesenttal in the county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria.

Wartleiten Castle
Wiesenttal-Streitberg-"Wartleitenberg"
Wartleiten Castle is located in Germany
Wartleiten Castle
Coordinates49°48′24″N 11°13′41″E / 49.806803°N 11.228000°E / 49.806803; 11.228000
Typehill castle, spur castle
CodeDE-BY
Height410 m above sea level (NHN)
Site information
Conditionburgstall, remains of the bergfried
Site history
BuiltMedieval

No above-ground ruins of the old castle have survived apart from the remains of the bergfried or fighting tower.

Literature

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  • Hellmut Kunstmann: Die Burgen der südwestlichen Fränkischen Schweiz. Aus der Reihe: Veröffentlichungen der Gesellschaft für Fränkische Geschichte Reihe IX: Darstellungen aus der Fränkischen Geschichte, Vol. 28. Kommissionsverlag Degener und Co., Neustadt/Aisch, 1990, pp. 35–36.
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  • "Wartleiten". Alle Burgen (in German).