The burgstall of Unterailsfeld Castle (German: Burgstall Unterailsfeld) is the site of a medieval lowland castle situated at a height of 360 m above sea level (NHN) in the village of Unterailsfeld, in the market municipality of Gößweinstein in the county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria.
| Unterailsfeld Castle | |
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| Gößweinstein-Unterailsfeld | |
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| Coordinates | 49°48′22″N 11°20′42″E / 49.806226°N 11.345089°E |
| Type | lowland castle |
| Code | DE-BY |
| Height | 360 m above sea level (NHN) |
| Site information | |
| Condition | burgstall (no above-ground ruins) |
| Site history | |
| Built | Late Middle Ages |
In 1525 its owners were named as the lords of Eyb. The castle was destroyed during the Peasants' War.
No above ground ruins of the old castle have survived.
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.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - Hellmut Kunstmann: Die Burgen der östlichen Fränkischen Schweiz. Aus der Reihe: Veröffentlichungen der Gesellschaft für Fränkische Geschichte Reihe IX: Darstellungen aus der Fränkischen Geschichte, Vol. 20. Kommissionsverlag Degener und Co., Neustadt/Aisch, 1965, pp. 183–185.
External links
edit- "Unterailsfeld". Alle Burgen (in German).