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Niedermirsberg Castle

Coordinates: 49°46′52″N 11°08′23″E / 49.781084°N 11.139657°E / 49.781084; 11.139657
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Niedermirsberg Castle
Steinhaus
Ebermannstadt-Niedermirsberg-Flur "Buchholz"
Niedermirsberg Castle is located in Germany
Niedermirsberg Castle
Coordinates49°46′52″N 11°08′23″E / 49.781084°N 11.139657°E / 49.781084; 11.139657
Typelowland castle, motte
CodeDE-BY
HeightHeight missing, see template documentationTemplate:Höhe/Erro in parameter list
Site information
Conditionburgstall (no above-ground ruins)

Niedermirsberg Castle (German: Turmhügel Niedermirsberg), also called the Steinhaus ("Stone House"), is a levelled motte castle which is situated 780 metres west of the village church of Niedermirsberg, in the borough of Ebermannstadt in the county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria.

Of the former motte nothing has survived above ground.

Literature

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  • 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 [de] (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 südwestlichen Fränkischen Schweiz. Verlag Degener & Co., 1990.

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