Burggraf (fortification)

Burggraf
Burggrafenstein, Furchste
Gräfenberg-Thuisbrunn-"Burggraf"
The Burggraf

Coordinates	49°40′54″N 11°16′56″E / 49.68171°N 11.28231°E / 49.68171; 11.28231Coordinates: 49°40′54″N 11°16′56″E / 49.68171°N 11.28231°E / 49.68171; 11.28231
Type	hill castle, spur castle
Code	DE-BY
Height	Height missing, see template documentationTemplate:Höhe/Erro in parameter list
Site information
Condition	burgstall (no above-ground ruins)

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The fortification of Burggraf (German: Abschnittsbefestigung Burggraf), also called the Burggrafenstein or Furchste, is a levelled prehistorical or early medieval sector fortification on a hill spur between Untertrubach and Dörnhof near Gräfenberg in the county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria.

The fortification was recorded in 1417 as a burgstall. It consisted of ramparts and an entrance passage at the southwest corner and probably a second on the southeast side. Only the remains of two sector ramparts have survived.

Literature

Walter Heinz: Ehemalige Adelssitze im Trubachtal. Verlag Palm und Enke, Erlangen und Jena, 1996, ISBN 3-7896-0554-9

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Castles in the county of Forchheim
	Schlösser:	Ermreuth Gräfenberg (Steinhaus, Großhaus, Nuremberg Pflegschloss) Guttenburg Hagenbach Hallerndorf (levelled) Heroldsbach Neues Schloss (Hiltpoltstein) Hundshaupten Jägersburg Kunreuth Pretzfeld Schellenberg (levelled) Thurn Unterleinleiter Wiesenthau Wolfsberger Schloss Wüstenstein
	Castles and castle ruins:	Bärnfels Bieberbach (levelled) Dietrichstein (levelled) Dietzhof (levelled) Dörnhof (levelled) Egloffstein Forchheim Gaillenreuth Gößweinstein Gräfenberg (levelled) Hiltpoltstein (Altes Schloss) Kohlstein Moschendorf (levelled) Neideck Niederfellendorf (levelled) Obertrubach (levelled) Oberweilersbach (levelled) Regensberg Reifenberg (levelled) Reuth (levelled) Rothenbühl (levelled) Schlüsselstein (levelled) Streitburg Thuisbrunn Unterleinleiter Vestenberg (levelled) Wichsenstein (levelled) Wolfsberg Wolkenstein
	Fortresses:	Forchheim Fortress
	Motte castles: (all levelled)	Burk Ebermannstadt Kersbach Niedermirsberg Rüssenbach Wöhr
	Manor houses:	Dormitz (levelled) Steinhaus (levelled) Hammermühle (levelled) Walkersbrunn (levelled) Wannbach
	Burgställe: (castle/hillfort sites)	Altenburg Alter Schlossberg Altes Schloss (Affalterthal) Altes Schloss (Oberzaunsbach) Altes Schloss (Drügendorf) Borschl Breitensten Burggraf Burgstein (Leutenbach Castle?) Ehrenbürg Hainburg (Rüsselbach Castle, Burg auf der Katze) Heidelberg Heiliger Bühl Hetzelsdorf Hunnenberg Lehmberg Leutenbach Lindelberg Lindelburg Reisberg Retterner Kanzel Sattelmannsburg (Stadtmers Bürg) Schießberg Schlossberg Castle (Heidenstein) Thüngfelderstein (Eberhardstein Castle) Tiefenstürmig Unterailsfeld Wartleiten

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