Wichsenstein Castle (German: Burgstall Wichsenstein) was a hill castle, once owned by noblemen, on a steep and prominent rock reef (Felsriff) outcrop above...
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Wichsenstein is a village in the municipality of Gößweinstein in the Upper Franconian county of Forchheim in Germany. Wichsenstein lies high up in the...
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reforms in 1978, the formerly independent communities of Morschreuth, Wichsenstein, Behringersmühle, Kleingesee, Leutzdorf, Stadelhofen, Unterailsfeld and...
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Franconian Switzerland (section Castles)
along with the Pfarrfelsen near Affalterthal, Markt Egloffstein, 468 m Wichsenstein (near Gössweinstein), 587 m Signalstein (near Wolfsberg, Obertrubach)...
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There is another castle site, Stadtmers Bürg, on the Hetzelfels rocks. A bit further away is the old castle site of Wichsenstein above the eponymous...
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Bavaria. The castle was built around 1225 by the lords of Dachstetten. Later occupants were the lords of Egloffstein and the lords of Wichsenstein, who were...
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old castle of Wolkenstein lies the burgstall of Eberhardstein in the valley of the Altenthalbach, to the southeast is the burgstall of Wichsenstein and...
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Altes Schloss (Oberzaunsbach) (category Castles in Bavaria)
Trubach valley and it is on the line of sight to the neighbouring Wichsenstein Castle Image 3: View of the Zaunsbacher Berg from the NE above the valley...
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