Rüssenbach Castle

Rüssenbach Castle
Ebermannstadt-Rüssenbach
The site of Rüssenbach Castle - view from the northeast (Sep 2013)
Coordinates	49°46′20″N 11°09′33″E / 49.772167°N 11.159286°E / 49.772167; 11.159286
Type	lowland castle, motte castle
Code	DE-BY
Height	310 m above sea level (NHN)
Site information
Condition	burgstall (no above-ground ruins)
Site history
Built	recorded 1129

Rüssenbach Castle (German: Turmhügel Rüssenbach) is a levelled water castle situated at a height of 310 m above sea level (NHN) on the northern edge of Rüssenbach, a village in the market borough of Ebermannstadt in the county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria. It was built as a motte castle

The Stiebar von Buttenheim family are recorded as occupants of the castle which was mentioned in 1129 and destroyed in 1525 during the Peasants' Rebellion.

Nothing has survived of the former castle.

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• Hellmut Kunstmann. Die Burgen der südwestlichen Fränkischen Schweiz, Verlag Degener & Co., 1990.

• "Rüssenbach". Alle Burgen (in German).