Reifenberg Castle

Site information
Weilersbach-Reifenberg

Coordinates	49°45′21″N 11°08′09″E / 49.755925°N 11.135952°E / 49.755925; 11.135952Coordinates: 49°45′21″N 11°08′09″E / 49.755925°N 11.135952°E / 49.755925; 11.135952
Type	hill castle, spur castle
Code	DE-BY
Height	453.6 m above sea level (NN)
Condition	burgstall, castle chapel
Site history
Built	probably c. 1145
Garrison information
Occupants	free knights, clerics

Reifenberg Castle (German: Burgstall Reifenberg) is a former spur castle on the Reifenberg hill (453.6 m above sea level (NN)) above the village of Reifenberg in the municipality of Weilersbach in the Upper Franconian county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria.

History

By 1145 the free knights of Reifenberg had moved from Ettling near Ingolstadt. They also went under the name of Speinshart and were founders of Speinshart Abbey. In 1160 Emperor Frederick I confirmed the estate of Reifenberg Castle to Bishop Eberhard II of Bamberg and in 1185 Pope Lucius III confirmed the estate to the Bishopric of Bamberg.

In 1430, during the Hussite Wars, the castle was damaged, but rebuilt in stages up to 1446. In 1460 the castle chapel of St. Nicholas was mentioned for the first time. In 1525, at the time of the Palatine Peasants' War, the castle had probably already become derelict. From 1607 to 1613 the Church of St. Nicholas (Vexier Chapel) was rebuilt and, in 1788, was given a baroque tower and hence its present appearance.

Literature

Hans-Michael Körner, Alois Schmid (eds.), Martin Ott: Handbuch der historischen Stätten. Bayern II Franken. Alfred Kröner Verlag, Stuttgart, 2006, ISBN 978-3-520-32501-3, pp. 436-437.
Hellmut Kunstmann: Die Burgen der südwestlichen Fränkischen Schweiz. 2nd edition, Kommissionsverlag Degener & Co, Neustadt an der Aisch, 1990, pp. 121-134.

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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 Manor (levelled) Steinhaus Manor (Dormitz) (levelled) Hammermühle Manor (levelled) Walkersbrunn Manor (levelled) Wannbach Manor

	Burgställe (levelled or unlocated castles):	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 Castle Hetzelsdorf Hunnenberg Lehmberg Leutenbach Lindelberg Lindelburg Reisberg Retterner Kanzel Sattelmansburg (Stadtmers Bürg) Schießberg Schlossberg Castle (Heidenstein) Thüngfelderstein (Eberhardstein Castle) Tiefenstürmig Unterailsfeld Wartleiten

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