Streitburg Castle, Wiesenttal, Germany

The ruins of Streitburg Castle are the remains of a high mediaeval aristocratic castle above the village of Streitberg, in the market borough of Wiesenttal. They lie directly opposite the ruins of Neideck Castle, the symbol of Franconian Switzerland, on the other side of the valley. The ruins are freely accessible to the public.

The ruins of the spur castle are located at a height of 403.7 m above sea level on a rocky southwest-pointing hill, the Streitberg, above the eponymous village, which is bounded to the south and west by the Wiesent river and to the west by the valley of Schauertal.

Near the ruins of Streitburg are other former castles: to the northeast is the burgstall of Kulk on the hill named Guckhüll, to the southeast is Neideck Castle and the former motte castle of Wöhr which is on a former river island of the Wiesent near the hamlet of the same name. About 250 metres southwest and above the Neideck is the site of Wartleiten Castle, in the area of the present cemetery in Niederfellendorf is a castle site of the Fellendorfs and on the Hummerstein above Gasseldorf an early mediaeval burgstall.

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Lavinia Ianovici (2 years ago)
Easy to reach, nice views.

Sonja (2 years ago)
Very much worth visiting. I wish the explanations would be bilingual or would provide a QR code that sends you to the English description though.

iqmal naqib (3 years ago)
Great hiking experience

Christian Janßen (3 years ago)
Magical place breathing history. Many interesting information boards and perfectly prepared hiking trails around.

SATISH (3 years ago)
It is a nice small average mountain top which is in the frankonian suiss area of baveria. Ideal for a family hike with moderate short distance to top. The view from the top view point is great. The place is close by ebermannstadt.

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