Unterailsfeld Castle

Unterailsfeld Castle
Gößweinstein-
Coordinates	49°48′22″N 11°20′42″E / 49.806226°N 11.345089°E / 49.806226; 11.345089Coordinates: 49°48′22″N 11°20′42″E / 49.806226°N 11.345089°E / 49.806226; 11.345089
Type	lowland castle
Code	DE-BY
Height	360 m above sea level (NHN)
Site information
Condition	burgstall (no above-ground ruins)
Site history
Built	Late Middle Ages

The burgstall of Unterailsfeld Castle (German: Burgstall Unterailsfeld) is the site of a medieval lowland castle situated at a height of 360 m above sea level (NHN) in the village of , in the market municipality of Gößweinstein in the county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria.

In 1525 its owners were named as the lords of . The castle was destroyed during the Peasants' War.

No above ground ruins of the old castle have survived.

Literature[]

• Denis André Chevalley (revision editor) (1986). "Oberfranken". In Michael Petzet, Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege (ed.). Denkmäler in Bayern : Ensembles, Baudenkmäler, archäologische Geländedenkmäler [Monuments in Bavaria: ensembles, monuments, archaeological site memorials].  [de] (in German). Vol. IV (Various ed.). München: Oldenbourg. ISBN 3-486-52395-3. |volume= has extra text (help)
• Hellmut Kunstmann: Die Burgen der östlichen Fränkischen Schweiz. Aus der Reihe: Veröffentlichungen der Gesellschaft für Fränkische Geschichte Reihe IX: Darstellungen aus der Fränkischen Geschichte, Vol. 20. Kommissionsverlag Degener und Co., Neustadt/Aisch, 1965, pp. 183–185.

External links[]

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