Dörnhof Castle

Gräfenberg-Dörnhof

Dörnhof farm on the site of the old castle
Coordinates 49°40′54″N 11°16′41″E / 49.681548°N 11.278059°E / 49.681548; 11.278059Coordinates: 49°40′54″N 11°16′41″E / 49.681548°N 11.278059°E / 49.681548; 11.278059
Type lowland castle
Code DE-BY
Height 400 m above sea level (NHN)
Site information
Condition burgstall (no above-ground ruins)
Site history
Built recorded in 1502–1503

The burgstall of Dörnhof Castle is the site of a demolished, medieval lowland castle situated at a height of 400 m above sea level (NHN) in the vicinity of Dörnhof Farm near the village of Dörnhof, part of Gräfenberg in the county of Forchheim in the German state of Bavaria.

In 1502 the castle is mentioned as Dürnhoff in an uncompleted deed of purchase between Nuremberg citizens, Hans Helchner and Sebald Tucher. On 13 December 1505 Durnhof was sold by Hans Helchner jun. as a freehold possession with its estate to the city of Nuremberg. The seat was last mentioned in 1547. It was probably destroyed in 1553 during the Second Margrave War.

Of the former castle, which was laid out on a triangular site, the only surviving remains are high retaining walls on the downhill side of the smallholding and traces of a neck ditch on the uphill side.

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