Old Castle Burgsinn

The moated castle was owned by the Barons von Thüngen. In 1001, Knight Hildolf von Tüngen exchanged the "village of Sinna with all its appurtenances" with the Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg for his imperial fief in Thuringia. It was not until 1303 that Gozo, Aplo, and Hermannus de Sinna resided in the castle. In 1317, it was a fief of the Rienecker counts. In 1337, the Bishop of Würzburg granted it with all its possessions as a castle fief to Dietz von Tungden, who essentially built the castle standing today between 1339 and 1342 and sold it with all its possessions to his son Wilhelm von Thüngen in 1405. The free-owned Burgsinn Castle was later enfeoffed by Balthasar and Sigmund von Thüngen Brandenburg and has since been owned by the Andreasian line of the Thüngen family. Gottfried von Thüngen, the current owner, lives in France, so the castle is no longer inhabited.

The wide moat surrounding the castle is fed by an underground spring. On the west side, a bridge leads into the castle with a trapezoidal floor plan, whose corner points are for …