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CastleKunreuth
Kunreuth Castle
Kunreuth Castle is located on the northwestern edge of the village of the same name. The municipality of Kunreuth is a member of the administrative community of Gosberg in the district of Forchheim, Upper Franconia, Bavaria.
The village of Kunreuth is said to have been mentioned in the founding book of St. Jacob's Abbey in Bamberg from the year 1109. Lords of Kunreuth were first mentioned in documents in 1308. It is unclear whether a castle already existed at that time.
The first documented mention of a castle dates from 1409. At that time, the castle was a Bamberg fief in the possession of the Lords of Egloffstein.
In 1420, the castle was conquered and plundered in a feud between Margrave Frederick I of Brandenburg and Duke Louis VII of Bavaria-Ingolstadt.
During the Peasants' War, the castle was destroyed in 1525. Reconstruction by the Lords of Egloffstein took place immediately. In 1553, the castle was destroyed in the Second Margrave War by Margrave Albrecht Alcibiades. The castle garrison was hanged from the trees around the castle despite the assurance of free withdrawal.
From 1558, the complex - now as a Ganerbenburg (jointly inherited castle) of the entire Egloffstein family - was rebuilt in the style of a castle. The defensive character was largely preserved.
During the Thirty Years' War, the castle suffered severe damage due to frequent quartering of troops.
The damage was repaired over time. The castle is still owned by the Lords of Egloffstein, who temporarily used it as a family archive.
Architectural Description+
The former moated castle – the moats were partially drained in 1827 – has a rectangular floor plan. Today it primarily consists of a west and south wing. In the south wing, the oldest building parts are likely to date back to the 14th century. The west wing received its current form predominantly between 1611 and 1613.
The gate system located on the east side of the castle was built in 1624. In 1746, the drawbridge was replaced by a stone bridge.
On the north side there is now a wall with buttresses. Until its destruction in the Second Margrave War, the so-called "hintere Kemenate" (rear women's chamber) was located there.
In the forecourt of the castle there is a monument to the first Count of Egloffstein, Count Albrecht Dietrich Gottfried von Egloffstein.
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