To be privately owned
CastleVirnsberg
Virnsberg Castle
Virnsberg Castle is a castle complex that unusually consists of a hilltop castle and a moated castle.
The castle is located immediately northwest above the village of Virnsberg, municipality of Flachslanden, Ansbach district in Middle Franconia, Bavaria, and is a sight in the Frankenhöhe Nature Park.
First mentioned in 1235, Virnsberg Castle was for a long time owned by the Teutonic Order and belonged to the Bailiwick of Franconia of the Teutonic Order. From 1806, the castle frequently changed owners; these were mostly private individuals, but also institutions (e.g., the Protestant Welfare). In 1977, the Nuremberg lawyer Friedrich von Herford acquired the castle and transferred it in 2001 to the non-profit Schlossverein Virnsberg e.V.
Architectural Description+
The castle complex consists of a medieval hilltop castle with a polygonal castle ring, which was extended around 1700 by a baroque horseshoe-shaped farmyard and is surrounded by a castle pond.
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