Wartleiten Castle
The burgstall of Wartleiten Castle is the site of a levelled, medieval hill castle situated at a height of 410 m above sea level on the Wartleitenberg, about 600 metres southeast of the church in Streitberg, a village in the market municipality of Wiesenttal in the county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Historical site
- Description: building in Wiesenttal, Upper Franconia, Germany
- Also known as: “Burgstall Wartleiten”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Neideck Castle and Bing Cave.
Neideck Castle
Photo: Derzno, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Neideck Castle is a former high mediaeval nobleman's castle above the village of Streitberg, in the municipality of Wiesenttal in the Upper Franconian county of Forchheim in the German state of Bavaria. Neideck Castle is situated 390 metres northeast of Wartleiten Castle.
Bing Cave
Cave
Photo: Rainerhaufe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Bing Cave or Binghöhle is a limestone show cave in Wiesenttal, Bavaria, Germany. It was discovered in 1905 by the industrialist, poet, memoirist, and amateur naturalist Ignaz Bing, co-founder with his brother Adolf Bing of the Gebruder Bing toy and household goods company in Nürnberg. Bing Cave is situated 1 km northwest of Wartleiten Castle.
Trinity church (Streitberg)
Church
Trinity church (Streitberg) is situated 690 metres northwest of Wartleiten Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Streitberg and Niederfellendorf.
Wartleiten Castle
- Categories: deserted castle site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Wiesenttal, Forchheim, Upper Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
“Wartleiten Castle” goes by many names.
- German: “Burgstall Wartleiten”
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