Alte Burg Maroldsweisach
Maroldsweisach
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Alte Burg Maroldsweisach stands in Maroldsweisach (Landkreis Haßberge), in Bavaria, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Adult admission costs 4 EUR. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.
The Alte Burg is a vanished fortified site above a small pond near the hamlet of Altenstein, in the wooded Haßberge hills of Franconia. Nothing of a building survives; only an earthen rampart, a ditch and the remains of a raised mound mark where a fortified settlement once stood. No written source records its date or builders, so this is a site for those interested in field archaeology rather than a standing monument.
What to know
- No standing structure remains; only earthen ramparts and ditches can be seen on site.
- The location lies in forest on a hillside, and reaching it means walking over uneven ground.
- About 150 metres to the west lies a second site also called Alte Burg, which should not be confused with this one.
- No firm date is established; archaeologists suggest an early medieval origin, but without certainty.
- The site was surveyed by the Bayerisches Landesamt für Denkmalpflege in 1970 and published in 1979, but it has no visitor facilities.
Practical information
Opening hours
- 01.05. au 30.09. ainsi que vacances de Pâques et de Pentecôte, du mercredi au dimanche (et jours fériés)
- 10h-17h
- 01.10. au 30.06. ainsi que jours fériés, samedi et dimanche
- 10h-17h
Prices
- Adult
- €4
- Child
- €1.50
- Visit duration
- Not verified
- Wheelchair access
- Not verified
- Dogs
- Not verified
- Parking
- Not verified
Where this château is
Maroldsweisach · Landkreis Haßberge · Bayern
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Address
Altenstein, 96126 Maroldsweisach
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- Heritage status
- Kulturdenkmal in Deutschland
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Frequently asked
- Alte Burg Maroldsweisach: how much is admission?
- Adult admission is €4. Child: €1.50.
- When was the Alte Burg built?
- No certain date is known; researchers cautiously place it in the early medieval period, though a later origin cannot be ruled out.
- Who built the Alte Burg?
- No written record identifies its builders or occupants, as no documentary sources have survived.
- Can you visit the Alte Burg?
- The site can be reached on foot, but no building remains; only earthen ramparts and a ditch are visible.
- What can still be seen there?
- Visitors can make out a semicircular rampart, a ditch, and a small raised mound, within an inner area of about 70 by 120 metres.
- Why are there two sites called Alte Burg?
- A second circular earthwork of the same name lies about 150 metres to the west; the two sites are separate despite sharing a name.
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Sources
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