What is the Burgstall Michaelsberg?

It is the site of a former fortification, now vanished, occupied from the Bronze Age through the Middle Ages.

What can still be seen there?

Remains of earthworks, ditches and buried walls, along with the foundations of a Saint Michael chapel.

Where is the site located?

On a spur plateau south-southwest of Kipfenberg, in the Eichstätt district of Bavaria.

Is there a castle building to visit?

No, no structure survives, only ground traces of the former fortification.

How do you get to the site?

Via a hiking path leading up to the plateau, at around 480 metres above sea level.

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Kipfenberg

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Baudenkmal D-1-76-138-140 in Kipfenberg im Ortsteil Kipfenberg stands in Kipfenberg (Landkreis Eichstätt), in Bavaria, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

The Burgstall Michaelsberg marks the remains of a vanished fortified site, set on the plateau of a spur south-southwest of Kipfenberg in Bavaria. The place was occupied in successive periods from the Bronze Age through to the early Middle Ages, before a medieval stronghold was built there and later abandoned. What survives today are earthworks, ditches and buried wall fragments, along with the foundations of a chapel dedicated to Saint Michael. The Altmühl river flows below, some sixty metres lower down.

What to know

No standing building remains, only earthworks, ditches and buried foundations.
The site sits on a spur plateau at roughly 480 metres above sea level, reached by a hiking path.
The visit takes place outdoors, with no built structure or marked tourist trail.
The Altmühl river flows below, about 300 metres away and 60 metres lower.
It suits a moderate walk rather than a tour of a standing castle.

Where this château is

Kipfenberg · Landkreis Eichstätt · Bayern

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Burg, Burgstraße 51, 85110 Kipfenberg

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Heritage status: Baudenkmal in Bayern

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What is the Burgstall Michaelsberg?: It is the site of a former fortification, now vanished, occupied from the Bronze Age through the Middle Ages.
What can still be seen there?: Remains of earthworks, ditches and buried walls, along with the foundations of a Saint Michael chapel.
Where is the site located?: On a spur plateau south-southwest of Kipfenberg, in the Eichstätt district of Bavaria.
Is there a castle building to visit?: No, no structure survives, only ground traces of the former fortification.
How do you get to the site?: Via a hiking path leading up to the plateau, at around 480 metres above sea level.