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Burg Birkenfels, Flachslanden

Burg Birkenfels

Birkenfels Castle

Flachslanden

Access

No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where
Flachslanden

To make a day of it

Open within 20 km

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Burg Birkenfels stands in Flachslanden (Landkreis Ansbach), in Bavaria, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. No visits are on record for this building.

Burg Birkenfels was a moated motte castle, now vanished, that once stood near the road to Brünst at the southeastern edge of the hamlet of Birkenfels. It is not a castle one can tour in the usual sense but rather an archaeological site: what remains is a terraced mound about twenty metres across, separated from the adjoining plateau by a ditch some six metres wide. A few remnants of masonry and a barrel-vaulted cellar, now built into existing houses, are the only traces of the former stronghold.

What to know

  • No standing building remains: only a terraced mound and a ditch can still be seen on site.
  • Fragments of walls and a vaulted cellar survive but are incorporated into present-day private houses and cannot be visited.
  • The site lies in the hamlet of Birkenfels, part of the municipality of Flachslanden, in the Landkreis Ansbach in Bavaria.
  • There are no opening hours, fees or visitor facilities, as this is essentially an open-air archaeological remnant.
  • A visit amounts to a short walk around the mound and ditch, with no reception or on-site amenities.

Where this château is

Flachslanden · Landkreis Ansbach · Bayern

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Address

Birkenfels 7, 91604 Flachslanden

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Heritage status
Baudenkmal in Bayern

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Frequently asked

Can you visit Burg Birkenfels?
There is no standing castle to tour, only a terraced mound and a ditch that can be seen outdoors.
What remains of Burg Birkenfels today?
A mound about twenty metres across surrounded by a ditch, plus some wall fragments and a vaulted cellar built into present-day houses.
Why did Burg Birkenfels disappear?
It was plundered and destroyed in 1632 during the Thirty Years' War, and its stones were later used for road construction in the 19th century.
Where is Burg Birkenfels located?
In the hamlet of Birkenfels, part of the municipality of Flachslanden, in the Landkreis Ansbach in Bavaria.

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Sources

Identity, location and official references from Wikidata and the Land's heritage lists.

Within an hour’s drive

The most visited in this department — Landkreis Ansbach