Can you visit the Burgstall Neudürrlas?

Yes, the site is freely accessible year round, but it is a wooded area with no preserved buildings, not a castle in the usual sense.

What remains of the Neudürrlas castle today?

A horseshoe shaped ditch around an inner plateau survives, along with ground hollows marking former buildings, all now covered by forest.

Why is the site called Schwedenschanze?

This popular name links it to the Thirty Years' War, but archaeologists regard the connection as a later, unfounded association.

How old is the Burgstall Neudürrlas?

Pottery finds indicate the site was used from the 12th century until the early 14th century.

Burgstall Foerles-Neudürrlas

Thierstein

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No visits on recordNo opening hours or ticketing found

Where: Thierstein

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Thierstein CastleOpen to visitors2 km

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Burgstall Neudürrlas stands in Thierstein (Landkreis Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge), in Bavaria, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. No visits are on record for this building.

The Burgstall Neudürrlas marks the site of a 12th century motte castle, now vanished, near the hamlet of Neudürrlas, part of Thierstein. A horseshoe shaped ditch still encircles the inner plateau, with a steep slope providing natural protection on one side. The site is now covered in forest, with no standing structures, though hollows in the ground mark where buildings once stood. Locally the place is called Schwedenschanze, a name that wrongly links it to the Thirty Years' War.

What to know

This is not a castle open for guided visits but a freely accessible outdoor archaeological site.
The entrance lies along the path connecting Neudürrlas to Altdürrlas, south of the hamlet.
The wooded, uneven ground calls for sturdy footwear to explore the ditch and inner plateau.
No buildings or reconstructions remain on site, only the shape of the ditch and some ground hollows hint at the former settlement.
The site is sometimes called Schwedenschanze, though this name has no proven connection to the Thirty Years' War.

Where this château is

Thierstein · Landkreis Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge · Bayern

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Address

Thierstein, Landkreis Wunsiedel i. Fichtelgebirge

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Heritage status: Kulturdenkmal in Deutschland

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Frequently asked

Can you visit the Burgstall Neudürrlas?: Yes, the site is freely accessible year round, but it is a wooded area with no preserved buildings, not a castle in the usual sense.
What remains of the Neudürrlas castle today?: A horseshoe shaped ditch around an inner plateau survives, along with ground hollows marking former buildings, all now covered by forest.
Why is the site called Schwedenschanze?: This popular name links it to the Thirty Years' War, but archaeologists regard the connection as a later, unfounded association.
How old is the Burgstall Neudürrlas?: Pottery finds indicate the site was used from the 12th century until the early 14th century.