Ehrenbürg

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The Ehrenbürg is a double-peaked butte on the edge of the Franconian Jura in Bavaria, Germany. It is in the district of Forchheim in Upper Franconia, in the municipalities of Kirchehrenbach, Leutenbach and Wiesenthau. The north peak is the 513.9 m Walberla, the south peak the 531.7 m Rodenstein (previously known as the Bodenstein). The hill is popularly known as the Walberla.

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Ehrenbürg
FO 14, Gosberg (VGem)

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N 49.716666666667 °	E 11.15 °

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91369 Gosberg (VGem)
Bavaria, Germany
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Schloss Wiesenthau

Schloss Wiesenthau stands on the northeastern edge of the eponymous municipality at the foot of the Ehrenbürg in northern Bavaria. The Renaissance building is a three-winged country house with 4 mid-16th century corner towers and the remains of an enceinte.

Kirchehrenbach

Kirchehrenbach is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany.

Wiesenthau

Wiesenthau is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany.

Dietzhof Castle

Dietzhof Castle (German: Burg Dietzhof) was a high medieval water castle on the site of House No. 42 in the village of Dietzhof, in the municipality of Leutenbach in the county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria. The castle appears in the records in 1433, its owners being named as the lords of Stiebar. All that is left today are two barrel vaulted rooms in the barn of the house. In the south wall there are arrow slits and to the west of them are the remains of a circular moat.

Leutenbach, Bavaria

Leutenbach is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany.

Kunreuth

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Schloss Kunreuth

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Pretzfeld

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Trubach

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Reifenberg Castle

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Oberweilersbach Castle

Oberweilersbach Castle (German: Burgstall Oberweilersbach) is a levelled mediaeval lowland castle in the northwest of the parish of Oberweilersbach, in the municipality of Weilersbach in the county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria. Nothing of the castle, which was mentioned in the records in the 12th century, has survived.

Weilersbach

Weilersbach is a municipality in the district of Forchheim in Bavaria in Germany.