Schloss Unterleinleiter

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

The Bing Cave or Binghöhle is a limestone show cave in Wiesenttal, Bavaria, Germany. It was discovered in 1905 by the industrialist, poet, memoirist, and amateur naturalist Ignaz Bing (1840–1918), co-founder with his brother Adolf Bing of the Gebruder Bing toy and household goods company in Nürnberg.

The ruins of Streitburg Castle (German: Burgruine Streitburg or Streitberg Castle (Burgruine Streitberg) are the remains of a high mediaeval aristocratic castle above the village of Streitberg, in the market borough of Wiesenttal in the Upper Franconian county of Forchheim in the German state of Bavaria. They lie directly opposite the ruins of Neideck Castle, the symbol of Franconian Switzerland, on the other side of the valley. The ruins are freely accessible to the public.

Leinleiter is a stream in the Franconian Switzerland, part of the Franconian Alb, Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Wiesent near Ebermannstadt.

The burgstall of Wartleiten Castle (German: Burgstall Wartleiten) is the site of a levelled, medieval hill castle situated at a height of 410 m above sea level (NHN) on the Wartleitenberg, about 600 metres southeast of the church in Streitberg, a village in the market municipality of Wiesenttal in the county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria. No above-ground ruins of the old castle have survived apart from the remains of the bergfried or fighting tower.

Neideck Castle (German: Burgruine Neideck) is a former high mediaeval nobleman's castle above the village of Streitberg, in the municipality of Wiesenttal in the Upper Franconian county of Forchheim in the German state of Bavaria. As a result of its exposed location above the valley of the Wiesent, it has become a symbol of Franconian Switzerland. The ruins are freely accessible; the tower house is used as a viewing point.

Feuerstein Castle (German: Burg Feuerstein) lies at the edge of the so-called Lange Meile near Ebermannstadt in the county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria. It was built in 1941 by Oskar Vierling as a laboratory for researching High Frequency technology and electroacoustics and was used until 1945 by 250 employees for research into weapons and communication technology as part of the German armaments programme during the Second World War. At the end of the war the castle was seized by American soldiers, from 1946 it was rented by the Archdiocese of Bamberg under Jupp Schneider and sold in 1949. Since then the castle and the entire estate have been in use as a Roman Catholic youth and conference centre.

Ebermannstadt station is a railway station in the town of Ebermannstadt, located in the Forchheim district in Upper Franconia, Germany.

Heiligenstadt in Oberfranken (officially: Heiligenstadt i. OFr.) is a community with market rights in the Upper Franconian district of Bamberg. The town clusters round the base of Schloss Greifenstein. To further tourism the old school was converted into today's town hall, the historic marketplace was remodelled, and at Easter it is adorned with an Easter fountain. Furthermore, an old barn was converted into a community centre. The community with its houses under memorial protection and its historically interesting church is a well known outing destination. Visitors are especially numerous at Easter when many come to see the Franconian Switzerland’s Easter fountains. The Evangelical St.-Veit- und St.-Michaels-Kirche (church) goes back to a former tithe barn. The freestanding belltower stands on what is left of a former castle. Unusual for an Evangelical church is the elaborate Baroque painting on the wooden galleries and the panelled ceilings.

Ebermannstadt Castle (German: Burgstall Ebermannstadt) is a levelled medieval motte castle on the heights of the Franconian Jura at Wacht Knock (470 m above sea level (NHN)), west of the town of Ebermannstadt in the county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria. It is one of the mightiest motte and bailey castles. The fortification dates to the 11th century and was probably a refuge castle. It has an area of about 2.5 hectares and occupies a hill plateau with a diameter of over 30 metres and is surrounded by the bailey which measures 120 by 100 metres. The motte, which has been levelled, is oval in shape and was up to five metres in height. It is surrounded at a distance of 22 metres by a horseshoe-shaped outer rampart.

Zoggendorf is a constituent community of Heiligenstadt in Oberfranken in the state of Bavaria, Germany. It has a population of 110 inhabitants.

Niedermirsberg Castle (German: Turmhügel Niedermirsberg), also called the Steinhaus ("Stone House"), is a levelled motte castle which is situated 780 metres west of the village church of Niedermirsberg, in the borough of Ebermannstadt in the county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria. Of the former motte nothing has survived above ground.