Burg Gößweinstein
Castle in Gößweinstein, Germany, dating from 1076
Gößweinstein Castle (German: Burg Gößweinstein), also called Schloss Gößweinstein, is a mediaeval hilltop castle in Gößweinstein in the county of Forchheim in the German state of Bavaria. It towers high above the market town and the River Wiesent and may have been the inspiration for Richard Wagner's grail castle in his opera, Parsifal. The castle is a Bavarian listed building, no. D-4-74-129-10.
From Gößweinstein Castle on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
- Type:
- Castle
- Period:
- 1076
- Where:
- Gößweinstein, Germany
- Coordinates:
- 49.77°N, 11.33°E
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