Burgstall Moschendorf

Name: Burgstall Moschendorf
Address: DE

Castle in Gößweinstein, Germany, dating from 1464

Moschendorf Castle (German: Burgstall Moschendorf) is a levelled mediaeval hill castle at a height of 400 m above sea level (NHN) about 50 metres east of the village of Moschendorf, in the market municipality of Gößweinstein in the Franconian county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria. The castle was mentioned in the records in 1464 when the lords of Rabenstein and lords of Groß were named as occupants. The castle was destroyed in 1525 during the Peasants' War. Of the former castle only a few wall remnants and a neck ditch remain.

From Moschendorf Castle on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Type:: Castle
Period:: 1464
Where:: Gößweinstein, Germany
Coordinates:: 49.80°N, 11.33°E

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