Top 20 Castles around Engelthaler Forst

Very well-maintained property from the outside. From the inside, you don't have to like buildings for this purpose.🤔

The castle was built between 1356 and 1360 by Emperor Charles IV. It was strategically located on the "Golden Road", the important trade route between Nuremberg and Prague. Charles IV used it as a stopover castle and residence to consolidate his claims to power in the region. Today, it houses an external campus of the Nuremberg Academy of Fine Arts.

A very charming medieval complex. Today it houses the district court. A landmark of Hersbruck worth seeing!

From the Pegnitz Bridge there is a wonderful view of the Laufer Wenzelsburg Castle.

This castle is definitely worth a visit if you get the chance.

In 1391 the castle was pledged to Linhard von Henfenfeld by the Wittelsbach dukes, after which other pledge holders and caretakers appeared. In 1419 it was ceded to the brothers Hans, Eberhart and Wilhelm von Mistelbeck, who had claims against Duke Ludwig of Bavaria-Ingolstadt. The handover did not take place because of the Bavarian War. In the Bavarian War between Duke Ludwig of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and his cousins, the Bavarian Dukes of Landshut and Munich, Lichtenstein Castle was conquered and destroyed in June 1421 by Count Palatine Johann von Neumarkt-Neunburg, who was allied with Ludwig's opponents. In the terrain exploration of the imperial city of Nuremberg from 1503 to 1504, in which all castles and fortifications are listed in relation to the Landshut War of Succession that soon followed, Lichtenstein is described as “an old, traditional castle”. An entry in the Salbuch from 1516 also states that Lichtenstein was only a castle stable. The Sulzbach regional court granted the Mistelbeck brothers their right to compensation in 1421 and again in 1422. The castle ruins fell into disrepair; In 1851 the Bavarian state sold it to Paul Willhelm Freiherr Ebner von Eschenbach. Around 1855, in the spirit of the awakening romanticism of castles, he had the pseudo-ruins built on the upper castle using rising masonry and an English landscape garden set up in the area of the lower castle, which, however, also fell into disrepair.[5] Today there is forest around the castle ruins and it is partly overgrown with bushes. Several hiking trails from Pommelsbrunn and the surrounding area lead to the ruins. The medieval remains of Lichtenstein Castle, especially those of the lower castle, are at great risk of decay. Source: Wikipedia

It is assumed that a monastery courtyard was built on the site of an old castle. A fortified "tower and seat" is known, about whose construction period nothing is known. As builders, only the monastery vogts are likely candidates: the Counts of Sulzbach in the 11th or early 12th century, the Staufers in the late 12th or early 13th century. After 1504, the Nuremberg lords ordered the demolition. The stones of the tower were used to line the moat. Today, the castle houses the Hersbruck District Court. This is a court of ordinary jurisdiction and one of 73 district courts in Bavaria. The Nuremberg-Fürth Regional Court is subordinate to this, both of which in turn belong to the district of the Nuremberg Higher Regional Court. Source: Wikipedia

Today there is forest around the castle ruins and it is partly overgrown with bushes. Several hiking trails from Pommelsbrunn and the surrounding area lead to the ruins. In any case, the view is beyond any doubt :)