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Gräfenberg Castle (Forchheim)

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Gräfenberg Castle (Forchheim)

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Gräfenberg Castle (Burg Gräfenberg) is the older of two former castles in Gräfenberg in the Upper Franconian county of Forchheim in the south German state of Bavaria. Today, there is little left of the castle; it is classed as a burgstall and the site is in the area of Bahnhofstraße 11 to 21. The castle was first recorded in the year 1477; its last remains were removed from about 1563.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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