Thüngfelderstein Castle

Burgstall Thüngfelderstein
Burg Eberhardstein
Gößweinstein-Morschreuth

Burgstall Thüngfelderstein
Coordinates 49°44′39″N 11°14′54″E / 49.744086°N 11.248466°E / 49.744086; 11.248466Coordinates: 49°44′39″N 11°14′54″E / 49.744086°N 11.248466°E / 49.744086; 11.248466
Type Hill castle, moat
Code DE-BY
Height 400 m above sea level (NHN)
Site information
Condition burgstall (no above-ground ruins)
Site history
Built 12th century

The ruins of Thüngfelderstein Castle (German: Burgstall Thüngfelderstein), also called Eberhardstein Castle (Burg Eberhardstein), are the burgstall of a demolished hill castle on a block of rock near Morschreuth in the south German state of Bavaria. The site lies within the market municipality of Gößweinstein in the county of Forchheim.

The castle was built in the 12th century by the lords of Thüngfeld; in 1154, for example, an Eberjard von Thüngfeld is mentioned.

Of the former tower castle only a moat has survived.

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