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The old castle stood on a rocky ridge, 130 metres long but, in places, only 2 metres wide. For the first 30 metres, the ridge runs from west to east, and then bends towards the southeast. On the south is a steep hillside; the entire north side is a vertical rock face that drops for about 10 metres.
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At the entrance to the castle, about 5.5 metres beyond the ditch in wooded terrain, is the outline of a square building with sides about 12 metres long. According to
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that was probably not finished and into which steps descend. The ditch runs from north to south and ends after crossing about two thirds of the width of the spur; the remaining third is probably still in its natural state. It is four metres deep and about as wide. There is a similar situation in
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333:569 m above NN
314:560.1 m above
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158:560.1 m above
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407:Imperial City of Nuremberg
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116:49.692808°N 11.219053°E
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426:Haidhofer SchloĂźberg
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206:Garrison information
121:49.692808; 11.219053
1305:Gräfenberg, Bavaria
1254: (Heidenstein)
831:Wolfsberger Schloss
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243:), also called the
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1026:Fortresses:
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944:Obertrubach
927:Moschendorf
890:Egloffstein
836:WĂĽstenstein
780:Heroldsbach
774:Hallerndorf
619:Map service
529:bridge pier
471:Description
415:an der Flöß
409:before the
380:Weilersbach
337:Egloffstein
294:spur castle
292:of the old
253:Heidenstein
140:spur castle
136:hill castle
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95:Coordinates
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28:Heidenstein
1289:Categories
1274:Wartleiten
1247:SchieĂźberg
1226:Lindelburg
1221:Lindelberg
1216:Leutenbach
1206:Hunnenberg
1191:Heidelberg
1071:RĂĽssenbach
1000:Vestenberg
990:Thuisbrunn
985:Streitburg
973:RothenbĂĽhl
961:Reifenberg
956:Regensberg
910:Gräfenberg
866:Bieberbach
826:Wiesenthau
795:Jägersburg
764:Guttenburg
758:Gräfenberg
604:References
562:Literature
541:outer ward
533:drawbridge
525:Opferstein
496:neck ditch
452:and outer
396:Thuisbrunn
388:Leutenbach
376:Eggolsheim
275:county of
269:Gräfenberg
107:11°13′09″E
104:49°41′34″N
37:Gräfenberg
1180:EhrenbĂĽrg
1174:Burgstein
1134:Altenburg
1098:Steinhaus
1012:Wolfsberg
922:Kohlstein
895:Forchheim
805:Pretzfeld
769:Hagenbach
744:Schlösser
727:Forchheim
552:main ward
506:burgstall
492:hill spur
444:or early
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277:Forchheim
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223:burgstall
211:Occupants
198:Materials
177:burgstall
172:Condition
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1211:Lehmberg
1185:Hainburg
1169:Burggraf
1116:Wannbach
1061:Kersbach
878:Dietzhof
861:Bärnfels
800:Kunreuth
753:Ermreuth
655:, p. 238
622:Archived
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300:Location
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1092:Dormitz
933:Neideck
884:Dörnhof
628:of the
513:zwinger
503:at the
450:rampart
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392:Haidhof
362:History
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271:in the
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154:Height
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190:Built
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