Neideck Castle
| Neideck Castle | |
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| Streitberg | |
Hill spur above the Wiesent valley, north-northeast of the Wartleitenberg with the ruins of Neideck. Seen from the west
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| Coordinates | 49°48′31″N 11°13′56″E / 49.808748°N 11.232245°ECoordinates: 49°48′31″N 11°13′56″E / 49.808748°N 11.232245°E |
| Type | hill castle, spur castle |
| Code | DE-BY |
| Height | 402.9 m above sea level (NN) |
| Site information | |
| Condition | restored ruins |
| Site history | |
| Built | probably around 1050 |
| Materials | rubble stone walls, some with quoins |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | ministeriales |
Neideck Castle (German: Burgruine Neideck) is a former high mediaeval nobleman's castle above the village of Streitberg, in the municipality of Wiesenttal in the Upper Franconian county of Forchheim in the German state of Bavaria. As a result of its exposed location above the valley of the Wiesent, it has become a symbol of Franconian Switzerland.
The ruins are freely accessible; the tower house is used as a viewing point.
The ruins of the spur castle are located in the Franconian Switzerland-Veldenstein Forest Nature Park about 800 metres east of the church in the village of Streitberg. They stand above the Wiesent valley on a hill spur (402.9 m above sea level (NN)) north-northeast of the hill of Wartleitenberg (488 m above NN).
The ruins may be reached on various hiking trails from the valley or from the villages on the plateau.
In the vicinity of Neideck there are other old castles: to the northwest are the ruins of Streitberg, to the north is the burgstall ("castle sitle") of Kulk on the hill called the Guckhüll, towards the east on a former river island in the Wiesent is the former motte-and-bailey castle of Wöhr near the hamlet of the same name. To the southeast, in the village of Trainmeusel, there also used to be a castle, of which the gable side is still visible. In the immediate vicininty of the Neideck, ca. 250 metres above and to the southwest is the Wartleiten and on the Hummerstein above Gasseldorf an early mediaeval burgstall.
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