The Burgraviate of Nuremberg was a state of the Holy Roman Empire from the early 12th to the late 15th centuries. As a burgraviate, it was a county seated in the town of Nuremberg; almost two centuries passed before the burgraviate lost power over the city, which became independent from 1219. Eventually, the burgraviate was partitioned to form Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Bayreuth.
Coat of arms of the Hohenzollern as burgraves, in a stained glass window at Hohenzollern Castle
Nuremberg Imperial Castle
The Burgrave's Castle
Cadolzburg Castle (from 1260 seat of the Burgraves)
Burgrave, also rendered as burggrave, was since the medieval period in Europe the official title for the ruler of a castle, especially a royal or episcopal castle, and its territory called a Burgraviate or Burgravate.
The Burgrave of Regensburg presiding over a trial, early 14th-century illustration in the Codex Manesse.