Ganerbenburg
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A Ganerbenburg is a castle occupied and managed by several families or family lines at the same time. These families shared common areas of the castle including the courtyard, well, and chapel, whilst
One of the earliest known examples of a joint inheritance or Ganerbschaft: the reconstructed Hohkönigsburg in Alsace
One of the largest castle ruins in Franconia: Altenstein near Maroldsweisach
The "multi-family castle" of Eltz on the Moselle
The five castle seats of the Oberstadt of Chauvigny
Lichtenstein Castle is a high to late medieval hill castle, 380 m above sea level, about six kilometres north of Ebern in the Lower Franconian county of Haßberge in Bavaria. It is located in the munic
Ganerbenburg
…castle of Chauvigny (Vienne). The best known example of a central European Ganerbenburg is Eltz Castle on the Moselle river. Other examples include: Lichtenstein Castle, Altenstein Castle in Lower Franconia, Windeck Castle near Bühl in Baden, Salzburg Castle in Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Liebenstein on the Rhine, Leonrod…
The ruins of North Castle with its bergfried and the Pfeilscharte tower