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Speckfeld Castle Tower Ruin

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Speckfeld Castle Tower Ruin

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Speckfeld Castle Tower Ruin

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Location: Markt Einersheim, Kitzingen, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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1. Beckahans Oak – Speckfeld Castle Ruins loop from Iphofen

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2. View of Iphofen and Schwanberg – Speckfeld Castle Ruins loop from Markt Einersheim

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3. Augustiner am See – Speckfeld Castle Tower Ruin loop from Birklingen

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Söhni 🏃

July 14, 2020

To the northeast of Markteinersheim, Speckfeld Castle was built around 1200 by the Counts of Speckfeld on the old Nuremberg-Würzburg-Frankfurt Reichsstrasse (today's B 8). It was first mentioned in a document in 1226.
In 1412 Elisabeth von Hohenlohe gave the castle to the Limpurg taverns. Destroyed and plundered several times (in 1525 in the Peasants 'War and by the Swedes during the 30 Years' War in 1618/48), the castle was abandoned in 1693. The Limpurg taverns move into their new castle in Einersheim.
At the beginning of the 18th century, the castle came into the possession of the Counts of Rechtern-Limpurg-Speckfeld, but it was falling into disrepair. Today only a 15 m high wall of the former gate tower remains of the castle. The castle cellar is still inhabited: bats regularly hibernate here.
Source: baysf.de/de/wald-erkunden/ausflugsziel-tipps/die-burgruine-speckfeld-am-naturwaldreservat-speckfeld.html

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Hinter dem Horizont

May 17, 2020

Unfortunately, only the remains of a tower have survived from the former castle. But the location was well chosen at the time, because to this day you have a nice view from up here. Benches and a new rest area invite you to take a break.

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vanbaum

May 24, 2021

The name of the castle ruins comes from the so-called "Specke", as a stick dam is called in Markt Einersheim. A bacon was the prerequisite for building a castle there, as a damp meadow had to be overcome.
This is indicated on the information board at the foot of the ruin.

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Location: Markt Einersheim, Kitzingen, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Speckfeld Castle Tower Ruin

1. Beckahans Oak – Speckfeld Castle Ruins loop from Iphofen

2. View of Iphofen and Schwanberg – Speckfeld Castle Ruins loop from Markt Einersheim

3. Augustiner am See – Speckfeld Castle Tower Ruin loop from Birklingen

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