Grünstein is a ruined castle in the Grünstein district of Gefrees in the Bayreuth district in Upper Franconia.
The ruins of the Spornburg are located on a low mountain spur at the foot of the Putzenberg, in the Schlossberg hallway, Grünstein district, at about 595 m above sea level. NN, on the northeastern outskirts of Grünstein. Mühlbach and Lübnitzbach flow around the mountain spur in parallel.
The castle was first mentioned in a document dated May 11, 1361. With this opening document, Burgrave Friedrich allowed the Hirschbergers Hans and Arnold to build a castle "on the stone, called the green stone near Putzenreuth". The Hirschberger moved their headquarters away from the Hirschstein ruins. Today's Putzenreuth desert was about 800 meters south-east of the castle and was first mentioned in the Henneberg fiefdom register in 1317/32.

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November 12, 2022

The Grünstein Festival is celebrated here every year. Idyllic, romantic. The Felsenkeller will be opened up and converted into a bar. The property is privately owned.

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Location: Gefrees, Landkreis Bayreuth, Franconian Switzerland, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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