Burg Bramberg is a ruin of a Würzburg

Würzburg

Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian....

 castle in the Haßberge

Haßberge

Haßberge is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Coburg, Bamberg, Schweinfurt and Rhön-Grabfeld, and by the state of Thuringia .-History:...

 in Landkreis Haßberge in Unterfranken, Bavaria

Bavaria

Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

 Germany.

The ruin is located on the Bramberg (495 meters). It is about 2 km north west of the village of Bramberg, part of the municipality of Ebern

Ebern

Ebern is a town in the Haßberge district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 22 km southwest of Coburg and 23 km northwest of Bamberg.The population of Ebern is about 8,000 people. Its mayor is Robert Herrmann....

. Destroyed during the German Peasants' War

German Peasants' War

The German Peasants' War or Great Peasants' Revolt was a widespread popular revolt in the German-speaking areas of Central Europe, 1524–1526. At its height in the spring and summer of 1525, the conflict involved an estimated 300,000 peasants: contemporary estimates put the dead at 100,000...

in 1525, it is accessible by parking just of the road and hiking up the hill.

Literature

• Die Kunstdenkmäler des Königreichs Bayern, III,5, Bezirksamt Hofheim, P. 31-34, Munich 1912
• Joachim Zeune: Burgen im Eberner Land. Ebern, 2003, (Eberner Heimatblätter, Volume 2)