page_title: Franconian Switzerland
section_title: Castles
hierarchical_section_title: Franconian Switzerland / Geography / Castles
caption_attribution_description: Burgruine Neideck, Streitberg, fränkische Schweiz, Juli 2003
context_page_description: Franconian Switzerland is an upland in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, and a popular tourist retreat. Located between the River Pegnitz in the east and the south, the River Regnitz in the west and the River Main in the north, its relief, which reaches 600 metres in height, forms the northern part of the Franconian Jura.
  As several other mountainous landscapes in the German-speaking lands, e.g. Holstein Switzerland, Märkische Schweiz, or Pommersche Schweiz, Franconian Switzerland was given its name by Romantic artists and poets in the 19th century who compared the landscape to Switzerland. The Franconian Switzerland is famous for its high density of traditional breweries.
context_section_description: Franconian Switzerland is located along the so-called Castle Road (Burgenstraße), which connects more than 70 castles, palaces and fortresses between Mannheim and Prague. Most of these castles were constructed in the Middle Ages.
  The following castles and castle ruins can be visited:
  Wolfsberg Castle ruins
  Unteraufsess Castle
  Neideck Castle ruins
  Neidenstein Castle ruins
  Streitburg Castle ruins (Markt Wiesenttal)
  Gössweinstein Castle
  Egloffstein Castle
  Schloss Greifenstein, seat of the Stauffenberg family.
  Rabenstein Castle
  Rabeneck Castle
  Pottenstein Castle
  Waischenfeld Castle
  Bärnfels Castle ruins
  Leienfels Castle ruins
  Stierberg Castle ruins
  Wildenfels Castle ruins
caption: The ruins of Neideck Castle
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