page_title: Neideck Castle
hierarchical_section_title: Neideck Castle
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Burgruine Neideck
context_page_description: Neideck Castle is a former high mediaeval nobleman's castle above the village of Streitberg, in the municipality of Wiesenttal in the Upper Franconian county of Forchheim in the German state of Bavaria.
  As a result of its exposed location above the valley of the Wiesent, it has become a symbol of Franconian Switzerland.
  The ruins are freely accessible; the tower house is used as a viewing point.
context_section_description: Neideck Castle (German: Burgruine Neideck) is a former high mediaeval nobleman's castle above the village of Streitberg, in the municipality of Wiesenttal in the Upper Franconian county of Forchheim in the German state of Bavaria.
  As a result of its exposed location above the valley of the Wiesent, it has become a symbol of Franconian Switzerland.
  The ruins are freely accessible; the tower house is used as a viewing point.
caption: Hill spur above the Wiesent valley, north-northeast of the Wartleitenberg with the ruins of Neideck. Seen from the west
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