6 Sights in Kulmbach, Germany (with Map and Images)

Plassenburg is a castle in the city of Kulmbach in Bavaria. It is one of the most impressive castles in Germany and a symbol of the city. It was first mentioned in 1135. The Plassenberg family were ministerial of the counts of Andechs and used as their seat the Plassenburg. The House of Guttenberg, a prominent Franconian noble family, traces its origins back to 1149 with a Gundeloh v. Blassenberg (Plassenberg). The name Guttenberg is derived from Guttenberg and was adopted by a Heinrich von Blassenberg around 1310. From 1340, the Hohenzollerns governed from Plassenburg castle their territories in Franconia till 1604. The Plassenburg was fortress and residence for the Hohenzollerns.

Wikipedia: Plassenburg (EN), Website

Steinenhausen Castle is a Baroque castle complex near Melkendorf, a district of Kulmbach in Upper Franconia, Germany. The imposing building was owned for centuries by a line of the Barons of Guttenberg. It stands directly at the confluence of the Red and White Mains. The Main begins at the confluence of the Main behind the castle.

Wikipedia: Schloss Steinenhausen (DE)

The Unterauhof Tower Hill is a defunct medieval moated castle of the type of a tower hill castle (Motte) at 294.6 m above sea level on the northern edge of Unterauhof, a part of the market town of Mainleus in the district of Kulmbach in Bavaria.

Wikipedia: Turmhügel Unterauhof (DE)

The former pilgrimage church, now a Protestant, listed parish church of Our Lady is located in Mangersreuth, a district of the large district town of Kulmbach in the district of Kulmbach. The building is registered as an architectural monument in the Bavarian List of Monuments under the monument number D-4-77-128-232. The church belongs to the parish of Kulmbach in the deanery of Kulmbach in the Bayreuth church district of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria.

Wikipedia: Unsere liebe Frau (Mangersreuth) (DE)

The Protestant, listed former cemetery chapel of St. Nikolai stands on the edge of the old church cemetery, today a park in Kulmbach, a large district town in the district of Kulmbach. The building is registered as an architectural monument in the Bavarian List of Monuments under the monument number D-4-77-128-127. The church belongs to the deanery of Kulmbach in the Bayreuth church district of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bavaria.

Wikipedia: St. Nikolai (Kulmbach) (DE)

The town hall in Kulmbach, a town in the Upper Franconian district of Kulmbach in Bavaria, was built in 1752 by Johann Georg Hoffmann. The town hall with the address Marktplatz 1, at the southeast corner of the market square, is a protected architectural monument.

Wikipedia: Rathaus (Kulmbach) (DE)