What is "burgstall"

A burgstall is a German term referring to a castle of which so little is left that its appearance cannot effectively be reconstructed. It has no direct equivalent in English, but may be loosely translated as "castle site". Variations in the literature include Burgstelle, Altburgstelle, die Burgställe (plural), Burgstähl (archaic) or abgegangene Burg ("lost castle"). In German castle studies, a burgstall is a castle that has effectively been levelled, whereas a "ruin" (Ruine) still has recognisable remnants of the original castle above the level of the ground.

Burgstall is German for a castle site and may refer to:

• Burgstall, technical term for the site of a former castle and origin of the place names

Places

• Burgstall (Börde), village in the Börde, Saxony-Anhalt
• Burgstall (South Tyrol), village in South Tyrol

Germany

• Burgstall an der Murr, village in the municipality of Burgstetten, Rems-Murr-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg
• Burgstall (Creglingen), village in the borough of Creglingen, Main-Tauber-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg
• Burgstall (Aiterhofen), village in the municipality of Aiterhofen, Straubing-Bogen, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Bischofsmais), village in the municipality of Bischofsmais, Regen, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Deggendorf), village in the borough of Deggendorf, Deggendorf, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Dinkelsbühl), village in the borough of Dinkelsbühl, Ansbach, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Eging am See), village in the municipality of Eging am See, Passau, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Eichendorf), village in the municipality of Eichendorf, Dingolfing-Landau, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Herzogenaurach), village in the borough of Herzogenaurach, Erlangen-Höchstadt, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Hirschau), village in the municipality of Hirschau, Amberg-Sulzbach, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Hochstadt am Main), village in the municipality of Hochstadt am Main, Lichtenfels, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Langdorf), village in the municipality of Langdorf, Regen, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Leiblfing), village in the municipality of Leiblfing, Straubing-Bogen, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Mariaposching), village in the municipality of Mariaposching, Straubing-Bogen, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Mitwitz), village in the municipality of Mitwitz, Kronach, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Moos), village in the municipality of Moos, Deggendorf, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Moosthenning), village in the municipality of Moosthenning, Dingolfing-Landau, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Obergünzburg), village in the municipality of des Marktes Obergünzburg, Ostallgäu, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Ried), village in the municipality of Ried bei Mering, Aichach-Friedberg, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Rothenburg ob der Tauber), village in the borough of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Ansbach, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Schnaitsee), village in the municipality of Schnaitsee, Traunstein, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Sigmarszell), village in the municipality of Sigmarszell, Lindau (Bodensee), Bavaria
• Burgstall (Tann), village in the municipality of Tann, Rottal-Inn, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Teisendorf), village in the municipality of Teisendorf, Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Unterreit), village in the municipality of Unterreit, Mühldorf am Inn, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Wessobrunn), village in the municipality of Wessobrunn, Weilheim-Schongau, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Wiggensbach), village in the municipality of Wiggensbach, Oberallgäu, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Wolnzach), village in the municipality of Wolnzach, Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Bavaria
• Burgstall (Wonneberg), village in the municipality of Wonneberg, Traunstein, Bavaria

Austria:

• Burgstall (Hermagor-Pressegger See), village in Hermagor-Pressegger See, Hermagor, Carinthia
• Burgstall-Sankt Andrä, village in Sankt Andrä, Wolfsberg, Carinthia
• Burgstall-Pölling, village in Sankt Andrä, Wolfsberg, Carinthia
• Burgstall (Lilienfeld), village near Lilienfeld, Lower Austria
• Burgstall (Maria-Anzbach), village in Maria-Anzbach, Sankt Pölten-Land, Lower Austria
• Burgstall (Kematen), village in Kematen am Innbach, Grieskirchen, Upper Austria
• Burgstall (Regau), village in Regau, Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria
• Unterburgstall, village site (parish of Weissenbrunn) in Schildorn, Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria
• Burgstall (Weng), village in Weng im Innkreis, Braunau am Inn, Upper Austria
• Burgstall (Zell), village in Zell am Pettenfirst, Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria
• Burgstall (Buch-St. Magdalena), village in Buch-St. Magdalena, Hartberg-Fürstenfeld, Styria
• Burgstall (Großklein), cadastral municipality of Großklein, Leibnitz, Styria
• Burgstall (Mayrhofen), village near Mayrhofen, Schwaz, Tyrol
• Burgstall (Natters), village near Natters, Innsbruck Land, Tyrol
• Burgstall (Schwendau), village near Schwendau, Schwaz, Tyrol

Mountains and hills in Austria:

• Burgstalle (Großglockner), Hoher, 2,972 m ( Oberwalder Hut), Mittlerer 2933 m, Kleiner 2709 m, rock formations in the Pasterze
• Hoher Burgstall (Kalkkögel), 2,611 m, in the Kalkkögel in Tyrol
• Burgstall (Arzl), ca. 1,050 m, local mountain of Arzl im Pitztal, Tyrol
• Burgstall (Vienna), 295 m, foothill of the Vienna Woods, 19th Döbling

Islands

• Burgstall (Abtsdorfer See), island in the Abtsdorfer See, belonging to Saaldorf-Surheim
• Burgstallinsel (Seehamer See), island in the Seehamer See, belonging to Weyarn

See also:

• Groß Burgstall, Klein-Burgstall
• Burgstaller