The castle is located inside the city. The forecourt and main castle clearly visible on an old map of Nuremberg. (A) front wall (B) canal (C) main castle (D) Donjon (E) Waltor (F) ring wall (G) courtyard (H) Dwingel (I) wall.
The main castle or castle is a description of a castle or castle part which is especially well-defended by a forrest, fork, canal, a wall of the ring, or other exterior work, and thus forms the core of a medieval defense. Description
The main castle contains the main residential and defense buildings such as the knight room, the house, the living tower and the donjon. Often there is a source or water reservoir within range, because water reserves in the Middle Ages were particularly important to enable the enemy to adequately resist during a siege.
Mostly the main castle is the oldest building of a castle, because it houses buildings that were first set up during construction. Flankering towers are often built to cover the wall of the wall and to provide effective protection to the castle tower.
In larger castles, the buildings are often around a courtyard, which served as a central arena and - with sufficient space - as a tournament church. Literature
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