Deep Well
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Year of construction:
1563 (or earlier)

Design:
unknown

Implementation:
unknown

Location:

Depiction:
It is a 53-meter-deep draw well carved into the sandstone rock.

History:
The deep well is probably as old as the castle itself.

It has a diameter of 2.2m - 1.7m and passes through all the sandstone layers to the water table at the level of the Pegnitz river.


Reference:
Wikipedia: https://de.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Nürnberger_Burg

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