Template:Infobox military installation/Burg

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Use

This template, {{Infobox military installation/Burg}}, is designed to support articles on German, Austrian and Swiss castles (or Burge) that have been translated from German Wikipedia. It works by shimming the German parameters into those used by {{Infobox military installation}}, such that all parameters are automatically translated, along with many of the standard data entries. This massively reduces the workload for translators and facilitates the rapid transfer of tabular information from German Wikipedia.

This should always be substituted.

The template is not intended for German palace-castles (Schlösser) or manor houses (Herrenhäuser).

To display the infobox in articles, just copy the original infobox from German Wikipedia. All usable parameters will be automatically translated. Some standard data entries will also be translated; the remainder need to be translated manually. Empty parameters will not be displayed. (Name = has the same effect as a missing parameter Name).

{{subst:Infobox military installation/Burg
|Name = 
|Bild = 
|Bildbeschreibung = 
|Alternativname = 
|Entstehungszeit = 
|Typologie n. geo. Lage = 
|Erhaltungszustand = 
|Ständische Stellung = 
|Mauerwerksmerkmale = 
|Heutiger Ortsname = 
|Breitengrad = 
|Längengrad = 
|Unauffindbar = 
|Region-ISO = 
|Poskarte = 
|Höhenordinate = 
|Höhe-Bezug = 
}}

Parameter

Parameter	English meaning	Explanation	Classification
Name	Name	Name in the title of the infobox, usually the name of the article. If left blank it will display the article name. Can be used in order to get rid of any suffix in the title.
Alternativname	Alternative name	The historic name of the castle. Also modern alternative names, where they are commonly used in authoritative sources.
Bild	Image	Name of the image file. Landscape images work better than upright ones and should therefore be preferred. Images that give an overall view should be used in preference to detailed images.
Bildbeschreibung	Caption	The text which appears under the image. It makes sense to give the orientation of the image (from the north, north wall, …), the location it was taken from (seen from xxx), time of year, if relevant. At a minimum this information should be covered in detail in the image file itself.
Entstehungszeit	Built	The earliest known existence of the castle based on written or archaeological evidence. Tip: the true date of construction may be much older than when it was first mentioned in the records. An exact date of construction does not have to be known, relative or only estimated dates (e. g. "probably in the 12th century", "before 1236") should be respected. If the date in the infobox is the first written record the prefix "first recorded in" should be added (e. g. "First recorded in 1246").
Typologie n. geo. Lage	Type	Type of castle Tip: The following types of castle are considered as a lowland castle (Niederungsburg or Flachlandburg). River castle (Flussburg) Harbour castle (Hafenburg) Island castle (Inselburg) Motte and bailey castle (Motte) Lake castle (Seeburg) Swamp castle (Sumpfburg) Valley castle (Talburg) Riverside castle (Uferburg) Water castle (Wasserburg)	Hill castles or hillforts (Höhenburg) include the following types: Hilltop castle (Gipfelburg / Hügelburg) Rock castle (Felsenburg) Hillside castle (Hangburg / Talhangburg) Spur castle (Spornburg) Cave castle (Höhlenburg, Grottenburg or Höhlenbefestigung) if necessary also Kammlage; Spornlage; Talhanglage; Talrandlage; Tallage;
Erhaltungszustand	Condition	Current condition.	Preserved or mainly preserved (Erhalten oder wesentliche Teile erhalten) Ruins (Ruine) Wall remains, rubble, moats, ramparts, remains in more recent parts (Mauerreste, Schutt, Gräben, Wälle, Reste in neueren Teilen) Moats, ramparts, traces of building on rocks (Gräben, Wälle, Bauwerkspuren an Felsen) Earthworks (Erdwerk) if necessary also Castle site (Burgstall).
Ständische Stellung	Occupants	In cases of major importance for the history of the castle the reigning title of the occupant is given.	Nobility (Adel) Greater nobles (dukes, princes, counts, ...) (Hoher Adel (Herzöge, Fürsten, Grafen, ...)) Lesser nobles (barons, knights, ...) (Niederer Adel (Freiherren, Ritter, ...)) Ministeriales (unfree knights) (Ministerialadel) Clergy (bishops, ...) (Klerus (Bischöfe, ...)) Citizens (Bürger)
Mauerwerksmerkmale	Type of construction	In the sense of wall construction	Stone construction: Ashlar (Quader) Rusticated ashlar (Bossenquader) Buckelquader Kleinquader Rubble stone Bruchstein Lesestein (or Lesestein) Erratic (Findlinge) Brick (Backstein or Ziegel) Wood construction: Wood (Holzbau) Timber frame (Fachwerk)
Heutiger Ortsname	Present location name	Name of the nearest present-day settlement. Does not have to agree with the castle name.
Flächenkoordinaten	Area dimensions	Area coordinates based on the Wikipedia scheme (deprecated). By the conversion to Template:Coord, area coordinates are replaced by Breitengrad, Längengrad and Region-ISO.	{{coord|00|00|00.00|N|00|00|00.00|O|type:landmark_region:rr}}
Breitengrad und Längengrad	Latitude and longitude	The WGS84 coordinates for the castle. See also Template:Coord.
Unauffindbar	Not locatable	Allocating this parameter as desierd underlines the coordinate display and hence the request for castles that are not locatable. It should only be used, if no geo-reference is possible with current information.
Region-ISO	ISO region	The ISO-3166-1 code or ISO-3166-2 code for the castle. For castles that lie on the border of two regions, the value can consist of several ISO Codes, these are then separated by a "/". e. g. AT-7/DE-BY for a castle on the Tyrolean-Bavarian border in Germany. See also Template:Coord#region:R. The position map is derived from the first mentioned of multiple-ISO codes. So the order of ISO codes is relevant for that.
Poskarte	Position map	The name of an alternative position map. If the fields Breitengrad and Längengrad are filled in, the standard position map based on Region-ISO can be overwritten. With the special value none the display of a position map can be suppressed.
Höhenordinate	Height	Heights are given as a number without the thousand separator, i.e. 4321. The formatting with thousand separators, i.e. 4,321 is done by the template. Values with figures after the decimal place must be given with a decimal point, i.e. 1234.5 in order to display 1,234.5.
Höhe-Bezug	Height reference	Entry of the height reference system on which the height is based in Germany "DE-NN" for m above NN (old) "DE-NHN" for m above NHN (new) "DE-HN" for m above HN (East Germany) in Austria: "AT" for m AA in Switzerland: "CH" for m AM Other values under Template:Höhe. If the height reference system is not known, do not enter a parameter! Then it will automatically display "m" (for metres). The values "m" and "metres" are counter-productive and should be left out.

Example

In this example all parameters (apart from "Unauffindbar") are filled in so that a full picture of the infobox can be seen.

{{Infobox Burg
|Name = Dingsda Castle
|Bild = Burg.svg
|Bildbeschreibung = Dingsda Castle – north facade seen from village (Jan 2012)
|Alternativname = Blabla Castle
|Entstehungszeit = around 1413
|Typologie n. geo. Lage = Wasserburg
|Erhaltungszustand = Ruine
|Ständische Stellung = Test
|Mauerwerksmerkmale = Quader
|Heutiger Ortsname = Dingsda
|Breitengrad = 53/26/7/N
|Längengrad = 7/4/8/W
|Region-ISO = DE-NI
|Poskarte =
|Höhenordinate = 777
|Höhe-Bezug = DE-NN
}}

Dingsda Castle
BlaBla Castle
Dingsda
Dingsda Castle – north facade seen from village (Jan 2012)
Dingsda Castle
Coordinates	53°26′7″N 7°4′8″E
Type	water castle
Code	DE-NI
Height	777 m above sea level (NN)
Site information
Condition	ruin
Site history
Built	around 1413
Materials	ashlar masonry
Garrison information
Occupants	higher nobility

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