The ruins of this spur castle are situated on a rock pinnacle in the centre of the village of Dorfes Tüchersfeld in the municipality of Pottenstein in the Upper Franconian county of Bayreuth.

In 1430, the castle was destroyed in the Hussite wars and rebuilt by the fief holder, Groß.

Around 1700 a Jewish settlement was established in the remaining ruins and, in 1755, 44 Jews lived there.

The Jewish settlement in the Lower Castle was destroyed by fire in 1758. the remains of the old buildings were included in the newly constructed buildings of 1758–1762, In 1959, the remaining parts of the site, now called the "Jew's Court" or Judenhof, were sold to private individuals.

After the site was completely renovated in 1981 to 1983, the Franconian Switzerland Museum opened in 1985.