Castell, Bavaria

Castell is a municipality in Kitzingen in Bavaria in Germany. It was the seat of the Counts of Castell. Today it is part of the municipal association Wiesentheid. It has around 800 residents.
Geography.
Place.
Castell is on the western slope of the "Mittelgebirge" Steigerwald in Kitzingen of Franconia. Its territory borders on that of Oberscheinfeld, in the surrounding district of Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim.
Subdivision.
Castell has seven "Ortsteile": Castell, Forsthaus, Geiersmühle, , Gründleinsmühle, and .
The municipal territory was 2,292 hectares in 2013, of which 1,162 ha were accounted for by forest and 936 by agricultural use. Settlement and transport areas total just 168 ha.
Neighbouring communities.
Castell borders on (clockwise from the north) Abtswind, Geiselwind, Oberscheinfeld, Iphofen, Wiesenbronn and Rüdenhausen.