Röhrda Castle
| Röhrda Castle | ||
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 The residential tower in front of the half-timbered extension and in front of the church tower of Röhrda |
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| Castle type : | Location, Niederungsburg | |
| Conservation status: | Residential tower, residential building | |
| Place: | Ringgau - Röhrda | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 6 '5.4 " N , 10 ° 3' 14" E | |
| Height: | 302 m above sea level NHN | |
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The Röhrda Castle is a castle in the center of the Röhrda district within an estate (in front of the church gate 7) of the Ringgau community in the Werra-Meißner district in Hesse .
description
Nothing is known about the construction time and the builder of the castle complex, which shows a three-storey residential tower with vaulted cellars and a side length of 5 by 10 meters. Until 1549 the castle was owned by the von Falken family . Later those owned by Herda, von Siegel and von Meysenbug followed . In the 17th century, the Meysenbug built a two-story residential building with a half-timbered upper floor on the residential tower .
literature
- Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hesse: 800 castles, castle ruins and castle sites . 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 68.
- Georg Dehio : Hessen , p. 776.
- Karl Kollmann : Chronicle of Röhrda 1089-1989 , published by the Röhrda Festival Committee 900 year celebration, Ringgau-Röhrda 1989, 436 pages
Web links
- Entry by Stefan Eismann about Röhrda in the scientific database " EBIDAT " of the European Castle Institute
- Röhrda Castle, Werra-Meißner district. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
- Röhrda Castle at burgenwelt.de
- Entry on the noble residence of Röhrda in the private database “Alle Burgen”.