Hochrosen Castle

Hochrosen Castle
	Ruins of Hochrosen Castle
Creation time :	First mentioned February 5, 1350
Castle type :	Hilltop castle
Conservation status:	ruin
Place:	Rozula
Geographical location	57 ° 30 '55.2 " N , 25 ° 0' 44" E Coordinates: 57 ° 30 '55.2 " N , 25 ° 0' 44" E

The Burg high roses ( Latvian Augstrozes pils ) is the ruin a Höhenburg at Rozula, near the Hochrosener See ( Augstrozes Lielezers ) between Valmiera (Wolmar) and Limbazi (Lemsal) in the district Pārgauja . To this day, fragments of up to 6–7 meters from the south wall of the castle have been preserved.

history

Coat of arms of the House of Roses

Hochrosen Castle was one of the first larger vassal castles of the Archdiocese of Riga and belonged to the von Rosen family, which also owned Mojahn Castle . The castle was first mentioned on February 5, 1350, when Archbishop Fromhold von Vifhusen lent the castle ("Husz tho Rosen mit hofen") to Wolmar and Henneke von Rosen after the death of Otto von Rosen. In 1480 Hochrosen Castle was besieged by troops of the order, but they were unable to take the castle.

In 1518 Hans and Kersten von Rosen shared ownership of the castle, and in 1538 Johann von Rosen inherited the castle.

In the Peace of Jam Zapolski in 1582, Hochrosen Castle was annexed to Poland-Lithuania as part of the Duchy of Livonia .

During the Polish-Swedish war , Hochrosen was besieged and looted by Poles and Tatars under Holmstedt in late June or early July 1601.

Building

Drawing of the ruins by Karl Johann Emanuel von Ungern-Sternberg (1773–1830), beginning of the 19th century

Hochrosen was a land ridge castle with a massive shield wall on a 30 meter high hill on the south bank of the Hochrosener See and was well protected by steep slopes. The flatter south eastern mountainside had to defend with a bailey be provided. The main castle was about 55 m long. Apart from the stronger shield wall, the other parts of the wall were only 1.55 m to 1.80 m thick.

Individual evidence

↑ EBIDAT - The Castle Database, Augstroze / Hochrosen. Retrieved April 27, 2019 .
^ Ernst Murbach: The castles in Estonia and Latvia . In: Erich Böckler (ed.): Contributions to the history of Baltic art . W. Schmitz, Gießen 1988, ISBN 3-87711-157-2 , pp. 57-91, here p. 61.
↑ Felliner leaves . tape 1 . Dorpat 1859, p. 73 ( online ).
^ ^A ^b ^c Karl Woldemar von Löwis of Menar: Burgenlexikon für Alt-Livland . Walters and Rapa, Riga 1922, p. 65 ( digitized version ).
^ Heinrich von Hagemeister: Materials for a history of the country estates of Livonia . tape 1 , p. 99 ( online ).
^ Armin Tuulse: The castles in Estonia and Latvia (= negotiations of the Estonian learned society . Volume 33 ). Õpetatud Eesti Seltsi Toimetused, S. 100 ( PDF ).

[EBIDAT-1] EBIDAT - The Castle Database, Augstroze / Hochrosen. Retrieved April 27, 2019 .

[Murbach-2] Ernst Murbach: The castles in Estonia and Latvia . In: Erich Böckler (ed.): Contributions to the history of Baltic art . W. Schmitz, Gießen 1988, ISBN 3-87711-157-2 , pp. 57-91, here p. 61.

[Felliner-3] Felliner leaves . tape 1 . Dorpat 1859, p. 73 ( online ).

[Menar-4] A ^b ^c Karl Woldemar von Löwis of Menar: Burgenlexikon für Alt-Livland . Walters and Rapa, Riga 1922, p. 65 ( digitized version ).

[5] Heinrich von Hagemeister: Materials for a history of the country estates of Livonia . tape 1 , p. 99 ( online ).

[Tuulse-6] Armin Tuulse: The castles in Estonia and Latvia (= negotiations of the Estonian learned society . Volume 33 ). Õpetatud Eesti Seltsi Toimetused, S. 100 ( PDF ).