Nieder-Rosbach Castle

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Nieder-Rosbach Castle
Nieder-Rosbach moated castle with moat, view from the southeast

Nieder-Rosbach moated castle with moat, view from the southeast

Creation time : 13th Century
Castle type : Niederungsburg, location
Conservation status: Manor house, utility building, moat
Place: Rosbach vor der Höhe - Nieder-Rosbach
Geographical location 50 ° 18 '3.2 "  N , 8 ° 42' 38.4"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 18 '3.2 "  N , 8 ° 42' 38.4"  E
Nieder-Rosbach Castle (Hesse)
Nieder-Rosbach Castle

The castle Nieder-Rosbach is a Grade II listed former water castle with the address Haingraben 17 near the church in the district of Nieder-Rosbach the city Rosbach in Wetteraukreis in Hesse .

history

The origins of the castle go back to the 13th century when it was the seat of the Lords of Carben . 1356 is the year the castle was first mentioned - as a fief of the Counts of Hanau . In 1367 the Feste Haus was handed over to the von Kolnhausen family , from whom it came to the Löw von Steinfurth as a Hanau fief . In 1412 they had to grant the Count of Hanau the right to open . From 1503 to 1816 the castle was owned by the von Greiffenclau zu Vollrads . In 1710 the new mansion was built, which is still standing today. In 1913, the municipality acquired the building and the property after it had to endure multiple changes of ownership. The property was initially used for residential purposes before it was extensively renovated and received administrative offices.

description

The mansion, which was renovated in 2011, has two floors on a high base. The base and the first floor are built in solid construction, the second floor in half-timbered construction . The moat around the building has been partially restored at its southeast corner. The moat is crossed by a three-arched quarry stone bridge that leads to the main entrance of the house.

Todays use

The back of the building, which is owned by the city of Rosbach, has modern lifts. It is used as a public meeting place.

Others

In front of the moated castle, there is another square that is used as a festival area. He also creates the castle-church line of sight. The building of the former Nieder-Rosbach primary school, which is now used as a village community center, is also located on this square . Originally this building was the farm yard of the Wasserburg.

  • Nieder-Rosbach Castle, view from the forecourt

  • Back of the moated castle with elevator; next to it the church

  • Village community center

literature

  • Georg Dehio , Folkhard Cremer (edit.): Handbook of German Art Monuments - Hesse II: Administrative region of Darmstadt . Deutscher Kunstverlag, edition 1/2008
  • Rolf Müller (Ed.): Palaces, castles, old walls. Published by the Hessendienst der Staatskanzlei, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 3-89214-017-0 , p. 300.
  • Rudolf Knappe: Medieval castles in Hessen. 800 castles, castle ruins and fortifications. 3. Edition. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2000, ISBN 3-86134-228-6 , p. 332 f.
  • Christian Ottersbach: Frankfurt & Rhein-Main - castles and palaces in and around Aschaffenburg, Darmstadt, Mainz, Taunus and Wetterau . Michael Imhof Verlag, edition 1/2010

Web links

Commons : Wasserburg Nieder-Rosbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Wasserburg Nieder-Rosbach In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse
  2. ↑ according to other sources up to 1806, cf. the Nieder-Rosbacher story on burgenwelt.de