Rathsamhausen Castle
| Rathsamhausen Castle | ||
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 South side of Rathsamhausen Castle |
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| Alternative name (s): | Hinter-Lützelburg | |
| Creation time : | 1100 to 1125 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Nobles | |
| Construction: | reddish sandstone conglomerate | |
| Place: | Ottrott | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 27 '40 " N , 7 ° 24' 24" E | |
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The castle Rathsamhausen , as behind-Lützelburg referred that is ruins of a hilltop castle in Ottrott in the Bas-Rhin in Alsace . It is part of the Ottrotter castles .
history
The castle was built during the first quarter of the 12th century. In 1424 Heinrich von Hohenstein bought Lütelmann Castle from Rathsamhausen . In 1477 ownership passed to Müllenheim . In 1530 construction work was carried out by the brothers Christoph and Caspar von Müllenheim, and in 1553/57 the castle was finally sold to Conrad-Dietrich von Rathsamhausen-Ehnweier.
investment
The ruin consists of a four-storey residential tower ( Donjon ) dominating the complex, with a height of 18 meters on a floor area of around 11.90 × 16.10 meters. Its wall thickness is 1.8 meters. In addition, the castle has a round keep as well as several outbuildings, a curtain wall , kennel and a barbican .
A visit to the castle ruins is currently (2020) not possible due to the risk of collapse, but the castle grounds can be entered on selected days up to and including the moat . Safety and restoration work was initiated in 2017.
literature
- Friedrich Toepfer: Enclosures I. The family of Rathsamhausen In: ders. (Ed.): Document book for the history of the royal and baronial house of the Voegte von Hunolstein , Vol. III. Ms. Campe, Nürnberg 1872, pp. 215–220 ( digitized from Google Books )
- Thomas Biller: The “Ottrotter Schlösser”. Part 2: Rathsamhausen Castle. In: Burgen und Schlösser , 16 (1975), No. 2, pp. 68-87 ( digitized version of Heidelberg University Library ).
- Thomas Biller, Bernhard Metz: The castles of Alsace - architecture and history. Volume 1: The beginnings of castle building in Alsace (until 1200) . Published by the Alemannic Institute Freiburg i. Br., Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich / Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-422-07439-2 , pp. 424–447.
- Les Amis des Châteaux d'Ottrott (Ed.): Châteaux d'Ottrott. Leur histoire, leur devenir. ID l'Édition, Bernardswiller 2018, ISBN 978-2-36701-140-0 .
Web links
- Amis des Châteaux d'Ottrott (French)
- Château de Rathsamhausen / Rathsamhausen Castle / Hinter-Lützelburg Castle at burgenring.de