Roßlau Castle
| Roßlau Castle | ||
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 Roßlau Castle around 1840 |
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| Creation time : | 1100 to 1200 | |
| Castle type : | Niederungsburg, location | |
| Conservation status: | Preserved essential parts | |
| Standing position : | Noble Count, GGT | |
| Place: | Dessau-Rosslau | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 53 '9 " N , 12 ° 15' 16.5" E | |
| Height: | 58 m above sea level NN | |
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The Roßlau Castle is a moated castle at about 58 m above sea level in a local location in the street Am Schlossgarten 18b in the Roßlau district in Dessau-Roßlau , Saxony-Anhalt .
history
The oldest parts of the castle date from the 12th century. Before that, a Slavic settlement castle stood in the same place .
Investigations on the walls have shown that only the statement before 1400 can be made for the construction time. In the first construction phase, the residential tower and ring wall were built , later two more buildings followed, which can only be covered with the smallest remains of foundations. Special features of this medieval castle are the representative residential tower and the discovered medieval warm air heating (stone chamber air heating). During excavations, several finds from this period were found on the castle grounds, such as a chess piece and a gold ring, the Roßlauer Loyalty Ring , probably one of the oldest wedding rings in Germany. The castle is first dated in 1358 as rozlowe dat hus , when the princes of Anhalt bought the castle back from the Counts of Lindau .
The Rundburg was the seat of the von Schlichting ministerial family . It was created as a Niederburg with three moats . In 1348 the castle came into the possession of the Princes of Anhalt. It was then expanded and greatly expanded until the 16th century.
From the middle of the 17th century, the castle lost its importance, as the princes of Anhalt-Zerbst had moved to Zerbst Castle . In 1740 a hunting lodge, which is still preserved today, was built near the castle, which was connected to Roßlau Castle by a bridge.
It was not until Duke Heinrich von Anhalt-Köthen became interested again in the castle in the 19th century and renovated it between 1836 and 1838 so that it could once again serve as a mansion.
The castle and the palace changed hands when the princely line of Anhalt-Zerbst (1793) and Anhalt-Köthen (1847) died out. From the middle of the 19th century the castle served as a ducal district forester. In 1870 the castle burned down completely. Only in 1923/24 apartments were furnished again, which were used until 1986. After the war, the municipality's land registry office also moved in.
Current
Today the castle and palace are no longer inhabited or are no longer used. The buildings and the castle grounds are listed and await a new and meaningful use. A support association was founded. Some of the castle grounds are used in the summer months for open-air events, such as the Destruction Derby or the This Is Ska music festival .
The Förderverein Burg Roßlau eV organizes an Easter market every year at Easter and a large Advent market on the 2nd weekend in Advent.
The theater castle Roßlau held in the upper courtyard annually in late July / August the Burgtheater summer Rosslau with a specially decorated for the castle classical theater production.
