Ropperhausen Castle

Ropperhausen Castle
Creation time :	13th Century
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	Tower, wall and moat remains
Place:	Grossropperhausen
Geographical location	50 ° 56 '24.7 "  N , 9 ° 22' 17"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 56 '24.7 "  N , 9 ° 22' 17"  E

The castle Ropperhausen is the ruins of a medieval Spur castle on a rocky terrain edge in northeastern Großropperhausen , in the municipality of Frielendorf in Schwalm-Eder district in northern Hesse .

history

The castle was probably built by the lords of Heimbach over the north bank of the Ohebach , who in the 13th century owned the castle and court of Ropperhausen for a while in addition to their ancestral home at Heimburg near Heimbach . How and from whom they acquired Ropperhausen is not known. The lords of Gilsa may also be considered as builders, who are mentioned in a document in 1232 as landowners in “Raporgehusen”; however, they are only known as the owner of the Heimbach part of the court and village of Ropperhausen from 1354, when Werner von Gilsa bought Ludwig von Heimbach's share in the court of Ropperhausen and the associated villages. Until 1699 the von Gilsa were lords of the castle and court of Ropperhausen.

The brothers Philipp Wilhelm and Georg Christoph von Gilsa sold three quarters of the castle and court of Ropperhausen to Hans Ludwig (II.) Von Baumbach (1664–1734) in 1699 , and in 1719 the latter also acquired the remaining quarter from Johann Ludwig von Gilsa . Between 1711 and 1724, Baumbach renewed and fortified the estate complex in the southeast of the village . (The manor house there , Großropperhausen Castle , was completed in 1832.) The old castle was no longer used, but was partially demolished and gradually fell into disrepair.

Current condition

Part of the residential tower and parts of the surrounding wall of the former castle are still preserved today, and the neck ditch in the east can still be seen. The castle ruins are freely accessible.

Notes and individual references

1. ^ Felix Freiherr from and to Gilsa: The home castle in Upper Hesse. In: Communications to the members of the Association for Hessian History and Regional Studies. Born in 1889. I-IV. Quarterly Bulletin, pp. XCVIII – XCVIII.
2. ^ Conrad Wilhelm Ledderhose: Contributions to the description of the church state of the Hessen-Casselischen Lande. Kassel, 1780, p. 109
3. ↑ August von Baumbach: History of the von Baumbach family belonging to the old Hessen knighthood . Elwert, Marburg, 1886, pp. 69-70; also: August von Baumbach: History of the von Baumbach family belonging to the Althessian knighthood . Elwert, Marburg, 1886, pp. 69-70.
4. ↑ The patrimonial jurisdiction of the von Baumbach in Ropperhausen existed until 1814.

Web links

• Großropperhausen Castle at www.burgenwelt.de
• Großropperhausen, municipality of Frielendorf. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Ropperhausen Castle, Frielendorf municipality. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

literature

• 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. 156f.
• Rolf Müller (Ed.): Palaces, castles, old walls. Published by the Hessendienst der Staatskanzlei, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 3-89214-017-0 , p. 127.