Rotenstein Castle
Rotenstein Castle | ||
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Alternative name (s): | Ober-Rothenstein | |
Creation time : | around 1308 | |
Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
Conservation status: | Wall remains | |
Standing position : | Nobles | |
Place: | Rottweil houses | |
Geographical location | 48 ° 8 '0.2 " N , 8 ° 34' 55.9" E | |
Height: | 630 m above sea level NN | |
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The castle Red stone , even upper-Rothstein called, is a ruined castle in the Hausen district of the city of Rottweil in the district of Rottweil in Baden-Wuerttemberg .
The castle ruins are located at the Eschach crossing to Wildenstein Castle on the old route from Rottweil to Villingen .
The castle was mentioned in 1308, presumably owned by Count Rudolf and Albrecht von Hohenberg, was then owned by the Bletz von Rotenstein family for a long time and was sold to the Rottenmünster imperial abbey in the 18th century . From 1919 the castle was demolished. Remnants of the wall of the former castle are still preserved.
literature
- Max Miller (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 6: Baden-Württemberg (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 276). Kröner, Stuttgart 1965, DNB 456882928 .