Rothenkirchen Castle

Rothenkirchen Castle
Rothenkirchen Castle
Creation time :	around 1287
Castle type :	Location
Conservation status:	Remnants of a gateway
Standing position :	Clerical
Place:	Pressig -Rothenkirchen
Geographical location	50 ° 21 '49.6 "  N , 11 ° 19' 8.6"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '49.6 "  N , 11 ° 19' 8.6"  E
Height:	390  m above sea level NHN

The castle Rothenkirchen is the residue of a castle in Rothenkirchen, a district of the market town of Pressig in the district of Kronach in Bavaria .

The castle was built in the 12th century around 1187 by the Bamberg bishop Otto II . The Lords of Haßlach sold their property to Konrad von Würtzburg in the middle of the 14th century. In 1525, in the course of the Peasants' War, the three chambers of the complex were damaged. In 1538 extensions and alterations took place. Another, more severe destruction of the castle occurred in 1633 during the Thirty Years War . In 1667 Hans Veit von Würtzburg sold the fortress to the Bamberg Monastery.

Today the gatehouse of the castle is still preserved.

literature

• Ruth Bach-Damaskinos: Palaces and castles in Middle Franconia . A complete representation of all palaces, manors, castles and ruins in the Central Franconian independent cities and districts. Hofmann, Nuremberg 1993, ISBN 3-87191-186-0 .
• Karl Bosl (ed.): Handbook of the historical sites of Germany . Volume 7: Bavaria (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 277). 3. Edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-520-27703-4 .

Web links

Commons : Burg Rothenkirchen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on Rothenkirchen in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ruth Bach-Damaskinos: Palaces and castles in Middle Franconia . A complete representation of all palaces, manors, castles and ruins in the Central Franconian independent cities and districts. Hofmann, Nürnberg 1993, ISBN 3-87191-186-0 , p. 173 .