Rottum Castle

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Rottum Castle
Creation time : around 1100 to 1200
Castle type : not clear
Conservation status: departed
Standing position : Nobles, clericals
Place: Ochsenhausen- Rotum

The castle Rottum is an Outbound castle 4500 meters southwest of the city Ochsenhausen in the district of Biberach in Baden-Württemberg .

The castle was probably built by the Lords of Rottum in the 12th century, mentioned around 1115 and destroyed in the 14th century. The castle was also owned by the Rot Abbey and the Ochsenhausen Abbey .

Nothing has been preserved from the castle complex, which cannot be precisely located.

literature

  • Stefan Uhl: Castles, palaces and aristocratic residences in the Biberach district. (= Local history sheets for the Biberach district. Vol. 9, special issue 1, ISSN  1430-9475 ). Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach an der Riß 1986, pp. 5-67.