Burgstall Am Rothen Berg

Burgstall Am Rothen Berg
Ramparts and moats in the entrance area
Creation time :	Medieval
Castle type :	Höhenburg, Wallburg
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Place:	Leupoldsgrün - Lipperts - "Rotenberg"
Geographical location	50 ° 18 '13 "  N , 11 ° 46' 46.2"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 18 '13 "  N , 11 ° 46' 46.2"  E

The Postal Am Rothen Berg refers to a Outbound medieval hilltop castle on the Red Mountain near Lippert , in the municipality of Leupoldsgrün in the district of Hof in Bavaria .

The Burgstall is located on a mountain spur and slopes steeply, especially to the west and south. At the foot of the mountain, the Rothenbach runs as a former Grenzbach. The raised oval core mound is surrounded by a ditch and an outer wall. A square tower foundation was found on the core hill. Fragments found in the 1960s were dated to the 14th century. The castle is said to have served to secure the border in the direction of Rothenbürg until the middle of the 14th century . There, castle counts and Vogtland interests met with the office of Schauenstein . It is believed that the facility served the Leupoldsgrüner citizens as a refuge , it is said to have been used until the Thirty Years' War . The site is protected as a ground monument with monument number D-4-5636-0012.

literature

• Karl Dietel : The "Desert Wall" on the Rothenberg . In: Frankenwald - Zeitschrift des Frankenwaldverein eV May / June (special issue) 3/1965. Pp. 60-64.
• August Gebeßler : City and District of Hof . The art monuments of Bavaria . Munich 1960. p. 53.
• Wilhelm Malter : Upper Franconia East . Heroldsberg 1984. pp. 362f.

Web links

Commons : Burgstall Am Rothen Berg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Chronicle Leupoldsgrün on the page chronik.leupoldsgruen.info

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of monuments for Leupoldsgrün (PDF) at the Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation (PDF; 125 kB)