Burgstall Rodesgrün

Burgstall Rodesgrün
	Burgstall with a view of Selbitz
Creation time :	Mentioned in 1330
Castle type :	Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status:	Burgstall
Place:	Selbitz - Rodesgrün
Geographical location	50 ° 19 '57.6 " N , 11 ° 44' 51.5" E Coordinates: 50 ° 19 '57.6 " N , 11 ° 44' 51.5" E
Height:	604.8 m above sea level NHN

The Postal Rodesgrün is an Outbound medieval hilltop castle on a hill at 604.8 m above sea level. NHN about 550 meters southeast of the center of Rodesgrün , a district of the city of Selbitz in the Upper Franconian district of Hof .

Nikolaus von der Grün and Konrad von Reitzenstein are named as owners of the castle, first mentioned in 1330 . In 1382 the castle was destroyed in the feud between the Vogtland knighthood and the imperial city of Eger . Neuhaus Castle is the successor to a residence in Rodesgrün.

The Burgstall is not far from the Rodesgrün tower hill . A gentle slope stretches from Rodesgrün down to Selbitz, as well as to Neuhaus in the east and offers a good overview in these directions. The area on which the Burgstall was located is now slightly elevated and overgrown with trees.

literature

Karl-Ludwig Lippert : Naila district . In: The art monuments of Bavaria , short inventories, XVII. Band . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1963, p. 54.
Wilhelm Malter : Upper Franconia East . Heroldsberg 1984. p. 315.

Web links

Commons : Burgstall Rodesgrün - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Entry on Rodesgrün in the private database "Alle Burgen".