Burgstall Rothenfels

The title of this article is ambiguous. See also: Rothenfels Castle .

Burgstall Rothenfels
Burgstallhügel
Creation time :	Medieval
Castle type :	Niederungsburg
Conservation status:	Castle stable with moat
Place:	Rothenfels (Deining) - Deining
Geographical location	49 ° 15 '20.2 "  N , 11 ° 33' 13.8"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 15 '20.2 "  N , 11 ° 33' 13.8"  E
Height:	540  m above sea level NHN

The Burgstall Rothenfels is located in the Rothenfels district of the Upper Palatinate municipality of Deining in the Neumarkt district in the Upper Palatinate . It is located about 600 m north-northwest of Oberbuchfeld above the valley of the White Laber .

Moat of the former Rothenfels Castle

description

On the western edge of the plateau above the slope leading into the river valley of the White Laber lies in the mixed forest on a natural tongue between two gorges the Burgstall Rothenfels. It occupies an area about 35 m long and 20 m wide and is separated from the backland by a deep and wide ditch . In addition, a cross ditch separates a northern part of the mountain tongue. A wall surrounds the edge of the Burgplatz as a remnant of a surrounding wall , in the south-west corner there is a pit in the deepest part.

history

The castle goes back to the Rothenfels family, who can be traced here from 1227. In 1350 the property came to Albrecht von Wolfstein . In 1360 part of the fortress was sold to Marquard von Loterbecken and this family held their part until the beginning of the 15th century. After changing hands several times, Erasmus Truchseß von Waltersheim owned the fortress from 1488 to 1512. The facility was destroyed in the Landshut War of Succession in 1504 . In 1534 Philipp Truchseß von Waltersheim sold his property to Elector Ludwig and Count Palatine Friedrich . The castle was not rebuilt.

literature

• Herbert Rädle: Castles and fortress stables in the Neumarkt district - A guide to historical sites. District of Neumarkt id Opf. (Ed.), Undated
• Armin Stroh : The prehistoric and early historical monuments of the Upper Palatinate. (Material booklets on Bavarian prehistory, series B, volume 3). Verlag Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz 1975, ISBN 3-7847-5030-3 , p. 189.

Web links

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

• Entry on Rothenfels Castle that has disappeared in the private database "All Castles".
• Rothenfels on the homepage of the municipality of Deining, accessed on April 12, 2020.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Bernhard Heinloth : Altbayern series I issue 16: Neumarkt . Ed .: Commission for Bavarian State History (=  Historical Atlas of Bavaria . Old Bavaria, Issue 16). Munich 1967, p. 208-210 , above ( [1] [accessed April 12, 2020]).