Rothenbürg (Selbitz)

Rothenbürg City of Selbitz Coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′ 43 ″ N , 11 ° 46 ′ 16 ″ E
Residents :	181 (Jan. 1, 2007)
Postal code :	95152
Area code :	09280
Location of Rothenbürg in Bavaria

The place Rothenbürg is a district of the town of Selbitz in the Upper Franconian district of Hof .

Infrastructure

Rothenbürg is on the Hof – Bad Steben railway line . A connecting road leads from Selbitz from the district road HO 33 to Rothenbürg. This leads to the district road HO 27 at Hüttung .

geography

The place Rothenbürg lies east of the Rothenbach, which still flows into the Selbitz river in the urban area of the city of Selbitz .

history

Rothenbürg was a former Vorwerk and manor of the Vogtland knighthood . The Schlossberg rises north of the town center. In 1358, Vogt Heinrich the Elder von Weida enfeoffed the brothers Hans and Heinz von Weisselsdorf with Rothenbürg and gave them permission to build a permanent house. As early as 1363, the feudal lordship passed to the burgrave Friedrich von Nürnberg . In 1398 this festival was called "wust" and was owned by the Lords of Reitzenstein . The Burgstall Am Rothen Berg is considered a border castle and counterpart to the fortification in Rothenbürg.

literature

Karl-Ludwig Lippert : Naila district . In: The art monuments of Bavaria , short inventories, XVII. Band . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Munich 1963, p. 54f.
Wilhelm Malter : Upper Franconia East . Heroldsberg 1984. pp. 315f.
A. von Dobenck-Neuhaus (son of Alban von Dorbenck ): Rothenbürg a hundred and several years ago . In: Frankenwald - magazine of the Frankenwaldverein eV , issue 10/1925. Pp. 184-186.

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