Ruin Rosenberg (Rügland)

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Rosenberg ruins
Rosenberg Castle Rügland

Rosenberg Castle Rügland

Creation time : probably 14th century
Castle type : Höhenburg, spur location
Conservation status: Corner tower ruins, moat and wall remains
Standing position : Noble
Construction: Bubble sandstone
Place: Rügland - Rosenberg
Geographical location 49 ° 24 '10.7 "  N , 10 ° 35' 40.5"  E Coordinates: 49 ° 24 '10.7 "  N , 10 ° 35' 40.5"  E
Height: 450  m above sea level NN
Rosenberg ruins (Bavaria)
Rosenberg ruins

The ruin Rosenberg is the ruin of a spur castle at 450  m above sea level. NN high mountain spur above the Mettlachtal in the district of Rosenberg in the municipality of Rügland in the district of Ansbach in Bavaria .

history

The place name is derived from the castle, whose owner Eberhart von Rosenbergk is first mentioned by name in 1398. The castle name is a fantasy name that does not refer to a real situation, as was still common until the 13th century. From this it can be concluded that the castle was probably only built in the 14th century.

Rosenberg was owned by the Lords of Vestenberg zu Rosenberg from the beginning until this line died out in 1586 with the last descendant, Ritter Crafft von Vestenberg zu Rosenberg and Elpersdorf . At that time, the small section castle was already in disrepair. Only the castle stable (today a ground monument ), some ramparts and a round corner tower ruin made of bubble sandstone (two-storey, with pointed arch windows and loopholes on the upper floor) as well as moat and wall remains have been preserved.

literature

  • Ruth Bach-Damaskinos, Jürgen Schnabel, Sabine Kothes: Palaces and castles in Middle Franconia . Verlag A. Hofmann, Nuremberg 1993, ISBN 3-87191-186-0 , p. 150.
  • Günther P. Fehring : City and district of Ansbach (=  Bavarian art monuments . Volume 2 ). Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1958, DNB  451224701 , p. 134 .
  • Friedrich-Wilhelm Krahe: Castles of the German Middle Ages - floor plan lexicon . Special edition, Flechsig Verlag, Würzburg 2000, ISBN 3-88189-360-1 , p. 512.

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