Ruin Rotturm
| Ruin Rotturm | ||
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 Ruins of the Rotturm, including the Holy Blood Church |
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| Alternative name (s): | Rothenthurn | |
| Creation time : | 13th Century | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Friesach | |
| Geographical location | 46 ° 57 '5 " N , 14 ° 24' 7.7" E | |
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The ruin Rotturm , also known as Rothenthurn , was a defensive system of the former city fortifications in the west of the city of Friesach in Carinthia .
The fortification of Friesach was renewed in the west of the city after armed conflicts. At the point from which Friesach had been conquered by the Bohemian King Ottokar II Přemysl in 1263 , the city wall was first moved from the valley floor up the slope at the end of the 13th century and a forward tower was built. At the beginning of the 14th century, this new fortification was reinforced by further defense towers to form a bulwark-like defense system and integrated into the new city wall. The entire Rotturm complex had four defensive towers with tinned ring walls . This was increased in the 15th century and equipped with loopholes .
How it came to the destruction of the complex is not known, it was probably damaged by fire like the Heiligblutkirche below Rotturm, but unlike the church it was not rebuilt. Only the remains of three defense towers and the circular wall have been preserved from the complex, the highest of which is four-story.
The ruin is a listed building .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Dehio Kärnten , Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 154
- ^ Siegfried Hartwagner: Carinthia. The St. Veit an der Glan district. Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 1977, ISBN 3-900173-22-2 , p. 57