Rossla Castle
Schloss Roßla is a listed building in the municipality of Roßla in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz in Saxony-Anhalt . It forms a square, has a large stone tower and an atrium .
history
Roßla Castle was given to the Counts of Stolberg by the Counts of Hohnstein in 1341 . Around 1420 the castle was rebuilt under Count Botho zu Stolberg the Elder . The castle complex was surrounded by a moat that was later filled in.
In 1766 a major renovation of the dilapidated castle was carried out. In 1826 the east wing was added in the classical style by August zu Stolberg-Roßla . In addition to the castle and the princely rent chamber, the historical ensemble also originally included the building opposite the so-called Fronfeste (with a stepped gable) and the coach house.
The castle was the seat of the Princes of Stolberg-Roßla until it was expropriated in 1945. It housed numerous art treasures, a library with around 30,000 volumes and over 10,000 funeral sermons . A 6 acre park with rare trees belonged to the castle . To the west of the castle is the former princely administration building (the Rentkammer ), a baroque half-timbered building from around 1720, and the Trinity Church at the northern entrance to the castle park.
After the library of the Technical University of Berlin was destroyed in an air raid in November 1943, Rossla Castle became the library's alternative quarters. This is where the library information center continued its work, which consisted of issuing literature files and processing research requests. In mid-1944 the library again had a stock of 30,000 books and magazines.
From 1945 to 1990 the castle was used as a cultural center. At the beginning of the 1950s, part of the ground floor was also used as a kindergarten. After that it was initially empty and was leased in 2007 by the non-profit association Schloss Roßla , which has set up a restaurant, a day care center and a multi-generation house there. The castle is still owned by the municipality today.
gallery
Roßla Castle and St. Trinitatis 2017 
Staircase in Roßla Castle with a double staircase 
Rear view of the Princely Rent Chamber 
Rentkammer, originally part of the castle complex
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 27 '38.5 " N , 11 ° 4' 36.3" E
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elke Behrends: Technical-scientific documentation in Germany from 1900 to 1945. With special consideration of the relationship between library and documentation. Harrasowitz, Wiesbaden 1995, p. 202.