Frauenroth tower hill

Frauenroth tower hill
Alternative name (s):	Castrum Burkardrode, Burkardroth
Creation time :	before 1230
Castle type :	Hill castle, moth
Conservation status:	Burgstall, castle hill
Place:	Burkardroth - Frauenroth
Geographical location	50 ° 15 '39.7 " N , 10 ° 1' 0.2" E Coordinates: 50 ° 15 '39.7 " N , 10 ° 1' 0.2" E

The tower hill Frauenroth , also called Castrum Burkardrode , is an abandoned tower hill castle (moth) above the Lederbach about 150 meters southwest of the church of Frauenroth , a district of the market Burkardroth in the Bad Kissingen district in Bavaria .

history

Behind the ponds in the dark fringe of the forest (center), the Burgstall is located southwest of the former monastery.

The small castle complex was first mentioned in 1230 as " Castrum Burkardrode", but probably existed much earlier and was destroyed after 1234.

The modest castle was built by the Würzburg bishops to protect the salt forest. In 1228 a service knight Lupolds de Burchhardrode is named as a witness in a document.

The castle hill probably had a residential building but no residential tower, which the small remains indicate. The enclosure of the castle probably consisted of a simple palisade wall . The castle was protected to the east by a steep slope facing the Lederbach. In 1244 Otto von Botenlauben bequeathed the remains of the castle and the goods belonging to it to the Frauenroth monastery .

literature

Denis André Chevalley: Lower Franconia . Ed .: Michael Petzet , Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (= Monuments in Bavaria . Volume VI ). Oldenbourg, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-486-52397-X .

Web links

Castle near Frauenroth . In: Rhoenline.de
Entry on Frauenroth (Burkardrode, Burkardroth) in the private database "Alle Burgen".

Individual evidence

^ Burgstelle near Frauenroth. In: Rhoenline.de. Retrieved February 24, 2018 .

[1] Burgstelle near Frauenroth. In: Rhoenline.de. Retrieved February 24, 2018 .