The ruin of the high-medieval castle Rotenhan is appropriate for about 2 km north of Ebern over the local part Eyrichshof in the district of hate mountains into Unterfranken.Die plant is the master seat of the barons von Rotenhan, in whose possession it is this very day.

History

The family of Rotenhan is mentioned for the first time documentary 1190. At this time the castle must have thus existed. The name Rotenhan might be derived from "„gerodeter Hague "“, Hain. Some researchers consider also a derivative of the river "„to Rodach "“and cognate shank with the sex of the Mr. von Rodach conceivable. With the red cock, which the sex leads as Helmzier, the name has to do surely nothing. Possibly formerly the noble-free Rotenhan was contractually obligated service men of the diocese Bamberg or the high pin. The received designs put a development of the castle in lateromanisch--earlygothical time close (pointed elbow portal at the staircase).

In the year 1323 the bishop besieged the castle Rotenhan allegedly about one year long under the pretext of the The bambergische castle lain in the proximity of the city Ebern was probably a prick in the meat of the high pin. After conquest the Veste was destroyed and could be never developed again. (Contract of 1324). The family of Rotenhan is pleased later their new domicile in the valley underneath the castle (lock Eyrichshof).

Description

The castle ruin is one of the few genuine rock castles of Germany. There the plant already in 14. Century was destroyed, is only small remainders from coming up brick-work to to be seen.

Their meaning attained the castle particularly because of the unusually large inclusion of the natural underground rock into the construction. Five powerful, close together standing sandstone blocks were connected by walls. The main gate was trained into the middle block of the southwest side. The well-known castle researcher Joachim Zeune sees however in this building of gates only the Nebenpforte. It shifts the main gate on the right of beside it into the gap between the gate and the smaller southwest rock. Because of the considerable level difference between Burghof and this gap this is to be doubted however rather. In addition the main gate because of the weakest place of the core castle would then have been. The roomy fore-castle makes such a double Tora situation dispensable.

Stairs of the gate building were driven out completely from the sandstone. Also the other show wide processings for foundation banks and a tank cistern. In the former Burghof still the bricked well pit kept. Slope downward the rock castle a roomy fore-castle was pre-aged (barrier remainders), mountain-laterally is surrounded by a flat neck ditch obviously the plant. Here on the rock block the last wall remainders from large, to regular sandstone right parallelepipeds, kept which were reduced however in recent time by the increasing Vandalismus on the rock castle.

Because of their unusual building method and the impressive rock formations is the castle ruin one moves Esoterik and Okkultismustourismus suspended. The plant applies in these circles as "„world culture place "“. The castle is placed similarly to the neighbour castle castle light stone with plants as for instance the external stones or Stonehenge on a stage. This happens in complete misjudging of the historical facts: The castle Rotenhan is clearly a high-medieval castle plant. For an earlier use than heidnischer cult and victim place there are no reference points.

The castle ruin is a station "„of the Burgenkundlichen of didactic exhibition "“of the district of hate mountains.

Literature:

• The art monuments of the Kingdom of Bavaria, III, 15, office for district Ebern, P. 197-201. (Munich, 1916)
• Zeune, Joachim: Castles in the Eberner country, Ebern 2003, Eberner of homeland sheets, 2 booklets

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