Altroßwag Castle

The castle ruin Altroßwag is the remnant of a former hill castle at 250 m above sea level on the Enz loop near Roßwag in Baden-Württemberg.

The castle was probably built in the 11th or 12th century, but is only first mentioned in a document in 1301. It was the ancestral castle of the Lords of Roßwag, who are traceable from the 12th to the 14th century. At the beginning of the 14th century, the noble family was divided into an Altroßwag line and a Neuroßwag line. After the family died out in the male line, the castle came into the possession of the Lords of Stein, who sold the castle to Maulbronn Monastery in 1394. Due to lack of use, the castle began to decay into a ruin.