Rosenberg Castle

The Rosenberg ruin is the ruin of a spur castle on a 450 m above sea level mountain spur above the Mettlach valley near the Rosenberg district of the municipality of Rügland in the Ansbach district in Bavaria.

The place name derives from the castle, whose owner Eberhart von Rosenbergk is first mentioned by name in 1398. The castle name is a fantasy name that does not refer to a real event, as was still common until the 13th century. From this, it can be concluded that the castle was probably built only in the 14th century. Rosenberg was from the beginning in the possession of the Lords of Vestenberg zu Rosenberg. There was probably no longer any interest in maintaining Rosenberg Castle thereafter. In 1584, Hans von Vestenberg sold both seats to Ernst von Crailsheim. In 1587, a distinction is made in this regard between the old house at Rosenberg and the new house at Rügland. It seems possible that Rosenberg Castle was abandoned when the new Rügland Castle was built. The name Rügland could thus originally have been attached to this castle before it was transferred to the new seat in the valley.