Rosenberg Castle

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

The place name is derived 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 only built in the 14th century.

Rosenberg was from the beginning in the possession of the Lords of Vestenberg zu Rosenberg, until this line died out in 1586 with the last descendant Knight Crafft von Vestenberg zu Rosenberg and Elpersdorf. At this time, the small section castle was already dilapidated. Only the castle site (today an archaeological monument), some ramparts and a round corner tower ruin made of bubble sandstone (two-story, with pointed arch windows and loopholes on the upper floor) as well as moat and wall remains have been preserved.