The remains of the Castle can be visited
CastleHerisau-Krombach
Rosenburg Castle
The Rosenburg castle ruin, a historic site, stands on a molasse rock in Herisau-Krombach in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Switzerland. It was once a strategically important point on an old passage to Toggenburg and is often confused with the nearby Rosenberg castle.
History+
The construction of Rosenburg is dated around the year 1200. It was probably built by the Lords of Rorschach, who held the Meieramt in Herisau, as an administrative center on land originally belonging to the Abbey of St. Gallen. A branch of this family later named themselves “von Rosenburg” after the castle and remained feudal tenants of the Abbot of St. Gallen. In the mid-14th century, the castle estate with its agriculture was managed by a peasant administrator. Towards the end of the century, the castle was still in the possession of the Abbey of St. Gallen. During the Appenzell Wars, it was conquered and destroyed by the peasants as an abbess-Austrian stronghold and was never rebuilt thereafter.
On site+
The stump of the once higher, almost square keep is preserved, as are remnants of the curtain wall and foundations of former economic and residential buildings.
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Location: 47.3884, 9.2543