The remains of the Castle can be visited
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Rothenburg Castle
The Rothenburg castle ruin, a former hilltop castle, sits on a steep mountain spur on the northwestern edge of the Kyffhäuser mountains in Thuringia. Its strategic location once allowed control of the salt road that stretched from Bad Frankenhausen across the Kyffhäuser to Kelbra. Today, parts of the palas, the castle chapel, and the keep remain, whose red sandstone possibly gave the structure its name.
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The first documented mention of Rothenburg occurred in 1103 in connection with Christian von Rothenburg. This nobleman, a partisan of Emperor Lothar III, benefited from his imperial proximity. While a son of Christian founded the county of Kirchberg in 1155, the main line of the Rothenburg counts died out as early as 1209. Subsequently, the Counts of Beichlingen took over the rule. Around 1300, the minnesinger Christian von Luppin resided at the castle. In 1212, Emperor Otto IV conquered Rothenburg during the Staufer-Welfen throne dispute. After its destruction, the castle was rebuilt and modernized, resulting in the palas and chapel. Until the end of the 16th century, the castle changed hands several times before it became a male fief of the Counts of Schwarzburg. In the 15th century, the castle was last restored and expanded.
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