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Town Hall of Rothenburg Medieval town wall and Klingentorturm, a defensive tower View of Rothenburg south of the Tauber. The name "Rothenburg ob der Tauber" is German for "Red castle above the Tauber", describing the town's location on a plateau overlooking the Tauber River.
The castle, built on a hill called Rothenberg or Rodenberg, to the north of another castle, the Château du Falkenstein, dates back to the 9th century.Around 912, the Bishop of Strasbourg, Otbert, pursued by rebellious subjects, took refuge at Rathburg which is perhaps Rothenburg, and was assassinated there shortly after.
Tower and wall in town of Braubach, Germany The great bulwark in Büdingen Towers in Cologne, Germany part of former city wall Tower in Regensburg, Germany part of former city wall Rothenburg city wall In the moat of Soest, Germany, with city wall and defense tower Sömmerda city wall Worms, Germany city walls
In 1478, Count Palatine Otto II set the condition for Rothenberg Castle to become a joint-fief or Ganerbenburg. 44 co-vassals who, together with the town of Rothenberg and market town of Schnaittach, acquired the castle as a so-called mesne fief or Afterlehen, were given relatively little property and few rights, but the community of co-vassals formed a strong alliance to which other members ...
D-Rothenburg ob der Tauber – Rothenburg ob der Tauber, medieval town D- Ansbach – Margravial Residence , Orangery and Hofgarten D-Romantic Franconia – Colmberg Castle, Veste Lichtenau, castle of the Teutonic Knights , Wolframs-Eschenbach
A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors. The walls can range from simple palisades or earthworks to extensive military fortifications such as curtain walls with towers, bastions and gates for access to the city. [1]
When their political leader, Florian Geyer, went to Rothenburg ob der Tauber in early June to procure the heavy guns needed to attempt to breach the walls, the leaderless peasant army camped around the castle was outflanked by the professional army of the Swabian League. In the ensuing battle, more than 8,000 peasants were killed.
The posts of the roof trusses also rest on stone columns, which jut out of the wall line (Mauerflucht) or are placed on the cornices. These Nuremberg forerunners were copied by other Franconian and Swabian imperial cities, for example in the fortifications of Nördlingen and the Spitalbastei bastion of Rothenburg ob der Tauber.