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Ebelsbach Castle is a two-part Renaissance complex located in the center of Ebelsbach (Haßberge district, Lower Franconia). The historic property was severely damaged in a major fire in September 2009 and was originally scheduled to be rebuilt. However, this has not yet been implemented (as of 2024) and is currently not foreseeable. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Ebelsbach

A super nice resting place, really highly recommended, you can't get to the tower / castle

...a well-preserved keep with many benches around it

Nice stopover, served in summer and you can climb the tower

On the night of September 10, 2009, fire was set in several places in the main building. Despite the rapid notification of the surrounding fire departments, the castle burned down to a large extent. The historic roof structure of the main building, which was in dire need of renovation, was completely destroyed. The investigations carried out immediately after the major fire by fire investigators from the State Criminal Police Office revealed that the cause of the fire was deliberate arson. The owner and managing director of the operating company plans to rebuild the monument by the end of 2011 and to live there again himself. A temporary roof is now protecting the ruins from further weather damage. Some of the furniture and equipment were salvaged. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Ebelsbach

The Lords of Rotenhan had been based in Ebelsbach since 1355. At that time, Conrad von Rotenhan zu Rentweinsdorf was enfeoffed with goods in Ebelsbach by the Bishopric of Würzburg. Around 1385, Nikolaus von Rotenhan called himself "zu Ebelsbach". In 1449, the brothers Marx and Jobst von Rotenhan granted their "seat and residence" Ebelsbach to the Bamberg monastery of Michelsberg as a fief. The complicated power relations in the border area between the rival Bishoprics of Bamberg and Würzburg involved the brothers Marx and Jobst in a feud with Heinz Fuchs zu Wallburg in 1467. Ebelsbach Castle itself was a fief of the diocese of Bamberg. The moat and the outer wall, however, belonged to the diocese of Würzburg. The Ebelsbach line of the Lords of Rotenhan died out around 1500. The line of Rentweinsdorf appears to be the successor to the property, and is the only one of the four main lines of the Lords of Rotenhan that has survived to this day. The original medieval residence of the Rotenhan family can no longer be documented today. The old castle in the town center was completely built over in the early modern period, and descriptions of the previous state have not been handed down. Originally, a residential tower typical of the time probably stood here, as can also be proven as a predecessor building of some neighboring castles. The early modern castle building, which was well preserved until the fire disaster of 2009, was essentially built between 1564 and 1569 under Matthäus III von Rotenhan zu Ebelsbach. The new building was probably necessary due to the destruction during the Peasants' War. After the fighting had ended, the injured nobles were often awarded large sums of compensation, which were invested in repairing the old castles or building new, representative castle complexes. The Rotenhans lived in the castle estate with long interruptions. After the Second World War, it was passed on to the branch that had previously been based on the Buchwald estate in Lower Silesia by way of a real division of the joint inheritance. In 2000, the branch sold it to a private investor who set up a "business center" there, but had to file for bankruptcy shortly afterwards. The property currently belongs to an operating company whose managing director is the former owner. He had made the castle comfortable. The operating company wanted to convert the castle's outbuildings into holiday apartments, among other things. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Ebelsbach

Ebelsbach Castle is a two-part Renaissance complex in the center of Ebelsbach (Haßberge district, Lower Franconia). The historic property was badly damaged in a major fire in September 2009 and was supposed to be rebuilt, but this has not yet been implemented (as of 2019) and is currently not foreseeable. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Ebelsbach