Rothenberg Fortress is a fortress on the eponymous hill, 588 m, near Schnaittach in the Franconian Jura.
Rothenberg Fortress from the west
The earlier castle on the Rothenberg (Matthäus Merian: Topographia Franconiae, 1648)
Moat, bridge and gate
Gate
A Ganerbenburg is a castle occupied and managed by several families or family lines at the same time. These families shared common areas of the castle including the courtyard, well, and chapel, whilst maintaining their own private living quarters. They occurred primarily in medieval Germany.
One of the earliest known examples of a joint inheritance or Ganerbschaft: the reconstructed Hohkönigsburg in Alsace
One of the largest castle ruins in Franconia: Altenstein near Maroldsweisach
The "multi-family castle" of Eltz on the Moselle
Plan of Franconia's Salzburg Castle above Bad Neustadt