Can you go inside Burg Klein Rosenburg?

No, only an outdoor ruin remains, with no enclosed building open to visitors.

How old is Burg Klein Rosenburg?

It was first recorded in 965, in an Ottonian donation charter to the Archbishopric of Magdeburg.

What survives of Burg Klein Rosenburg today?

The original moat, the surrounding wall and a double gateway with a Romanesque tower, the rest having burned and been demolished in 1945.

Where is Burg Klein Rosenburg located?

In Barby, in the Salzlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, on the edge of the Saale valley.

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Burg Klein Rosenburg stands in Barby (Salzlandkreis), in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. Its opening hours and prices have not been verified at the source yet.

At Klein Rosenburg, on rising ground above the Saale valley, a round ruined stronghold preserves traces of one of Germany's oldest known castle sites, first recorded in 965 in an Ottonian donation charter. What remains of the medieval complex includes the original moat, the surrounding wall and a double gateway with a Romanesque gate tower. Three carved stone tablets showing a swearing hand, set into the tower, recall that the site once held judicial rights.

What to know

This is an open-air ruin, with no habitable building or interior rooms to visit.
The grounds include a park and ponds laid out during a partial restoration in 1995.
A visit mainly means walking around the outer wall and the gate tower.
No opening hours, admission fees or accessibility information are documented for this site.

Where this château is

Barby · Salzlandkreis · Sachsen-Anhalt

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Address

39240, Burgberg, 39240 Barby-Groß Rosenburg

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Château phone number

+49 39294 21073

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Heritage status: Kulturdenkmal in Deutschland

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Can you go inside Burg Klein Rosenburg?: No, only an outdoor ruin remains, with no enclosed building open to visitors.
How old is Burg Klein Rosenburg?: It was first recorded in 965, in an Ottonian donation charter to the Archbishopric of Magdeburg.
What survives of Burg Klein Rosenburg today?: The original moat, the surrounding wall and a double gateway with a Romanesque tower, the rest having burned and been demolished in 1945.
Where is Burg Klein Rosenburg located?: In Barby, in the Salzlandkreis, Saxony-Anhalt, on the edge of the Saale valley.