What remains of the Röderburg today?

Only ditch and rampart remains forming a rough circular outline survive in the forest; no walls or buildings have been preserved.

How old is the Röderburg?

With no written record of its founding, archaeological finds date it to between the 13th and 15th centuries.

Where exactly is the Röderburg located?

It lies in woodland near Roßberg, a district of Ebsdorfergrund, in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district of Hesse.

Is the Röderburg easy to reach on foot?

The site is reached across natural forest terrain, without visitor infrastructure, near the L 3125 road and the K 89 track to Höingen.

Röderburg

Ebsdorfergrund

Access

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Where: Ebsdorfergrund

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Röderburg stands in Ebsdorfergrund (Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf), in Hesse, Germany. The building is a listed Baudenkmal. No visits are on record for this building.

The Röderburg is a vanished motte and bailey castle, a moated earthwork of which only ditch and rampart remains survive in a wooded area away from any settlement. Located near Roßberg, a district of the municipality of Ebsdorfergrund, it illustrates a medieval fortification type rarely visible in such physical form today. No structure has been preserved above ground: it is the surviving outline in the terrain that gives the site its interest.

What to know

No building remains: only ditches and earthen ramparts mark the former motte's location.
The site lies in a forest, off the L 3125 road and the K 89 track to Höingen, about 1.7 km southeast of Roßberg.
Visiting means walking across natural terrain, with no particular infrastructure or signage to expect.
The site is listed as a Kulturdenkmal in Hesse.
No confirmed construction date exists: archaeologists place the fortification's origin between the 13th and 15th centuries.

Where this château is

Ebsdorfergrund · Landkreis Marburg-Biedenkopf · Hessen

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Address

35085 Ebsdorfergrund

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Heritage status: Kulturdenkmal in Hessen

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What remains of the Röderburg today?: Only ditch and rampart remains forming a rough circular outline survive in the forest; no walls or buildings have been preserved.
How old is the Röderburg?: With no written record of its founding, archaeological finds date it to between the 13th and 15th centuries.
Where exactly is the Röderburg located?: It lies in woodland near Roßberg, a district of Ebsdorfergrund, in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district of Hesse.
Is the Röderburg easy to reach on foot?: The site is reached across natural forest terrain, without visitor infrastructure, near the L 3125 road and the K 89 track to Höingen.