300px, Part of the ruined tower The Château de Rosemont is a ruined

castle A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

in the '' commune'' of

Riervescemont Riervescemont is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. Sights and monuments * Château du Rosemont, ruined castle. See also *Communes of the Territoire de Belfort department ...

in the Territoire de Belfort '' département'' of France. It is now a mound of stones with the remains of a tower.

History

The castle was built under Louis de Mousson, Count of Montbéliard. The seigniorial court was installed there until the 14th century when it moved to Chaux. It was the property of Jeanne de Ferrette-Montbéliard in the 14th century, and then the castle passed to her eldest daughter, the wife of the Archduke of Austria. Before 1469, the fortress was abandoned and thus lost its strategic role. It was finally destroyed by Swedish artillery bombardment in 1633, during the Thirty Years' War.''Revue d'Alsace''
Fédération des sociétés d'histoire et d'archéologie d'Alsace, vol 21 (1871) p 252

"Châteaux at Fiefs du Rosemont"
''Bulletin de la Société belfortaine d'émulation'' vol 32 (1913) pp 195-196

Architecture

The remains comprise two parts: at the front, a square tower of two or three storeys, made in rough stones, measures 10 m on each side with walls 1.5 m thick. In the east are the remains of an outer work, and in the south is the access path.

References

Ruined castles in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Buildings and structures in the Territoire de Belfort {{France-castle-stub