Rotbav Fortified Church

The church-fortress stands in the centre of the village. The building of a flat-covered Romanesque hall church with choir square and semicircular apse took place around 1300. The tower which collapsed in 2015 had a west-oriented round arch opening. In the 15th century, the bell tower was encased; the west portal was bricked up and access to the church hall was thus blocked. During the reconstruction process, the tower was turned into a fortified keep with loopholes, arrow slits and machicolation on the corbel-supported top floor, it’s sad that today we are not longer able to see this tower.