Krško Castle
Krško Castle ( sl, Grad Krško, german: Schloss Gurckfeld) is a 12th-century castle ruin to the right of the Sava above the old center of the town of Krško, southeastern Slovenia. It stands in the territory of the settlement of Cesta, Krško, Cesta. The castle and town are both named after the nearby Krka (Slovenia), Krka River. History Krško (together with Brestanica) was first mentioned in 895, when the Emperor Arnulf of Carinthia gave it to a loyal retainer, Valtun. It is not known whether the castle existed at that time, but it is assumed that it was erected shortly after 1100 by the noble house of Bogen, Germany, Bogen, whose ministeriales were recorded as holding it as of 1154. The Counts Bogen may have obtained the lordship by marriage of Bertold II of Bogen to Seuhard, sister of Count Popo of Carniola. In 1189, the castle was mentioned as ''Castrum Gurkeuelt'', under the Bogen ministeriale Ortolf. In that year Adalbert of Bogen pawned it to Roman Catholic Archdiocese of ...
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