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List Of Castles In Slovenia
This is a list of castles in Slovenia. A * Ajman Castle B * Baumkircher Tower * Bela Peč Castle * Betnava Castle *Bistrica Castle *Bled Castle * Bogenšperk Castle * Bokalce Castle * Borl Castle * Branik Castle * Brdo Castle near Kranj * Brežice Castle * Bucelleni-Ruard Manor C * Celje Castle G * Gracar Turn * Gradac, Slovenia * Slovenske Konjice, Gonobitz castle I * Ig Castle J * Jablje Castle * Jakobski Dol Castle K * Kacenštajn Castle * Kalec Castle * Kieselstein Castle * Koprivnik Castle * Kos Manor * Kostel Castle * Kozjak Castle * Kravjek Castle * Krško Castle * Krumperk Castle * Kunšperk L * Leutemberg Castle * Lihtenberk Castle * Lipnica Castle * Lož Castle * Ljubljana Castle M * Maribor Castle * Medija Castle * Metlika Castle * Miren Castle * Mokrice Castle O * Olimje Castle * Ortnek Castle P * Podsmreka Castle * Polhov Gradec Castle * Predjama Castle * Ptuj Castle R * Račji Dvor Manor * Raka Castle * Ravne Castle * Rihemberk Castle * Rajhenburg Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 residence of a lord or noble. This is distinct from a palace, which is not fortified; from a fortress, which was not always a residence for royalty or nobility; from a ''pleasance'' which was a walled-in residence for nobility, but not adequately fortified; and from a fortified settlement, which was a public defence – though there are many similarities among these types of construction. Use of the term has varied over time and has also been applied to structures such as hill forts and 19th-20th century homes built to resemble castles. Over the approximately 900 years when genuine castles were built, they took on a great many forms with many different features, although some, such as curtain walls, arrowslits, and portcullises, were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Celje Castle
Celje Castle (also known as Celje Upper Castle or ''Old Castle'') (Slovene language, Slovene ''Celjski grad'', ''Celjski zgornji grad'' or ''Stari grad'') is a castle ruin in Celje, Slovenia, formerly the seat of the Counts of Celje. It stands on three hills to the southeast of Celje, where the river Savinja meanders into the Laško valley. Today, the castle is in the process of being restored. It was once the largest fortification on Slovenian territory. History Early history The earliest reference to Celje Castle dates from 1322 and calls it “purch Cylie”. Later, the castle was known by various names, including “vest Cili” (1341), “castrum Cilie” (1451), “gsloss Obercili” (1468). It is noteworthy that the name “Obercili” - ''Upper Celje'' - only appears after the Counts of Celje had died out. Its original name was “grad Celje” (''Celje Castle''). The first fortified building on the site (a Romanesque architecture, Romanesque palace) was built in the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kos Manor
The Kos Manor ( sl, Kosova graščina) is a 16th-century manor house located in the Murova neighborhood of the town of Jesenice, Slovenia, at the street address of ''Cesta maršala Tita 64''. It is one of four so-called "ironworks castles" built in the area during the 16th and early 17th centuries by owners of local iron-mining and -processing facilities, in what were then the clustered settlements of Plavž, Sava, Murova and Javornik, amalgamated into the town of Jesenice in 1929. The Bucellini-Ruard Manor in Sava is another survivor of the original four; the Plavž and Javornik manors have been torn down. The Kos manor was built in 1521 by Sigismund (Žiga) of Dietrichstein, a leaseholder of the Bucelleni family, owners of the Sava ironworks. It is located in what was then the heart of the Murova settlement, at the foot of the path leading to the Church of St. Leonard atop a small hill a few hundred metres away. The manor is mentioned in period documents as the "''old belope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koprivnik Castle
Koprivnik Castle ( sl, Grad Koprivnik, , german: Burg Rabensberg) is a castle ruin above the village of Sveta Trojica, near Moravče in central Slovenia. History The castle was probably built in the 12th century, in order to protect the trade route from the Moravče Valley to the Lower Sava Valley. Its first recorded owner was Ulschalcus von Rabensberg, of the knights of Rabensberg ( sl, Koprivniški), first mentioned in 1214. The castle was abandoned in the 13th century, when the owners relocated to Krumperk Castle, and it was in ruins by the 17th century. The estate was inherited by the Hohenwarths, followed by the sisters of St. Clare from Mekinje. In the second half of the 19th century, the castle became known as Old Castle ( sl, Stari grad) or Freight Castle (), named after the nearby freight route from the Central Sava Valley The Central Sava Valley ( sl, Zasavje) is a valley in the Sava Hills and a geographic region along the Sava in central Slovenia, now constitut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kieselstein Castle
Kieselstein Castle, also known as Khislstein, ( sl, Grad Kieselstein / Khislstein) is a 13th-century castle in the city of Kranj, in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. The castle stands at what was once a defensible point, guarding the city pier and crossing over the river Sava, and was predated on the site by a round 11th-century keep. The current structure was built in 1256 by the Counts of Ortenburg, by an arrangement with the lord of Kranj, Ulrich III, Duke of Carinthia. Until 1420, the tower was managed by their ministeriales or vassals, the knights von Chreinburch; in that year, it passed to Count Hermann II of Celje. During the period of Turkish incursions, the tower was incorporated into the city walls. After the extinction of the Counts of Celje in 1456, it was inherited by the Habsburgs, who sold it in the mid 16th century to Baron Hans Khiessl. Khiessl successfully petitioned Emperor Ferdinand I for the right to rename the castle after himself, and also expanded t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalec Castle
Kalec Castle ( sl, Grad Kalec, originally ''Kalc'' or ''Kauc''; german: Steinberg or ''Stemberg'') is a partially ruined castle in Bač in Slovenia. The castle, of which only a single tower and some sections of wall survive intact, stands on a slope known as ''Breg'', near the source of the Pivka River, at an elevation of 618 m. Illustrated in Valvasor's 1689 '' Glory of the Duchy of Carniola'', it was built in the mid-17th century by the noble house of Steinberg. Its later owners included the Auersperg family and the Slovene composer Miroslav Vilhar, who also died in it. The castle was abandoned by its last residents after World War I, and began falling apart. In 1941 it hosted a meeting of the antifascist militant group TIGR. Today the Krpan Hiking Trail passes beside the ruins, which are surrounded by a copse of old linden trees. The path to the castle is bordered by a row of chestnut The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kacenštajn Castle
Kacenštajn Castle ( sl, Grad Kacenštajn) comprises, together with St. Ursula's Church, the old center of the village of Begunje in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. History The castle was first mentioned in historical documents in 1428. The noble house of Katzen (locally known as ''Kacijanarji'') rebuilt it in the 16th century, but it took its final shape a century later, when the Counts of Lamberg moved to it from Kamen Castle. The original two-story core of the castle survives inside newer additions, as do remnants of its Gothic architecture. The majority of the present structure dates from its Renaissance and Baroque rebuildings, and the southeast wing was added in the 19th century. The layout of the castle's Baroque garden remains, although the grounds are now occupied by a vegetable garden. The 140 m avenue leading to the manor is bordered with mature chestnuts. Before the Second World War, the manor served as a women's penitentiary, operated by the Sisters of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakobski Dol Castle
Jakobski Dol Castle ( sl, Grad Jakobski Dol, german: Schloss Laas) is a 17th-century castle located in the settlement of Spodnji Jakobski Dol, part of the municipality of Pesnica in northeastern Slovenia. History Sources mention a precursor of the present castle on the same site in the 15th and 16th centuries. The current structure was built in 1678 by the wife of Graz Graz (; sl, Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna. As of 1 January 2021, it had a population of 331,562 (294,236 of whom had principal-residence status). In 2018, the popul ... lawyer, provincial secretary and official dr. Gottfried von Beckham-Widmannstetter. After his death, the manor was inherited by his son, who died in battle soon after. The estate was then held by the Beckh family until 1768, when it was bought first by Kajetan Langenmanntel and then in 1779 by Count Kajetan Auersperg. Five years later in 1784 it was purchased by Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jablje Castle
Jablje Castle ( sl, Grad Jablje), also known as Jable Castle ( sl, Grad Jable), Habah Castle ( sl, Grad Habah), or Habach Castle ( sl, Grad Habach, german: Schloss Habach), is a castle above the settlement of Loka pri Mengšu, Slovenia. It is located on the western edge of the Mengeš Plain. History The original castle at Jablje was first mentioned in 1268, while the current structure was built by the noble house of Lamberg around 1530. The castle subsequently passed through the hands of the Rasp family, the barons Mosconi, and was from 1780 until the end of World War II owned by the barons Lichtenberg. Though it survived the war largely intact, the castle was nationalized and thoroughly looted during the following years, being first converted into apartments and then serving as an experimental facility of the Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana. After a thorough renovation carried out between 1999 and 2006, the castle was a major protocolary site during the 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ig Castle
Ig Castle ( sl, Grad Ig or ''Ižanski grad'', also known as ''Grad Iški Turn'',Gradovi v Sloveniji: Iški Turn ''Turnek''), also Sonnegg Castle (german: Schloß Sonnegg)''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 113. or Zonek Castle ( sl, grad Zonek), stands on Pungart Hill (elevation ) above the settlement of Ig, on the southern outskirts of , the capital of |
Slovenske Konjice
Slovenske Konjice ( or ; german: Gonobitz, in older sources also ''Gannobitz'') is a town in northeastern Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality of Slovenske Konjice. The area is part of the traditional region of Styria. History and town sights The town of Slovenske Konjice lies below the northern slopes of Mount Konjice ( sl, Konjiška Gora) and the winegrowing Škalce Hills. On a hill above the town to the southwest are the ruins of 12th-century Gonobitz Castle ( sl, Grad Konjice, german: Burg Gonobitz), which has later additions and was abandoned in the 18th century. Its ruins have been partially restored.Barron, Yuri. 2016. ''The Slovenia book: top 100 destinations''. Slovenske Konjice, p. 173. Above Old Square ( sl, Stari trg) stands the medieval Trebnik Mansion. The more than 860-year-old dense town line is a sloping square, from Trebnik Mansion past St. George's parish church, along a small stream in an open channel, down to the Dravinja River. The new Town Square ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
