Žovnek Castle ( sl, Žovnek, german: Sanneck) is a
castle northeast of
Braslovče,
Slovenia
Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...
. It lies above
Lake Žovnek. The Lords of Žovnek, later
Counts of Celje, were named after the castle. The castle was first mentioned in 1278 as ''Castrum Sevnekke'', and later as ''Sannegg''.
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Castles in Styria (Slovenia)
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