Lemberk Castle is a castle in

Jablonné v Podještědí Jablonné v Podještědí (until 1946 Německé Jablonné; german: Deutsch Gabel, until 1901 ''Gabel'') is a town in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 3,700 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and ...

in the

Liberec Region Liberec Region ( cs, Liberecký kraj, german: Reichenberger Region, pl, Kraj liberecki) is an administrative unit (Czech: ''kraj'') of the Czech Republic, located in the northernmost part of its historical region of Bohemia. It is named after i ...

of the

Czech Republic The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...

. It is located in the

Lusatian Mountains The Lusatian Mountains ( cs, Lužické hory; german: Lausitzer Gebirge; pl, Góry Łużyckie) are a mountain range of the Western Sudetes on the southeastern border of Germany with the Czech Republic. They are a continuation of the Ore Mountains ...

Geography

Lemberk Castle is located in the village of Lvová, which is an administrative part of

, west of

Liberec Liberec (; german: Reichenberg ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants and it is the fifth-largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preser ...

. It is located in the heart of the

History

Lemberk Castle was constructed in the 1240s by

Havel of Markvartice Havel of Markvartice, also Havel of Lemberk ( cs, Havel z Lemberka) or Gallus of Lämberg; ''Floruit, fl.'' 1230–1255) was a Bohemian nobleman, Lord of Lemberk Castle and burgrave of Kłodzko Land, Kladsko. Family The Markvartici — also calle ...

. In the second half of the 16th century it was rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau and it acquired its present appearance after the mid-17th century under the lords of Breda. The last owners were the Clam-Gallas family, who owned the castle until 1945.

Today

Today only the cylindrical tower is still standing from the original structure.Lemberk
/ref> The castle is now state owned and accessible to public in the form of organized tours.

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Jablonné v Podještědí Castles in the Liberec Region National Cultural Monuments of the Czech Republic {{CzechRepublic-castle-stub