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Sirotčí Hrádek
Sirotčí hrádek (also Sirotčí hrad, Sirotčí hrady or Růžový hrad; or ''Rosenstein'') is a ruin of a Gothic castle in the municipality Klentnice in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. The origins of the castle date back to the 13th century, when it was built by the Wehingen family; the castle then belonged to the Liechtensteins and the Dietrichsteins, before being abandoned in the 16th century. It has been protected as a cultural monument since 1958. History The castle was built in the middle of the 13th century by the Swabian Wehingen family, or rather their offshoot, which was founded by the knight Siegfried Sirotek. After the extinction of the Wehingen family, the castle came into the possession of King Wenceslas III in 1305, who was murdered a year later. Then the Liechtensteins acquired it. In 1575, the Dietrichsteins became the owners of the then desolate castle. Although the land registry from 1560 does not mention Sirotčí hrádek in 1590 it e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klentnice
Klentnice () is a municipality and village in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants. Geography Klentnice is located about northwest of Břeclav and south of Brno. It lies in the Mikulov Highlands. The village is situated on the eastern slope of the hill Stolová hora, which has an elevation of . The highest point of the municipality is the slope of the hill Obora at above sea level. Klentnice is located within the Pálava Protected Landscape Area. History Grave findings of the La Tène culture are documents of an early settlement. In the times of Great Moravia, the area was inhabited by the Slavs. After the empire fell, the inhabitants were replaced by German colonists. The first written mention of Klentnice is from 1322, when it was part of the Mikulov estate. As a part of the Mikulov estate, it was owned by the House of Liechtenstein. They contributed to cultural and ethnic enrichment when they invited Jews and Ana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorge
A canyon (; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tendency to cut through underlying surfaces, eventually wearing away rock layers as sediments are removed downstream. A river bed will gradually reach a baseline elevation, which is the same elevation as the body of water into which the river drains. The processes of weathering and erosion will form canyons when the river's River source, headwaters and estuary are at significantly different elevations, particularly through regions where softer rock layers are intermingled with harder layers more resistant to weathering. A canyon may also refer to a rift between two mountain peaks, such as those in ranges including the Rocky Mountains, the Alps, the Himalayas or the Andes. Usually, a river or stream carves out such splits between mountains. Exa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castles In The South Moravian Region
A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars usually consider a ''castle'' to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble. This is distinct from a mansion, palace, and villa, whose main purpose was exclusively for ''pleasance'' and are not primarily fortresses but may be fortified. Use of the term has varied over time and, sometimes, has also been applied to structures such as hill forts and 19th- and 20th-century homes built to resemble castles. Over the Middle Ages, 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 commonplace. European-style castles originated in the 9th and 10th centuries after the fall of the Carolingian Empire, which resulted in its territory being divided among individual lords and princes. These nobles built castles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Castles In The South Moravian Region
This is a list of castles and chateaux located in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. B * Babice nad Svitavou, Babice Castle * Bítov Castle * Blansek Castle * Blansko Chateau * Bohuslavice (Hodonín District), Bohuslavice Castle * Boleradice Castle * Boskovice - Bašta Castle * Boskovice - Rezidence Chateau * Boskovice Castle * Boskovice Chateau * Branišovice Chateau * Brnen Castle * Brno - Pisárky Chateau * Břeclav#B.C5.99eclav Castle, Břeclav Chateau * Břežany (Znojmo District), Břežany Chateau * Bučín Castle * Bučovice Castle * Bučovice Chateau * Bukovina Castle * Bzenec Castle C * Chrlice Chateau * Chvalkovice na Hané Chateau * Cornštejn Castle * Čejkovice (Hodonín District), Čejkovice Chateau * Čepička Castle * Černá Hora (Blansko District), Černá Hora Chateau D * Deblín Castle * Dědice Castle * Děvičky Castle * Dolní Kounice Chateau * Doubravice nad Svitavou Castle * Drnholec Chateau * Drnovice (Vyškov District), Drnovice Chate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castellan
A castellan, or constable, was the governor of a castle in medieval Europe. Its surrounding territory was referred to as the castellany. The word stems from . A castellan was almost always male, but could occasionally be female, as when, in 1194, Beatrice of Bourbourg inherited her father's castellany of Bourbourg upon the death of her brother, Roger. Initial functions During the Migration Period after the fall of the Western Roman Empire (third to sixth century), foreign tribes entered Western Europe, causing strife. The answer to recurrent invasion was to create fortified areas which evolved into castles. Some military leaders gained control of several areas, each with a castle. The problem lay in exerting control and authority in each area when a leader could only be in one place at a time. To overcome this, they appointed castellans as their trusted vassals to manage a castle in exchange for obligations to the landlord, often a noble. In the 9th century, as fortification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Templars
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a military order of the Catholic faith, and one of the most important military orders in Western Christianity. They were founded in 1118 to defend pilgrims on their way to Jerusalem, with their headquarters located there on the Temple Mount, and existed for nearly two centuries during the Middle Ages. Officially endorsed by the Catholic Church by such decrees as the papal bull '' Omne datum optimum'' of Pope Innocent II, the Templars became a favoured charity throughout Christendom and grew rapidly in membership and power. The Templar knights, in their distinctive white mantles with a red cross, were among the most skilled fighting units of the Crusades. They were prominent in Christian finance; non-combatant members of the order, who made up as much as 90% of their members, managed a large economic infrastructure throughout Christendom. They developed innovative financ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
