Šenkenberk Castle
| Šenkenberk Castle | ||
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| Alternative name (s): | Šimperk, Šimberk, Schenkenberg, Schimberg | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Šumná | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 55 '50 " N , 15 ° 54' 36" E | |
| Height: | 412 m nm | |
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The Šenkenberk Castle , also called Šimperk or Šimberk (German Schenkenberg or Schimberg ), is the ruin of a spur castle in Okres Znojmo , Czech Republic . It is located three kilometers northwest of Olbramkostel on the Šumná cadastre .
geography
The ruin is located at 412 m nm in a wooded area in the Jevišovická pahorkatina ( Jaispitzer hill country ) on a rock spur surrounded on three sides by the Plenkovický creek . To the south of the castle is the pond Vlkov ( Schimberger pond ).
history
According to tradition, the castle was built in the middle of the 13th century by an Austrian noble family Schenk . It is assumed that its first owner was Wolfram Schenk, who has been proven to be the royal burgrave of Frain since 1239 , also known as Wilhelm Schenk according to other sources, who is also considered the founder of the Church of Our Lady in Olbramkostel.
The castle was first mentioned in a document in 1325, when King Johann von Luxemburg granted the Hrut von Ruckstein permission to sell the village of Chlupice to his son-in-law Heinrich von Schenkenberg. Heinrich von Schenkenberg, who was also the owner of the Knönitz estate , can be traced back to 1349 . The subsequent owners of the castle were his nephews Markwart and Protiwa. The brothers initially managed the property jointly, then Markwart took it over. In 1353, Markwart von Schenkenberg sold half of the castle including the accessories to Příbík von Jíkev, keeping Žerůtky and Olbramkostel for himself; he sold the other half to his brother Protiwa. Proček von Schenkenberg, who had bought Příbík's half, sold it in 1360 to Jimram von Jakubov, Oldřich von Želetava and Raško von Bor . Proček's brothers Markwart and Boček owned the other half. The latter shared his share with Oldřich von Želetava in 1361, who later also bought Markwart's share. Probably went out the sex of Schenkenberg afterwards and the castle fell to the sovereigns home . In 1406, Margrave Jobst of Moravia inherited the Schenkenberg Castle with the villages of Vlkov, Hostěrádky, Žerůtky and Milíčovice and the desert village of Epice to Přech von Kojetice. This overwritten the rule Schenkenberg his wife Katharina as a morning gift , making Jindřich Ctibor von Bořečkovice the co-owner. In 1418 Přech's second wife, Maná, also received the rule as a morning gift. Ulrich von Eincingen later acquired the rule, and in 1426 King Sigismund confirmed the fief to him as a pledge.
It is not known when and by whom the castle was destroyed. This probably took place at the end of the Hussite Wars or in the Bohemian-Hungarian War between King George of Podebrady and the anti-king Matthias Corvinus . The village of Schenkenberg, located below the castle, probably went out together with the castle; it was called desolate from 1549 onwards. When Michael von Eincingen sold the Neuhäusel estate to Adam von Batschkowitz on Joslowitz in 1517 , the desert Schenkenberg Castle was listed as an accessory. In the forest area, in the immediate vicinity of the ruins, there are also the deserts of Hypice, Telčice and Vlkov and it is assumed that these villages also belonged to the castle. The ruin was later popularly referred to as Schimberg .
investment
The castle was separated from the ridge to the east by a deep moat . To the north, south and west, the complex was surrounded by the valley of the Plenkovický brook. Inside, another ditch divided the outer bailey from the main castle .
Remains of the outer walls and the palace are preserved . The freely accessible ruin has been protected as a cultural monument since 1958.
literature
- Gregor Wolny : The Margraviate of Moravia described topographically, statistically and historically. III. Volume: Znaimer Kreis (1837), p. 204.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ hrad Šimberk (Šimperk, Šenkenberk), zřícenina ÚSKP 45853 / 7-6811 in the monument catalog pamatkovykatalog.cz (Czech).
