Bubble Stone Castle
| Bubble Stone Castle | ||
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 The castle ruins seen from the village of Plavecké Podhradie |
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| Alternative name (s): | Plavecký castle | |
| Creation time : | between 1256 and 1273 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Plavecké Podhradie , Slovakia | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 29 '38 " N , 17 ° 16' 8" E | |
| Height: | 400 m nm | |
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The bladder stone castle (German alternatively also castle Plasenstein , Slovakian Plavecký hrad , Hungarian Detrekő ; older names: 1274 Detreh , Dethruh , 1296 Detrech , 1394 Plosenstein , 1420 Plawcz , 1437 Detrehkw , 1469 Plozsten , 1532 Plawcž ) is the ruin of a hill castle above The village of Plavecké Podhradie , on the Pohanská hill at the western foothills of the Little Carpathians . The entrance to the Plavecká jaskyňa cave is on the northern flank of the Pohanská hill .
Surname
The name comes from the Slavic name of the nomadic tribe Kyptschaken Polovci (Slovak - Plavci; German Kumanen ), not from the Slovak plavec (German: swimmer). They were invited by Hungarian kings to monitor the borders.
history
The bladder stone castle was built between the years 1256 and 1273. Its main task was the border protection. In the chronicle of the anonymous notary of King Béla IV. (Hungary) she is mentioned under the name Detrek . It was named after its builder, Count von Sohl and the Zips , Magister Detrich. King Sigismund gave the castle to the Polish nobleman Stibor von Stiborice in 1398 . The large Gothic castle reconstruction meant changing the fortress into a representative residence. In 1434 the von Stiborice family died out with the death of their only son Stibor II and their possessions reverted to the Hungarian crown. Then the Counts of St. Georgen and Bösing became owners of the castle. From 1553 to 1575 the castle was owned by the wealthy Swabian merchant family of the Fuggers . They built the mighty bastion that should protect the hill entrance. King Ferdinand I (HRR) gave the castle to the knight Melicher Balassa. The Balassa family strengthened the fortress. The building elements of the Renaissance architecture that can still be seen today originate from this period. In 1641 the Pálffy family got the castle from Ferdinand II. Palatine and Count Paul Pálffy (Pavol Pálffy in Slovak) did not use the castle as a residence, but as a fortress. The fortress was damaged by the Imperial Army in 1706. During this time the castle was manned by the insurgent soldiers of Franz II Rákóczi . It was the last and largest uprising (1703 to 1711) against the Habsburg monarchy in what was then Hungary. Since then the castle has been in ruins.
photos
The entrance gate
Bastion of the upper castle
Individual evidence
- ↑ Plavecký Castle - History (Slovak)
- ↑ Plavecký Castle - History (German)
Web links
- Description on zamky.sk (Slovak)
- Description on slovenskehrady.sk (Slovak)
- Description on burgenwelt.de (German)
