Kumburk Castle

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Kumburk Castle
Kumburk letecky.jpg
Alternative name (s): Goldenburg; Kolburk; Kolmburk
Creation time : 14th century
Conservation status: ruin
Place: Syřenov
Geographical location 50 ° 29 '36.4 "  N , 15 ° 26' 44.1"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 29 '36.4 "  N , 15 ° 26' 44.1"  E
Height: 606  m
Kumburk Castle (Czech Republic)
Kumburk Castle

The ruins of the former Kumburk Castle (also: Goldenburg ; Kolburk ; Kolmburk ) are located near Syřenov in the Bohemian Paradise . It belongs to the Semily district .

history

The Kumburk was initially called Goldenburg and was first mentioned at the beginning of the 14th century when it was in the possession of the Markwart von Goldenburg, a member of the Markwartinger tribe . He was successively followed by his sons Benesch ( Beneš ), Heinrich ( Hynek ) and Jan, who called themselves von Kolmburk and Wartenberg . 1406 acquired Johann Kruschina of Lichtenburg the Kumburk, the already manorial Opočno belonged. He was also a burgrave of Prague and captain of the Silesian duchy of Schweidnitz . He was followed by his son, the Hussite leader Hynek Kruschina von Lichtenburg. He had the castle wall reinforced, ordered the construction of further fortifications and built a palace.

In 1500 the Kumburg went to Johann Žehušiský von Nestajov, who sold it in 1513 to Bartholomäus von Münsterberg , a son of Duke Viktorin . From 1517 to 1524 it was owned by the Berka von Dubá lords , followed by the Trčka von Leipa . They sold the Kumburk in 1607 together with the city of Jičín to Sigismund Smiřický of Smiřice , whose property was inherited by his son Jaroslav, after whose death in 1611 Jaroslav's brother Albrecht Jan inherited.

After all Smiřicky properties were confiscated by the emperor after the Battle of White Mountain , their relative Albrecht Wallenstein acquired them . After his murder in 1634, the emperor gave the castle to his general Rudolf von Tiefenbach . Since he died childless, his property went to his widow Maria Eva Elisabeth, née von Sternberg , in 1653 , who bequeathed her to her nephew Jan Norbert von Sternberg in 1676. In 1710 the Sternbergs sold the Kumburk estate to Johann Josef Graf Trautmannsdorff , whose descendants were expropriated in 1945.

The castle was destroyed by imperial decree in 1658 because it is said to have served as an enemy base. In 1939–1941 the walls and towers of the castle ruins were restored.

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