Jevišovice Castle
| Jevišovice Castle | ||
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| Creation time : | between 1278 and 1288 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Place: | Střelice | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 59 '27.4 " N , 15 ° 59' 28.8" E | |
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The Jevišovice Castle (Czech hrad Jevišovice ) is an abandoned hill fort in the Czech Republic . It is located northeast of the city center of Jevišovice on the district of Střelice in Okres Znojmo .
geography
The castle stable is located on the left side of the Jevišovka on a wooded rock spur above a bend in the river. The Jevišovice Old Castle stands on the opposite spur to the west .
The surrounding villages are Záduška in the east, Jevišovice in the south and Střelice in the northwest.
history
The rock spur was already settled during the Copper Age and is considered an archaeological site of the Jevišovice culture .
The castle was built between 1278 and 1288 by Boček, a son of the Kuna of Zbraslav and Kunstadt and founder of the Jevišovice line of the Lords of Kunstadt . The first indirect mention was made in 1289, when Boček and his brother Kuna first used the Jevišovice title . It was first described in 1398. The power struggle between King Wenceslaus IV and his brother Sigismund and the fratricidal war between Jobst and Prokop of Moravia shattered the country between the 14th and 15th centuries. At that time the castle was the seat of Hynek Dürrteufel von Kunstadt († 1407), who u. a. supported together with Johann Sokol von Lamberg Wenzel IV. and Prokop von Moravia. In Moravia and the Marchfeld he carried on his mischief as a robber baron and successfully resisted the troops of Emperor Sigismund and Duke Albrecht V. After the outbreak of the Hussite Wars , Hynek's sons Hynek II and Boček Dürrteufel von Kunstadt joined the rebels. Since the castle had become a stronghold of the Hussites in southwest Moravia, Duke Albrecht V had it captured and destroyed in 1421. From 1423 the Hussites were able to hold the castle again until 1431, and it was probably conquered again by imperial troops in 1425 . At that time Sezema Zajímač from Kunstadt had a new castle built opposite the old castle on the spur on the right side of the Jevišovka . Both castles were first mentioned in 1432. When Hynek and Boček Dürrteufel von Kunstadt gave half of Střelice to their cousin Jan Zajímač von Kunstadt in 1448, the old castle was described as desolate.
investment
The castle was built on a spur surrounded on three sides by the Jevišovka, which was protected to the west by steep cliffs. In the description of 1389 a front and rear outer bailey, several bridges and passages, a chapel and a mighty square tower are mentioned.
The narrow core castle extended over a length of 60 m on the spur, its maximum width was 38 m. To the northeast, the rear, arched outer bailey , separated by a wide ditch , was 60 × 15 m in size. It is assumed that the development of the outer castles consisted of half-timbered houses .
Little can be seen of the castle. The ground relief with the moat and a rubble mound of the core castle is clearly visible. A small remnant of the northern castle wall and the remains of a building with an arched floor plan in the southwestern part have been preserved. The Burgstall is protected as a cultural monument.
The castle stable offers a good view of the old castle .