Krašov Castle

Hrad Krašov (Krašov Castle)
	The castle ruins
Castle type :	Höhenburg, hillside location
Conservation status:	ruin
Place:	Bohy
Geographical location	49 ° 56 '56 " N , 13 ° 35' 18" E Coordinates: 49 ° 56 '56 " N , 13 ° 35' 18" E
Height:	300 m nm

The castle Krašov is the ruins of a hilltop castle on the valley slopes of the Berounka in the municipality Bohy in Plzeň-North District in Plzeňský kraj in Czech Republic . It is located around ten kilometers southeast of Kralovice .

history

Construction of the castle began around 1232. Hieronymus the Younger Hrobschitzky von Hrobschitz had it converted into a Renaissance complex. From 1755 to 1779 it served as the summer residence of the monks of the Plasy monastery . After the monastery was dissolved in 1785, the castle fell into disrepair.

The castle ruins above the Berounka valley

The castle, an irregular structure, lies in the field of fire of a plateau about 50 m higher, on which a bastion stood for protection.

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