Kraví Hora Castle
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| Alternative name (s): | Krawihora, Kuhburg | |
| Creation time : | First mentioned in 1367 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, rocky location | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Kuroslepy | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 8 '20 " N , 16 ° 13' 47" E | |
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Kraví Hora (German Krawihora , also Kuhburg ) is a former rock castle in the Czech Republic . It is located two kilometers southeast of Kuroslepy in the Okres Třebíč .
geography
The remains of the castle are located in the southeast of the Jevišovická pahorkatina on a wooded rock spur on the left side above the Oslava before the confluence of the Chvojnice . Opposite are the remains of Levnov Castle . Senoradský Mlýn is located at the foot of the Kraví Hora Castle in the Oslava Valley. To the west is the Šance castle stable .
Surrounding villages are Kuroslepy , Ketkovice , Čučice , Senorady , Mohelno and Kladeruby nad Oslavou .
history
According to old traditions, according to the chronicler Václav Hájek z Libočan, several Moravians hid from the Hungarians on the Kraví Hora at the time of the fall of the Great Moravian Empire . These are said to have used the predicate of Kraví Hora .
The castle was first mentioned in a document in 1367 as the property of Ješek von Náchod , who also used the title of Kraví Hora . His son of the same name sold the castle including the village to the lords of Schellenberg, the owners of the Šelmberk castle . During the Moravian Fratricidal War between Jobst and Prokop of Moravia, the military occupation of the castle undertook raids into the property of the Benedictine monastery in Třebíč . In 1409 the castle was besieged by the Znojmo people . From the Schellenbergs, Kraví Hora fell to their relative Jan Komorovský von Komorovice, who died after 1459, together with the Březník rule . King George of Podebrady left its property to Matěj von Náchod and Březník, some of the goods were given to the Vladiken von Kralice . This subsequently led to feuds between Matěj von Náchod and the Kralický von Kralice.
After the end of the Hussite Wars , marauding mercenaries Albrecht V marched through the area, plundering. The band of robbers from Burghart Kienberger settled on Levnov and other castles and demanded the wages that were in arrears after Albrecht's death. The Moravian Parliament, convened by both the castle owners and the robbers, decided in Velké Meziříčí that the occupied castles Levnov, Kraví Hora, Lamberk, Sedlecký hrad, Holoubek and Kufštejn as well as the town of Pohořelice should be released by the rightful owners and then by the Landwehr of the Moravian Estates should be razed. After the redemption, the Kienberger mercenary gang withdrew to Austria - probably with the assurance of safe conduct. The Landwehr then began razing the castles in 1442. The cities of Brno , Ivančice , Znojmo , Třebíč and Jihlava had to compensate the rightful owners for the demolition. After Matěj von Náchod and Březník died, the goods fell to his arch enemies, the Kralický von Kralice, in 1492.
investment
The castle, which had a trapezoidal plan, was protected from the south and east by the Oslava and Chvojnice valleys. Except for the south side, Kraví Hora was surrounded by a wall and moat. The entrance to the castle was from the north.
A five meter high semicircular stump of the keep and the moat are preserved .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ possibly this, after cs: Kokštejn ?