Rýsov Castle
| Rýsov Castle | ||
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 Čertův kámen boulder |
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| Alternative name (s): | Devil stone | |
| Creation time : | 13-14 century | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall, remains of ramparts and moats | |
| Place: | Provodov | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 8 '58.6 " N , 17 ° 43' 45.5" E | |
| Height: | 516 m nm | |
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The Rýsov Castle was located above the village of Provodov on the Komonetz ridge of the Vizovická vrchovina in the Czech Republic.
geography
The remains of the dialed Spur castle lie on a spur at the northeast slope of Čertův kámen ( Felstone , 542 m) of the same directly on the rock floor of the valley of the Ludkovický brook . To the east rise the Baba (635 m), the Komonec (672 m) and the Brda (600 m) and south of the Oberský (483 m). Surrounding towns are Provodov in the north, Malenisko and Horní Lhota in the east, Podhradí , Pozlovice and Řetechov in the southeast, Pradlisko in the south and Březůvky in the west.
history
Rýsov Castle was built between the second half of the 13th and first half of the 14th centuries according to archaeological finds. Your client is not known. It is considered certain that it served to protect against incursions from Hungary. According to various sources, Rýsov is said to have been the oldest of the three castles on the Komonetz ridge and was ruined by Matthäus Csák around 1360 . They assume that Světlov Castle, two and a half kilometers to the east, was built as a replacement for Rýsov. On the other hand, Rýsov is believed to be the southwestern part of a national defense line Rýsov - Světlov - Engelsberg .
The already desolate castle was first mentioned in writing in 1517, when Jitka von Landstein and her husband Joachim von Bieberstein sold the Světlov estate to Burian von Vlčnov.
Remains of ditches and walls around the rock have been preserved. The lack of wall remains suggests that the castle was built of wood. Overall, Rýsov has not yet been explored much.
Čertův kámen natural monument
The rock Čertův kámen has been protected as a natural monument on an area of 1.86 hectares since 1988 because of the pronounced forms of sandstone weathering.
Web links
- Description on hrady.cz (this has partly been confused with Rysov Castle )