Starý Žeberk Castle

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Starý Žeberk Castle
First courtyard

First courtyard

Alternative name (s): Seeberg Castle, Alt Seeberg Castle
Creation time : 13th Century
Castle type : Hilltop castle
Conservation status: Wall remains
Place: Jezeří
Geographical location 50 ° 32 '47.5 "  N , 13 ° 28' 58.8"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 32 '47.5 "  N , 13 ° 28' 58.8"  E
Height: 683  m nm
Starý Žeberk Castle (Czech Republic)
Starý Žeberk Castle
Remains of the courtyard wall

The Starý Žeberk Castle (German Alt Seeberg , also Seeberg ) is the ruin of a hilltop castle on the southern roof of the Ore Mountains in Northern Bohemia in the Jezeří district of the Horní Jiřetín municipality in Okres Most , Czech Republic.

location

The remains of the castle are located southwest of the summit rock on the wooded mountain Jezeří ( Seeberg , 707 m above sea level) in the National Nature Reserve Jezerka. To the west is the valley of the Vesnický potok ( Eisenberger Waldbach ) with the Jezeří dam , one and a half kilometers northeast of the Jezeří castle . The Lom ČSA open- cast lignite mine extends to the east in the North Bohemian Basin at the site of the former lake meadow .

Surrounding places are Jezeří in the northeast, Vysoká Pec in the south, Pyšná in the west and Lesná and Červená Jáma in the northwest.

history

Seeberg Castle was probably built as a protective castle in the first half of the 13th century. Possibly the Lords of Rvenice were the builders of the castle, which got its name from its location above the Komořanské jezero . The Leisnig burgraves later acquired the property, and the branch of the family was henceforth called von Seeberg ( ze Žeberka ). The castle was first mentioned in 1277 as the property of Albrecht von Seeberg, who is considered in some sources to be the builder of the castle, and who was named as the burgrave of the royal Kaaden castle in 1272 and 1292 . He was lord in Kaaden , Tachau and Bilin . With Albrecht's death in 1321 the male line of the Lords of Seeberg expired; subsequently the Seeberg dominion fell to the Ottonian branch of the lords of Lobdeburg-Bergow . In 1327 Otto II von Bergow auf Bilin , who was married to Albrecht's granddaughter Margarethe von Seeberg, was named Herr auf Seeberg.

Since Seeberg Castle was difficult to access and probably also suffered from a lack of water, the Lords of Bergow built a new, larger castle in a more convenient location three kilometers to the northwest in the second quarter of the 14th century, which was called Neu Seeberg . The old castle was henceforth called Alt Seeberg . In the years 1374 to 1379 Otto III. von Bergow named as the owner of the rulership and patron saint of the churches in the villages of Göttersdorf and Bernau . Alt Seeberg Castle was probably abandoned during this time. As Otto III. von Bergow sold the Seeberg rule to Thimo VIII von Colditz in 1383 and withdrew to Bilin Castle, only the Alt Seeberg mountain was mentioned in the purchase.

At times, the Lords of Seeberg also owned Egerberg Castle .

investment

The castle was protected on three sides by steep cliffs and had a triangular floor plan. Access was from the north from the saddle between the Seeberg and the Jánský vrch ( St. John's Fire Hill ). The core castle with a residential building or a castle tower was located on the two summit rocks of the Seeberg, from which nothing is visible. Only walls, ditches and remains of the first courtyard with small parts of the outer wall are preserved. The ruin is made of beech forest.

Say

There are several legends about Seeberg Castle (or about Neuseeberg Castle):

  • The sunken Seeberg Castle
  • The Seaberg Maiden
  • The treasures in the Seeberg

literature

  • Viktor Karell : Castles and palaces of the Ore Mountains and Egertal. Vol. 1, Vinzenz Uhl Verlagbuchhandlung, Kaaden, 1935. (Seeberg Castle p. 70)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Viktor Karell : Castles and palaces of the Ore Mountains and Egertal. Vol. 1, Vinzenz Uhl Verlagbuchhandlung, Kaaden, 1935. (Seeberg Castle p. 70, Kaaden Castle p. 51)
  2. ^ Author collective, u. a. Helmut Bräuer, Robby Joachim Götze, Steffen Winkler and Wolf-Dieter Röber : The Schönburger, economy, politics, culture . Brochure for the special exhibition of the same name 1990–91 in the museum and art collection Schloss Hinterglauchau, Glauchau 1990, chap. “An overview of Schönburg possessions”: the Lords of Seeberg at Egerberg Castle p. 15
  3. ↑ Viktor Karell : Castles and palaces of the Ore Mountains and Egertal. Vol. 1, Vinzenz Uhl Verlagbuchhandlung, Kaaden , 1935. Legends about Seeberg Castle pp. 108–111

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