Starý Jičín Castle
| Starý Jičín | ||
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 Reconstructed part of the castle ruins |
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| Alternative name (s): | Alt Titschein | |
| Creation time : | Late 12th or early 13th century | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Starý Jičín | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 34 '57 .9 " N , 17 ° 57' 48.1" E | |
| Height: | 473 m nm | |
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The ruins of the former castle Starý Jičín (German Castle Alt Titschein ) are located in the village of Starý Jičín (Market Alt Titschein ) on the Starojický hill southwest of the town of Nový Jičín ( New Titschein ). The castle was built in the 13th century and expanded in the 16th century by members of the Žerotín family in the Renaissance style. It is one of the oldest Moravian castles. In 1900 the village of Alt Titschein had 657 Czech residents.
Starý Jičín Castle was built by Count Hückeswagen , probably by Arnold von Hückeswagen . Counts Hückeswagen had moved to the Moravian Beskid foothills between 1220 and 1240 , where they also built Hochwald Castle . After Arnold, his son Franco took over the property, who sold the castle to the Olomouc bishop Bruno von Schaumburg between 1252 and 1258 . During the Thirty Years War it was conquered by the Danes in 1626. After that it served as a storage room. It was abandoned in the 18th century. A partially preserved prism-shaped tower stands on the castle grounds. There are also inner vaults, the sheathing of the Renaissance palace and remains of the fortifications. In the castle tower, which was reconstructed in 1996, historical weapons are exhibited and a restaurant is operated.
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- ^ Meyer's Large Conversational Lexicon . 6th edition, Volume 14, Leipzig and Vienna 1908, p. 583, see entry Neutitschein .