Burgstall Neuhaus (Klentnice)
| Burgstall Neuhaus | ||
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.JPG) View from the south of the castle rock |
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| Creation time : | between 1368 and 1375 | |
| Castle type : | Höhenburg, spur location | |
| Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
| Place: | Klentnice | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 51 '57.7 " N , 16 ° 38' 11.8" E | |
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The Burgstall Neuhaus (Czech hrad Neuhaus , seldom Nový hrad u Mikulova ) is an abandoned hilltop castle in the Czech Republic . It is located one kilometer southeast of Horní Věstonice on the district of Klentnice in Okres Břeclav .
geography
The Postal is located above the limestone cliff Martinka on the ridge Kotel ( boiler ) in the Pavlovské vrchy ( Pálava ). To the south rises the Obora ( Häuselberg , 483 m nm), in the east - separated by the Soutěska gorge ( Klause ) - the Děvín ( Maidenberg , 550 m nm).
Surrounding villages are Dolní Věstonice in the north, Pavlov in the north-east, Klentnice in the south, Perná in the south-west and Horní Věstonice in the north-west.
history
Neuhaus was built between 1368 and 1375 by the Moravian margrave Johann Heinrich to protect the state border and in particular the trade route to Austria leading through the Thaya at Muschau . At the same time, the castle also served as a fortification for the sovereign property against the expansion of the Liechtenstein rule. Together with the later extinct village of Purkmanice, the castle formed a special estate. The lords of Liechtenstein soon showed a keen interest in acquiring the castle for their rule in Nikolsburg . Johann Heinrich's son, Margrave Jobst of Moravia , who had run out of money as a result of the ongoing power struggle with his brother Prokop , sold the castle in 1380 to Johann von Liechtenstein on Nikolsburg and Feldsberg . In 1411 Oldřich Střelec was mentioned as a Liechtenstein burgrave on Neuhaus. In the Liechtenstein land register of 1414, Neuhaus Castle was certified in good structural condition. The castle was built during the Hussite wars , probably in 1426 during the campaign of Hussite to Lower Austria, destroyed. The Lords of Liechtenstein did not have it rebuilt. For a long time there were no further mentions; not until 1629 was it called again as a desert castle. Their ruin has disappeared over time.
investment
The castle was built on a rock ( Neuhäuselberg ) on the northern slope of the Kessel over a rock face that slopes steeply to the west. Access was from the northeast via a moat . On the hilltop above the castle there was a fortification with a trapezoidal plan measuring 22 m × 10-17 m; Castle researchers Miroslav Plaček sees this as a bailey Acropolis, from the south and east of subsequent bailey was guarded. An 18 m wide ditch, over which a bridge led, separated the outer bailey from the inner bailey .
It is assumed that there was a tower in the center of the inner castle. The location of the Palas is assumed to be on the plateau in the south-south-western part of the inner castle. No traces of building could be found on the rock in the northern part of the core castle.
Trenches and ramparts as well as small remnants of walls from an unidentifiable building have been preserved.
The castle stable is located in the Děvín-Kotel-Soutěska National Nature Reserve above the blue hiking trail from Klentnice to Maidenburg and is no longer open to the public. Until the beginning of the 2000s, a marked path led to Neuhaus, the Burgstall was a popular lookout point and offered a wide view of the Thaya plain. The Martinka castle rock is used as a climbing rock.