Manětín Castle
The Manětín Castle is located in the town of Manětín (German Manetin ) in West Bohemia ( Okres Plzeň-sever ) in the Czech Republic .
Manětín was first mentioned in writing in 1169, when King Vladislav II dedicated it to the Order of St. John in Prague . During the rule of the Hrobčický von Hrobčice family , at the end of the 16th century, Jerome the Younger Hrobschitzky von Hrobschitz built the Renaissance chateau in the city center . After a fire in 1712, the then owners, the Lažanský family, had a new castle built with an elongated L-shaped floor plan.
Web links
Commons : Manětín Castle - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Zámek Manětín Official website of the Manětín Castle (Czech)
- cestujme.cz: Manětín Castle
- zamky-hrady.cz: Manětín (Manetin)
Coordinates: 49 ° 59 ′ 29.2 ″ N , 13 ° 13 ′ 56.9 ″ E