Plavecký Castle
| Plavecký Castle | |
|---|---|
| Plavecké Podhradie, Slovakia | |
 View on the surroundings from the castle | |
  Plavecký Castle | |
| Coordinates | 48°29′36″N 17°16′06″E / 48.493333°N 17.268448°E |
| Site information | |
| Condition | Ruined |
| Site history | |
| Built | mid-13th century |
| Built by | Béla IV of Hungary |
| Materials | Limestone |
| Demolished | 1706 |
Plavecký Castle (Slovak: Plavecký hrad) is a ruined medieval castle in the municipality of Plavecké Podhradie in the Bratislava region of south-west Slovakia.[1] It is located on the western foothills of the Little Carpathians.
History
Most likely the building of the castle was an initiative of king Béla IV of Hungary. It was built shortly afer the middle of the 13th century as a castle on the frontier of the Kingdom of Hungary. The castle was first mentioned in relation to the Hungarian-Czech wars in documents of Ladislaus IV of Hungary. In 1273, one of the battles against the Czech king Ottokar II of Bohemia took place right below the Plavecký castle. The oligarch, Matthew III Csák seized the castle at the end of the 13th century. A century later, in 1394, Sigismund of Luxembourg donated the castle to his loyal duke Stibor of Stiboricz. [1]
See also
References
- ^ a b Kollár, Daniel; Nešpor, Jaroslav (2007). Castles - Most Beautiful Ruins (1st ed.). Bratislava: DAJAMA. pp. 16–19. ISBN 978-80-89226-42-9.