Hasištejn Castle

The Hasištejn Castle ( German Hassenstein ) is located in the Bohemian Erzgebirge 627 m nm Height above the town Místo (square) in the district of Chomutov (Czech Republic) and is one of the oldest castles in the Ore Mountains. She was the workplace of Bohuslaus Lobkowicz hate stone.

History

The castle was built in the early 14th century. Probably mid-12th century was at this point a fortress to protect the trade route from Zwickau to Kaaden and the Kingdom of Bohemia. First written record of the once royal castle can be found in the Majestas Carolina, where King John the Blind regulated the heritance in the event of his death. 1348 the castle came into the possession of the Lords of Schoenburg.

Charles IV granted the beautiful burgers in 1351 the rule Hassenstein with the cities Preßnitz (now flooded ) and Schlettau. 1417 was Wenceslas IV, the castle siege, as the lord of the castle Heinrich von Plauen was on Petschau in cahoots with the robber barons Boreš of Giant Castle and Tista of Pfraumberg. Under the leadership of his cousin of the same name, the Order of Knight Heinrich von Plauen and the castellan Liderius Horek, the castle some time could be successfully defended. Only with the support of Nikolaus Lobkowicz succeeded in taking and this was invested with the castle. When he died in 1435, his sons Nicholas II and John Popel shared heritage. 1459, King George of Podiebrad Hassenstein the mountain freedom. In the same year Friedrich III rose. the brothers of Lobkowicz in the kingdom baron. The rule Hassenstein included numerous towns in Saxony and Bohemia, such as Schlettau, Preßnitz or the villages around Kaaden, but not the city that he was a royal possession.

In 1600 a large part of the rule was again come into the possession of the Bohemian crown by exchange of lands. 1606 this concerned the castle, which was sold Emperor Rudolf II of Leonhard von Steinbach, but this was expropriated after the Battle of White Mountain, and expelled from the country. After the end of hatred Steiner Lobkowicz castle had been ruined because the Stampach inhabited castle in Hagendorf ( Ahníkov ). Also the former Office Hassenstein no longer existed. 1891 was the owner of Emanuel Karsch make extensive backup and renovations to the castle known as the desolate since 1634. His son of the same continued to work on the conservation of the ruins. The rule Hagendorf, which had been united from 1773 Brunnersdorf, was expropriated in 1927 as part of the Czech land reform. The Hassenstein and the Dominion until 1945 were privately owned by the Karsch family, which included a brewery and a cannery.

Description

• At the entrance is to the right, a restaurant in which tickets are sold.
• In the courtyard in front of the castle is a staircase leading to a huge vault. Next door is open on weekends newsstands.
• The castle chapel from the early 14th century, consists of the nave, which was originally equipped with a rib - vaulted ceiling, and a square chancel. The triumphal arch that separates the two spaces, consists of sandstone, as well as parts of Gothic forms. Beginning of the 15th century, a staircase was built into the south wall of the chapel reinforced. It gave access from the ship to the grand stands above the entrance and on to the new wing of the palace, created by a link building between the chapel and the old palace.
• A spiral staircase from the end of the 15th century probably led into the living spaces above the chapel.
• In the pavement of the court a sandstone channel is visible, which served as a base of ceramic water pipes.
• From the donjon you have a view on Místo (square) and the lignite-fired power plants in Egertal.

Personalities

• Bohuslav Lobkowicz by Hassenstein (* 1462, † 1510 Hassenstein ), humanist, who made ​​the castle into a cultural center of Europe and on Hassenstein the largest private library in Bohemia had, which was also used by Luther and Melanchthon.
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe visited on September 9, 1810 at his residence at Schloss Eisenberg ruin and drew them. In 1831 he reminded in his diary again at these pleasant stay. To commemorate his visit to the Erzgebirgszweigverein Komotau brought in September 1910 on a blackboard.

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