Krásný Buk Castle

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Krasny Buk ( German Schön beech) are called the remains of a medieval castle at Krasny Buk (Schön Büchel ), a district of Krasna Lipa ( Schönlinde ) in the Bohemian Netherlands in the Czech Republic. From the castle complex parts of the ring Walles are today except a few remains of walls only obtained with the moat.

History

Castle Krasny Buk was built probably in the second half of the 13th century, but no later than the beginning of the 14th century. Beginning of the 14th century the castle belonged to Henry of Lipa Whether he had obsessed about the turn of the century, or whether it was returned to him as Zittau and Oybin until 1310 is unknown. 1319 he swapped Krasny Buk together with these possessions with the Czech king John of Luxembourg and receives possessions in southern Moravia. A little later, apparently sat waiting Berger at the castle, as well as at the nearby Tolstejn. 1339 Nice book was conquered and destroyed by the Zittau and other cities. The castle was no longer renewed and then she fell.

Excavations in 1850 at the castle brought alongside ceramic shards allegedly horseshoes, arrowheads and a Hussite Mace -a-days. Not far from the castle on a field also a heavily weathered and broken into two parts Roman coin from the reign of Emperor Hadrian ( 117-138 AD. ) Was found.