| Lemberk Castle | |
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Zámek Lemberk | |
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| Type | Castle |
| Town or city | Jablonné v Podještědí |
| Country | Czech Republic |
Lemberk Castle (Czech : Zámek Lemberk) is a castle in Jablonné v Podještědí in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Lusatian Mountains.
Lemberk Castle is located in the village of Lvová, which is an administrative part of Jablonné v Podještědí, west of Liberec. It is located in the heart of the Lusatian Mountains.
Lemberk Castle was constructed in the 1240s by Havel of Markvartice. In the second half of the 16th century it was rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau and it acquired its present appearance after the mid-17th century under the lords of Breda. The last owners were the Clam-Gallas family, who owned the castle until 1945. [1]
Today only the cylindrical tower is still standing from the original structure. [2] The castle is now state owned and accessible to public in the form of organized tours. [1]
Liberec is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 108,000 inhabitants and it is the fifth-largest city in the country. It lies on the Lusatian Neisse, in a basin surrounded by mountains. The city centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
Saxon Switzerland is a hilly climbing area and national park in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. It is located around the Elbe valley south-east of Dresden in Saxony, Germany, adjoining Bohemian Switzerland in the Czech Republic. Together with the Czech part, the region is known as Saxon-Bohemian Switzerland.
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Jablonec nad Nisou is a city in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 46,000 inhabitants. It is the second-largest city in the region. It is a local centre for education, and is known for its glass and jewelry production, especially for bijou. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
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Trosky Castle is a castle ruin in the municipality of Troskovice in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It lies about 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Semily. It is located on the summits of two basalt volcanic plugs. On the lower peak, 47 metres (154 ft), is the two-storey structure called Baba (Crone), and on the higher outcrop, 57 metres (187 ft), is the four-sided structure known as Panna (Maiden). The castle is a landmark of the Bohemian Paradise region.
Havel of Markvartice, also Havel of Lemberk or Gallus of Lämberg; fl. 1230–1255) was a Bohemian nobleman, Lord of Lemberk Castle and burgrave of Kladsko.
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Hrádek nad Nisou is a town in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,900 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone.
Tolštejn Castle is a ruin of a medieval castle in the municipal area of Jiřetín pod Jedlovou in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It is situated on the Tolštejn mountain in Lusatian Mountains, 670 metres (2,200 ft) above sea level. It is located approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of Varnsdorf.
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Chotyně is a municipality and village in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants. It is known for the Grabštejn Castle.
Janovice v Podještědí is a municipality and village in Liberec District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 90 inhabitants.
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Ralsko is a mountain in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It is a 698-metre-high (2,290 ft) basalt isolated cone mountain. It is the highest peak of the Ralsko Uplands and of the entire Bohemian Table subprovince. The ruins of the Gothic Ralsko Castle are on its top. The summit area is protected as a nature reserve.
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