gate "Černá brána" (German "Flehturm) , Vimperk, Winterberg, Okres Prachatice,Czech Republic, Europe. Photo Willy Matheisl
German: Flehturm Renaissance chateau Vimperk Founded as a castle on the site of an ancient settlement by Purkart of Vrchotovy Janovice, the burgrave of Zvíkov, in the second half of the 13th century. From the 14th century it was in the possession of the noblemen of Sulevice; at that time there was already a townlet below the castle. In 1470 ownership fell to Václav Vlček of Čenov, a famous warrior. In 1479, under Petr Kaplíř of Sulevice, the townlet and the castle merged into a single fortified unit and the Haselburg fortress was added as an outpost to the castle to protect a weak point in its defence. From 1494 the castle was the property of the Malovec family of Chýnov (who had the castle rebuilt into a chateau), and the following owners include Jáchym of Hradec in 1553, Vilém of Rožmberk in 1563, Volf Novohradský of Kolovraty in 1601 (another reconstruction), the Eggenbergs from 1630, and the Schwarzenbergs from 1698. The last reconstruction was undertaken in 1857, and then the chateau housed various offices as well as barracks.
Size: 3744px × 5616px
Location: Flehturm, Vimperk, (German:Winterberg), Okres Prachatice, Bohemian Forest, Czech Republic, Europe.
Photo credit: © willy matheisl / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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