Zamek / Chateau Mnisek pod Brdy, CZ
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N 49° 52.087 E 014° 15.499
33U E 446700 N 5524231
Zamek / chateau Mnisek pod Brdy
Waymark Code: WM9ZYV
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 10/24/2010
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Castle Mnisek under Brdy standing on a cliff overlooking a pond. Although four wings, is somewhat unusual, only three towers - two in front and one in the center rear.
Mníšek was until Wenceslas IV. royal property was later a delegation of reward and merit nobility. In 1487 the property received Mnisek Vratislav from Mitrovic who built a castle site of the original mansion. After the Thirty Years' War ravaged Mnisek was sold Engelum from Engelsflussu.
The new owner during the war acquired a large fortune as a contractor for Wallenstein's imperial army and thus put into the construction of a large castle on the ruins of the castle site Mitrovcu. Engel was a heroic defense against the Swedes Charles Bridge ennobled.
Zamek v Mnisku pod Brdy stoji na skale nad zameckym rybnikem. Ac ctyrkridly, ma ponekud netradicne jen tri veze - dve v pruceli a jednu stredovou v zadni casti.
Za vlady poslednich Premyslovcu byla tvrz prestavena na lovecky hradek. Mnisek byl az do doby Vaclava IV. kralovskym majetkem, pozdeji byl sverovan za uplatu a zasluhy panskym manum. V roce 1487 dostali Mnisek do vlastnictvi Vratislavove z Mitrovic, kteri na miste puvodniho hradku zbudovali zamecek. Po tricetilete valce prodali zpustoseny Mnisek Engelum z Engelsflussu.
Novy majitel, puvodem kozeluh z Belgie, behem valky ziskal znacne jmeni jako cisarsky dodavatel pro Valdstejnovu armadu a tak se dal do stavby rozsahleho zamku na miste ruiny zamecku Mitrovcu. Engel byl za hrdinnou obranu Karlova mostu pred svedy povysen do slechtickeho stavu
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Condition: Intact
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