Grabštejn
Sign in to saveGrabštejn () is a castle in Chotyně in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. Originally a Gothic castle, it was rebuilt in the Renaissance style and later modified in the late Baroque and late Neoclassical styles. It belongs among the most important monuments of the Liberec Region.
Key facts
- Military installation.name
- Grabštejn
- Military installation.type
- Castle
- Military installation.image
- Grabstejnlod.jpg
- Military installation.caption
- Grabštejn Castle
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- Czech Republic
- Military installation.pushpin_relief
- 1
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- Location in the Czech Republic
- Military installation.location
- Chotyně, Liberec Region
- Military installation.country
- the Czech Republic
- Military installation.built
- 13th century
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- château
- Official name
- hrad a zámek Grabštejn
- Country
- Czech Republic
- Located in
- Grabštejn
- Owned by
- Czech Republic
- Official website
- www.hrad-grabstejn.cz/cs
- Image
- Grabstejnlod.jpg
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- Commons category
- Grabštejn Castle
- heritage designation
- cultural monument of the Czech Republic
- architectural style
- Gothic architecture
- conscription number
- 21
- P6482
- Grabštejn
- visitors per year
- 17996
- native label
- Grabštejn
- associated cadastral district
- Grabštejn
- inception
- 1300-00-00
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Grabštejn () is a castle in Chotyně in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. Originally a Gothic castle, it was rebuilt in the Renaissance style and later modified in the late Baroque and late Neoclassical styles. It belongs among the most important monuments of the Liberec Region.
==History== thumb|left|160px|Entrance gate The original Gothic castle of Grafenstein was founded in the 13th century. In 1562, it was bought by Crown Chancellor Georg Mehl von Strelitz. Between 1566 and 1586, he had rebuilt the castle in the Renaissance style and thus turned it into a representative castle.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Grabštejn” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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