Susedgrad
Sign in to saveSusedgrad Castle (Hungarian: Szomszédvár), or earlier also only Sused, is a ruined medieval fortress on the far-western hill of mount Medvednica, while also marking the far-western part of modern-day Zagreb, Croatia.
Key facts
- Military installation.name
- Susedgrad Castle
- Military installation.location
- Zagreb, Croatia
- Military installation.image
- File:Poskus rekonstrukcije gradu Susedgrad.jpg
- Military installation.caption
- Attempted reconstruction of Susedgrad's early appearance with confluence of Sava and Krapina rivers visible behind.
- Military installation.type
- Hilltop castle
- Military installation.built
- 14th century
- Military installation.materials
- stone
- Military installation.height
- Built on 194 meters high hilltop
- Military installation.used
- 14th–17th century
- Military installation.demolished
- Left to ruin after 17th century.
- Military installation.condition
- in ruins
- Military installation.ownership
- Cistercians Anjou royal family Aka family Johann Katzianer Henning family Tahy family Henning family Sermage family Jelačić family
- Military installation.battles
- Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War - several akinji raids occurred nearby. Susedgrad Wars Croatian-Slovene Peasant Revolt
- Historic site.embed
- yes
- Historic site.designation1
- Croatia Cultural
- Historic site.designation1_number
- Z-7528
- Historic site.designation1_type
- Protected cultural good
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Position
- History
- Medieval Slavonia
- Early Modern Period
- Henning-Tahy Wars
- Abandonment
- Contemporary Period
- Restoration initiatives
- Location and access
- Flora
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
Susedgrad Castle (Hungarian: Szomszédvár), or earlier also only Sused, is a ruined medieval fortress on the far-western hill of mount Medvednica, while also marking the far-western part of modern-day Zagreb, Croatia.
== Position == As written on billboard near Susedgrad ruins, the fortress overwatched an important crossroad at Krapina-Sava confluence, and therefore enabled control over nearby land and waterways. Archeological and paleontological findings suggest that the place was settled since antiquity. Nearby quarries are also believed to exist since antiquity, supplying stone for building forts and churches in the surrounding area.