achtice castle today the ruins limestone dolomitic hill karst

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ÃÅachtice Castle or ÃÅachtice is today the ruins of a castle on a limestone-dolomitic hill in the ÃÅachtice Karst t

ÃÅachtice Castle was built in the first half of the 13th century. It was one of the first castles to secure the western border of Hungary especially in the 13th century when it was administered by the castle royal castellan. In 1273 he was attacked and severely damaged by the Czech king PÃâ¢emysl Otakar II. Among the first lords of the castle were Peter and PongrÃÂ¡c from the Hunt-Poznanov family for a time it also belonged to MatÃÂºÃÂ¡ ÃÅÃÂ¡k TrenÃÂianskÃÂ½. In 1392 it became the property of Stibor of Stiborice who owned 20 castles in PovaÃÂ¾ie. In 1467 they were imprisoned in the castle of the Hussite commander JÃÂ¡n ÃÂ vehla.