Overview
Lemberg Castle (German: Löwenberg), also Lemberg Castle near Nova Cerkvi and Lemberg Castle near Dobrna, is a medieval castle located on a stone pier above the village of Lemberg near Nova Cerkvi, on the road between Nova Cerkvi and Dobrna in the Municipality of Vojnik.
The first indirect mention of the castle is in a document from 1213, in which Eberhard of Lemberg - Vlscalcus de Rauenberch et frater eius Eberhardus de Leuburch is signed as a witness. The castle was owned by the local lords until 1271, when it was taken over by the Lords of Ptuj. They had control over it until the family became extinct in 1438, although the Bishop of Krk granted it, along with four other castles, to the Counts of Celje in 1387. The Lords of Ptuj were followed by the Schaunbergs, who were rivals of the Celjes, and so Frederick II of Celje had it destroyed in 1452. Ulrik and Albreht Schaunbergška thoroughly renovated and remodeled the ruined castle in the Baroque style. The ground plan remained medieval, but only the cellars under the northern wing remained from the original castle.
The Schaunbergška mortgaged the castle and the lordship in 1463 to Štefan and Andrej pl. Hohenwarter, who bought it before 1487, as they had received it as a fief from the Bishop of Krk that year. In the following centuries, many owners changed hands, and the castle underwent two more major renovations: in 1584, the then owner Viktor Welzer remodeled the entrance wing and the arcaded corridor with the adjacent southern wing in the Renaissance style, and with the Classicist renovation in the 19th century, the fortified character of the entrance wing was erased.
Gallery
8 images
Submit Review
You must be logged in to submit review.