Chřibský hrádek

Chřibský hrádek, also Karlštejn (German Unterer Karlstein or Wüstes Schloss) is a ruined rock castle near Chřibská (Kreibitz) in the Bohemian Switzerland in the Czech Republic.

Chřibský hrádek
Karlštejn, Unterer Karlstein, Wüstes Schloss
Chřibská
room carved out of the rock
Chřibský hrádek
Coordinates50°52′24.96″N 14°27′5.76″E
CodeCZ-US
Height400 m n.m.
Site information
Conditionburgstall (no above-ground ruins)
Site history
Builtunknown

Location and area

Chřibský hrádek Castle is located on a rock outcrop in the valley of the Doubický potok (Daubitzbach) not far from the isolated gamekeeper's house of Hájovna Saula (also U Sloupu) that, today, houses an information office for the Bohemian Switzerland National Park. To the north is the small municipality of Doubice (Daubitz), to the east the town of Chřibská.

See also

Sources

  • Rudolf Anděl (Hrsg.): Hrady, zámky a tvrze v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku. Bd. III : Severní Čechy. Svoboda, Praha, 1984
  • Richard Klos: Die sechs Felsenburgen in der Böhmischen Schweiz. In: Sächsische Heimatblätter Heft 3/1968, S. 97-103
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