Czech Republic · 13th century
Chřibský hrádek ranks #7,898 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #238 of the 243 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded c. 1300, it is older than 60% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 1091 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 11 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Děčín, 21 km away. It is one of the 189 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Bohemia. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.
Chřibský hrádek (older name Karlštejn; German: Unterer Karlstein or Wüstes Schloss) is a ruined rock castle in Doubice in the Ústí nad Labem Region of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.
Chřibský hrádek Castle lies in the southernmost tip of the municipal territory of Doubice near its border with the town of Chřibská. It is located in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, in the Lusatian Mountains Protected Landscape Area near its border with the Bohemian Switzerland National Park. The castle is situated on a rock outcrop in the valley of the Doubický Stream 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.
The castle was founded by the Michalovice family in the second half of the 13th century to protect a trade route to Lusatia. It was burned down during the Hussite Wars (1419–1434).
Text adapted from “Chřibský hrádek” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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