Chřibský hrádek

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).

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Chřibský hrádek ranks #7,082 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #202 of the 203 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded c. 1300, it is older than 63% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 861 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Děčín, 21 km away. It is one of the 159 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Bohemia. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.

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