Czech Republic · 14th century
Jenštejn Castle is a castle ruin in Jenštejn in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.
The settlement of Jenštejn was founded with a small, water-protected castle in the first half of the 14th century by Jenc of Janovice (from here the name "jenc's stone" = Jencenstein), a high-ranking official in court yard, in 1336–1361. The Jenštejn family has their name from the name of the castle. Since 1958, it has been protected as a cultural monument. The castle was opened to the public after the reconstruction in 1977. Today is the castle is under the wooden frame, but still open for people. In the castle it is possible to find an exhibition of the Regional Museum of Prague-East about life in the castle with period paintings and a model of the castle. The castle tower surpasses the surrounding plain and is used as a lookout tower over the local landscape.
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Jenštejn Castle ranks #8,280 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #243 of the 243 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded c. 1330, it is older than 59% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. 23 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Prague, 15 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.
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