Kozí Hrádek

Kozí hrádek (lit. 'little goat castle'; German: Ziegenburg) is a ruined medieval Gothic castle in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. The castle is best known as the refuge of the Bohemian religious reformer Jan Hus from 1413 to 1414. Following its destruction by fire during the Hussite Wars in 1438, the castle was abandoned and left to ruin. Today, the extensively excavated site is protected as a national cultural monument.

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Kozí Hrádek ranks #3,188 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #88 of the 200 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded c. 1350, it is older than 57% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 582 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,477 times in the last 60 days, more than 59% of the atlas. Wikidata records about 10,000 visitors in 2022. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Prague, 81 km away. It is one of the 156 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Bohemia. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.

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