Czech Republic · 13th century
Lemberk Castle (Czech: zámek Lemberk) is a castle in Jablonné v Podještědí in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It is located in the Lusatian Mountains.
The initial German name of the castle was Löwenberg, meaning 'lion hill'. The Czech name was created by transliteration.
Lemberk Castle is located on a hill in the village of Lvová, which is a municipal part of Jablonné v Podještědí. It is located about 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of Liberec. It is situated in the heart of the Lusatian Mountains.
Lemberk Castle was constructed in the 1240s by Havel of Markvartice, husband of Saint Zdislava, which is also known as Zdislava of Lemberk. In the second half of the 16th century, it was rebuilt into a Renaissance residence. It acquired its present appearance in the second half of the 17th century, when it was owned by the lords of Breda. The last noble owners were the Clam-Gallas family, who owned the castle until 1945. In 2014, the interiors were reconstructed.
Today only the cylindrical tower is still standing from the original structure. The castle is now state owned and offers guided tours.
Text adapted from “Lemberk Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lemberk Castle ranks #2,772 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #76 of the 243 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded c. 1300, it is older than 61% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 1080 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,388 times in the last 60 days, more than 60% of the atlas. Wikidata records about 28,000 visitors in 2022. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Liberec, 18 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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