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Přimda Castle

Czech Republic · 12th century

Founded
1121
Style
Romanesque architecture
Heritage status
national cultural monument of the Czech Republic
Location
Přimda
Coordinates
49.68°, 12.66694°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Přimda Castle in the Czech Republic
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Description

Přimda (German: Burg Pfraumberg) is a castle ruin in the administrative territory of the town of the same name in the Tachov District in the Plzeň Region. It stands on Přimda hill in the Upper Palatine Forest. The ruin is protected as a national cultural monument. It is administered by the National Heritage Institute and the castle grounds are open to the public.

The castle was founded in the first half of the twelfth century, which makes Přimda one of the oldest stone castles in Bohemia. It served as an important stronghold on the border with Bavaria, and the Přemyslids also used it as a prison for members of their own family. From the fourteenth century the rulers often pledged the castle. From the second half of the fifteenth century Přimda was held by members of the family of the lords of Švamberk. Under them the castle began to fall into disrepair in the sixteenth century, and at the beginning of the seventeenth century it was abandoned.

The only castle building preserved intact is the large Romanesque residential tower, which has survived to the height of two full storeys. Its interior fittings included a fireplace and a garderobe, which are among the oldest features of their kind in the Czech Republic. The other buildings of the castle have for the most part disappeared.

Machine-translated from “Přimda (hrad)” on the Czech Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Přimda Castle ranks #5,751 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #163 of the 257 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded 1121, it is older than 85% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 810 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,230 times in the last 60 days, more than 61% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Plzeň, 52 km away. It is one of the 201 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Bohemia. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.

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