Starý Jičín Castle

The ruin of the former Starý Jičín Castle (German Burg Alt Titschein) is situated near the village of Starý Jičín (market town of Alt Titschein) on the Starojický hill south-west of the town of Nový Jičín (Neu Titschein). The castle was built in the 13th century and enlarged in the Renaissance style in the 16th century by members of the Žerotín noble family. It is thus one of the oldest Moravian castles. In 1900 the village of Alt Titschein had 657 Czech inhabitants.

Machine-translated from “Burg Starý Jičín” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Starý Jičín Castle ranks #4,602 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #131 of the 203 mapped in Czech Republic. Founded c. 1250, it is older than 69% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 860 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Wikidata records about 30,000 visitors in 2022. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Ostrava, 37 km away. See how Czech Republic compares in the castle statistics.

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