Hasištejn Castle

Hasištejn (German: Burg Hassenstein) is a ruined medieval castle in Bohemia, the Czech Republic. It is situated near Kadaň, Klášterec nad Ohří and Chomutov.

The castle, first mentioned in Maiestas Carolina, was probably founded by Friedrich of Schönburg to guard the way from Prague to Saxony. The castle was seized by Václav IV of Luxembourg in the early 15th century and given to Nicholas of Lobkowicz.

The most renowned inhabitant of the castle was Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic, a poet and traveller who was born in Hassenstein and lived there permanently from 1503 to his death, in 1510. He gathered a huge library (comprising more than 650 volumes) in the castle, resulting in many scholars and humanists visiting Hasištejn Castle to borrow his books. Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchthon were among his visitors.

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Hasištejn Castle ranks #3234 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #72 of the 182 mapped in Chequia. Fundado en 1340, más antiguo que el 63% de los monumentos datados del atlas — uno de los 346 monumentos del atlas fundados en el siglo XIV. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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