Opavian Silesia - Ruins, city fortifications

Ruins, city fortifications

• Hlučín - mediaeval fortifications
  Relatively extensive remains of a medieval fortification, mainly built in 1534, which are the only proof within the territory of the district and belong among the oldest preserved monuments of the city. Even though the walls were torn down in 1829, their preserved remains are proof of the fortification.
  Address: Hlučín
  
• Clock tower
  It never fulfilled the function of a medieval castle lookout. It was completed within the scope of the construction of the pseudo-Gothic premises of the Red Chateau. It is 35 m tall from the levl of the courtyard. A wind vane in the form of a rooster rotates on its conical tower. The outer diameter of the tower is 6 metres. 99 steps with two landings...
  Telephone: 602947904
  Address: Hradec nad Moravicí
  
• Guard tower
  Entry gate with a walkway and original historical winch on the 1st floor.
  Telephone: 778700071
  Address: Hradec nad Moravicí
  
• Vartnov - castle remains
  Ruins of the fortification and peripheral walls of a building and a moat – much of the fortress, built in the 14th century and damaged by Matyáš Korvín’s troops, has been preserved.
  Address: Brumovice, Pocheň
  
• Vildštejn - castle ruins
  The medieval castle protects its neighbourhood from a promontory. It was large for its time (from the end of the 13th to the 15th century). Today stand only eroded bulwarks and remains of walls and probably a tower.
  Address: Budišov nad Budišovkou
  
• Bělá - fortress ruins
  The fortress stood on the eastern side of the municipality below the hill with a farmstead, established after 1426 by Jan of Bělé.
  Address: Bělá
  
• Deštné - chateau ruin
  At the turn of the 18th century, when the municipality was in the ownership of Karel Ferdinand of Serc, the fortress was gradually rebuilt into a Baroque chateau. It was owned by Count Renard from 1761.
  Address: č.p. 1, Jakartovice, Deštné
  
• Dolní Životice - remains of a fortification
  Terrain remains of a water fortress most probably the beginning of the 13th century.
  Address: Dolní Životice
  
• Přerovec - castle remains
  The history of the castle is first mentioned in records from as far back as 1492. However, the beginnings of the castle apparently reach even further back to the 14th century, perhaps even the 13th, which can be proven by the castle layout and objects that have been found here. In 1756, Přerovec castle is referred to as abandoned.
  Address: Opava, Suché Lazce
  
• Závada - castle remains
  The municipality of Závada was already mentioned in 1349. It belonged to the Lords of Drahotuš, who most probably had a well fortified fortress here. The opponents were forced to join the Hussites during the Hussite Wars, in which they fought to seize the fortress. In 1999, during the anniversary of the municipality, the fortress was made more attractive...
  Address: Závada
  
• Ruins of a stone bridge
  One of the last remains after the original modifications to the chateau park, is the ruins of the original Baroque bridge in the chateau park.
  Address: Dobroslavice
  
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