This is a knight's castle ruins, built on an irregular plan at the turn of the XIII and XIV centuries
This is a knight's castle ruins, built on an irregular plan at the turn of the XIII and XIV centuries. At the end of the XIII century a brick castle appeared partially built, it consisted of peripheral semicircular stone walls and wooden buildings in the courtyard. It is likely that the entrance was on the south, and the castle was surrounded by a canal. The castle obtained a full form at a time when the property was belonged to Jan Seckilin. In the first quarter of the XIV century a residential tower with four floors and a height of about 18 m was established. The stone tower was built on the rectangular plan with dimensions of 8 to 10 meters. In the XV century castle was the seat of the knight-robber Georga Reibnitz, in the second half of the XV century - of zenbytsky dukes. Since the beginning of XVI century castle belonged to the family Seidlits who, around 1540, gave it the character of the Renaissance. Also, with the help of Giovanni Bernardo, architect from Verona, outer fortifications were modified. Over the next century the castle was owned by several noble families, and in 1839 it was acquired by Prince Wilhelm Orański. Last renovation was in 1841, the the castles was damaged in 1945.
Renaissance frames of doors and windows preserved on the facades, also castle walls, the contours of the peripheral walls, bastions and ditches preserved.