The castle consisted of a two-storey Gothic block building with barrel vaults. On its facade there was once an arch, which remained documented even on the cadastral map from 1866. Later, another object was added to it. On one side it was once surrounded by a mill and on the other side by a road that ran along the Zolná stream. Farm buildings belonging to the building that surrounded it were distributed irregularly and delimited its premises. It is therefore possible that they follow the older perimeter wall of the object or fortification.The building is currently in a desolate state, without preserved roof structures in the older part, the younger building has a recent metal sheeting.

We know very little about the history of this castle ruin. Even the literature on the dating of the building is not uniform. The missing family archive of the Dúbravický family, who are referred to as the builders of this castle, is also a problem. Some sources mention the first mention of the castle in the middle of the 15th century, but the historian M. Varsik postponed the origin of the building to the first half of the 16th century. In any case, the sources agree in the builder, who allegedly mentioned the Dúbravický family. This genus is of Croatian origin and not Slovak, as is incorrectly mentioned in the Slovak literature. In the 15th century, members of the family also worked in the Zvolen capital under the surname Horváth. In Hungary, the surname mostly expressed where the family came from geographically, often at the expense of the original surname. The first known ancestor of the family living in the Zvolen capital, Juraj Horváth (1440-1465), worked as the vice-castellan of the Slovak-Lupčany castle. He later worked as a castellan. In 1445, Juraj also inherited the village of Dúbravica, which in this period belonged to the Ľupčianske castle estate. The village became the tribal property of the family in the Zvolen capital and its members owned it in the following centuries. The family also derived a surname and a predicate from the name of the village. The castle belonged to the Dúbravický family until the end of the 18th century.

King Matej Korvín confirmed the possession of the village by a new donation in 1464. It is probable. that Juraj was also the builder of the original building in the middle of the 15th century. Juraj's descendants later divided the family into two lines. The first family branch was founded by Juraj's son Juraj and the second by his brother's sons Petra, Ján and Mikuláš. This branch of the family gradually acquired several estates outside the Zvolen capital, especially in Spiš. Mikuláš's line died out by his only son Albert before 1579. In Dúbravice, after the middle of the 16th century, mainly members of the poorer Juraj line remained. In 1583, Benedikt, Uriel and their cousin Michal received a new donation from the king for a castle in a spring known as the aristocratic mansion - curia nobilitaris and for half of the village of Dúbravica. The rest of the village belonged to Mark and his son Ján from Ján's line. The construction was marked by the year 1588, when the Turks invaded Zvolen. They managed to burn Môťová and almost penetrated directly into Zvolen. Due to this situation, members of the family left Dúbravica. Fearing that the building would be occupied by the Turkish army, Archduke Ernest himself ordered Captain Dobó to demolish the building or occupy it with a military garrison. The correspondence found suggests the seriousness of the situation. Before the end of July, a military garrison from Libercsényi's unit was concentrated in the building. The occupation of the building was recommended by the emperor only as a temporary solution until the military situation calmed down. In these times, the building is basically referred to as a tower - Thurs, respectively. turris. It was probably a fortified watchtower that was part of the castle.

After the end of the immediate Turkish danger, its original owners - the Dúbravicks - returned to the castle. In the middle of the 19th century (1859) its only owner was Karol Strakonický (Sztrakoniczky). He also acquired the entire building, along with several outbuildings and extensive urban areas. It seems that in this century the older Gothic part of the building was no longer inhabited, the younger wing most likely had a wooden (shingle) roofing. In the 1940s, the urban area belonging to the building was already subdivided and owned by several private owners. During this period, several residential houses were built in the vicinity of the castle on the foundations of farm buildings and in their vicinity.

The ruins are in desperate condition and there are currently disputes about the settlement of property rights to the land on which the building stands. To date, no archaeological research has been conducted to provide more information.

There are no myths available.

The ruin is freely accessible

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