The Hlohovec Castle, built in the baroque - classicist style, is located on the site of the original castle on a hill above the town of Hlohovec
There is no doubt that the original wood-clay building was replaced in the 13th century by a stone castle. Research revealed fragments of the medieval wall at the southern perimeter of the castle and later research proved the presence of medieval structures in the mass of the castle itself.The castle has an irregular five-sided plan. The castle consisted of an old inner and outer castle. The inner castle was probably a two-story building with a gable roof and a dominant tower. In the foreground, it was covered by a wall of outer fortifications with corner towers. The rest of the cannon bastion in the northern corner of the castle has been preserved from the Renaissance fortification of the castle.The entrance through the underpass leads to the central courtyard, whose distinctive element is the staircase cylinder. Despite a large reconstruction into a Baroque representative residence, the chateau has preserved the essence of a medieval, Renaissance-extended castle. In the rooms on the ground floor there are comb, barrel and Prussian vaults, documenting the medieval and Renaissance appearance of the interiors in the 16th and 17th centuries. They have preserved wall cladding, paintings and stucco decorations.
The original medieval castle was built on the old Slavic fortified settlement in the 11th century, documented in 1113 in the so-called zoborská list. A strategically important guard castle was in the 12th-13th century seat of the castle county. In 1275 King Ladislav IV. he donated the castle to the first feudal owner of the Abov family and from 1294 he shared it with Abraham Rúfus. After the death of Abu Krásný in 1312, the castle temporarily belonged to Matúš Čák, later in the period 1349-1524 to the Kontovce family and their descendants, the Ujlaky family. It is probable that during the ownership of the castle by Mikuláš Kont, the castle was extensively rebuilt.
In the 15th century, the castle was also occupied by the Hussites, and after the extinction of the Ujlaky family, the castle fell into the hands of the Thurz family for more than a century. It thus became the seat of the royal treasurer Alexei Thurz. Due to Turkish threats, the Thurz family had the castle fortified together with the town. In 1639, the Forgách family became the owners, but during their time in 1663, the castle was occupied by the Turks, who created a border fortress here until 1668. The castle was later ravaged and burned in 1706 during the uprising of František Rákóczi. From 1720 the castle belonged to the Erdődy family until 1945. Their name is associated with the reconstruction of the original castle into a Baroque mansion. Older buildings, structures and the vault system have been adapted to the new floor plan. The reconstruction created a two-storey four-winged building around an irregular courtyard with a ceremonial staircase leading to a corridor running around most of the courtyard. A significant element of the layout is a chapel in the northeastern part of the manor.
After 1945, when Soviet troops entered the city, a hospital for Soviet soldiers was established at the chateau. After their departure, the crew of the Czech-Slovak army resided in the castle for some time. Since 1951, Hlohovec chateau has housed living rooms and classrooms at an educational institute for young people. The castle has been unused since the 1990s. It fell into disrepair until 2014, when first volunteers from OZ Zámok Hlohovec and then the town of Hlohovec embarked on its gradual reconstruction. Since June 2019, the castle is open to the public.
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