The remains of the walls destroyed by quarrying and dismantling provide only a minimum of information about the castle. From the preserved walls of the core, a polygonal floor plan with axes of approximately 30 and 45 m is assumed. The perimeter wall was folded and its thickness was up to 3 meters. The castle was probably without a tower.The fort was in the shape of an elongated oval with axes of about 95 and 57 m and was added to the core, under which there was probably a gate on the south side. The road to the castle bypassed the building and was probably guarded in the northeast by a bastion, whose semicircular trace is only slightly visible.

Information about the builders of the castle has not been preserved, but it is possible that the castle was built by the Ratold family (Ratót). However, a charter from Charles Robert of 1308 attributes the foundation of the castle to the king's orders.

The first written mention of Hodejov Castle dates from 1281, where the battle of Ladislav Kumánský and the palatine Finta, the son of David from the Abov family, are mentioned. At that time, the royal army under Hodejov Castle won and occupied the castle.

The owner of the castle was Juraj Jolsvai (from Jelšava) at the beginning of the 15th century, but a year after the death of Sigismund of Luxembourg, in 1438 the castle was occupied by Prince Friedrich of Ostrog, who fought for the Polish King Vladislav. In 1439 he was expelled from the castle with the help of Juraj of Širkoviec, and in 1441 the castle was already in the hands of Michal Országh, who was immediately replaced by the Lórántfy family.

In 1443, the castle was threatened by Ján Jiskra of Brandýs, the castle was briefly defended by their attack, but in the middle of the 15th century the castle was occupied for a short time. In 1502, the castle was acquired from Vladislav II. Jagiellonian Ladislav Kubínyi.

In 1560, despite the fact that it did not have modernized fortifications, the castle first withstood Ottoman attacks. It was not until 1567 that the Hungarian Assembly ordered Hodejov to be fortified, but this no longer prevented the Turks from occupying it by the people in 1571. The castle was destroyed and never rebuilt. The material has been dismantled and the site has been severely damaged by a fracture.

At Hodejov Castle, we can see from visual observations that it was a much larger fortress than originally assumed with an ingenious defense system and the use of a water source (an artificial lake).

In 1962, an archaeological research was carried out (G. Balaša), focused on the prehistoric settlement of the locality - the discovery of a bronze treasure (371 pieces) from the Hallstatt period.

There are no myths available.

The remains of the walls are freely accessible

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