Kazimír
castle ruin
147m
Kazimír, Košice county

The ruins of the almost completely destroyed castle are located in the southwestern part of the East Slovak Lowland, near the foot of the Slan Hills. It is on the SW side of the village Kazimír above the stream of Izra, in a position called Hrunok

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Previous names
Kamer, Kazmer, Kazmeyr, Kazmir, Kažmir, Kazymír, Kázmír, Nagykázmér
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How to get there
The village of Kazimír lies in the SW part of the Potiska lowlands, 18 km from the town of Trebišov, almost on the border with Hungary. Remains of the castle Kazimír are located directly in the village, near the medieval church. We can get to the castle from Hlavná street, which passes through the village, by turning to the narrow Majerská street. The turnoff is just opposite the shop, where we can park. We continue on foot along Majerská Street and soon we come to the church, from there a few meters to the left to the castle ruins.
Description

The only part of the ruins that is still standing is the wall of the former main residential, probably palace building, which has in the upper part of the cavern, originally a window. There is very little information about this ruin, but some sources say it was a monastery and not a castle. Under the rest of the wall there are cellars that most likely belonged to the building.The castle itself was probably protected by palisade fortifications on the edge of the elevated plateau. Very few of the original buildings have been preserved, but the terrain configuration makes it possible to identify the existence of several buildings. Roughly in the middle of the hill was a palace building with three floors and cellars with reconstructable dimensions of about 21x14m and 1m thick stone of quarry stone, which was connected by hard mortar. South of the palace stood a smaller, two-room building (12x15m) probably also residential. Farm buildings were placed in the free space of the northern part of the courtyard, where there is also an entrance to the building. To this part is attached linguistic projection, which was also elevated, but did not reach the height of the castle. It is a smaller strategic foreground on which the church later stood.

Plan
Legend to the ground plan:1 - main building (residential), 2 - farm building, 3 - original church
Legend to the ground plan
  • 1 - main building (residential)
  • 2 - farm building
  • 3 - original church
History

No written mentions have been preserved about Kazimír Castle itself. Its origin, use and extinction can be derived only on the basis of the development of settlements in the vicinity and preserved architecture. The first written mention of the village Kazimír is found in a document of the younger King Stephen V from 1270 on the donation and demarcation of the castle estate Füzér. The property of the manor was adjacent on the east side to the area of the village Kazimír, which belonged to the nobleman Peter. He lived in Kazimír for a long time and used his name in his adjective (it was also used by his descendants and heirs in the 17th century). Also in the following century, the local lords were called "de Kazmer", which testifies to the presence of their seat, the castle, which was probably built at the turn of the 13th - 14th century. and disappeared in about the 16th, perhaps until the 17th century, when the ownership of the village changed and the local Kazimírský family gradually disappeared. Since the middle of the 14th century, there have been two Kazimír housing estates, alternately named as Veľký or Vyšný Kazimír and Malý, or Nižný Kazimír. In both they had mansions there. In the Middle Ages, there were also settlements or villages of Kuchlin and Roňva near Kazimír, but they later disappeared.

History images
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Myths and legends

There are no myths available.

Useful information

The ruins are freely accessible, we recommend reaching out the locals who shows you the remains of the castle and lead you through their land

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