The small remains of the castle walls are located on a hill above Košecké Podhradie, east of Ilava
Only earth dams have been preserved from the castle, which were probably perimeter walls up to 2 m thick and a hint of an arch, which is probably the remnant of a cannon bastion. There is no moat or rampart in front of the walls, because the steep hill did not even allow it, but it was also an advantage in defending against attackers.Traces on the south side indicate the existence probably of a castle gate.
- 1 - sidewalk to the castle
- 2 - ramparts on the site of the western wall
- 3 - southern plateau with the remains of walls
- 4 - southern depression
- 5 - smaller rampart on the site of the eastern wall
- 6 - excavated wall
- 7 - northern depression
- 8 - northern wall Source: https://www.facebook.com/bunkrehrady/
Historians believe that the castle probably stood as early as 1272, but the first certain mention is from 1312, when it belonged to the estate of Matúš Čák. Despite the fact that the castellan was a royal official of Lóránd and he is designated as a royal property by a charter of Karol Róbert. According to legend, the first owner was Count Smaragdus, and in 1323 the castle was owned by Demeter de Nechte and then by Tomas Kazima.
In 1397, Mikuláš, Brother of Stibor of Stiborice, acquired the Košice estate. From 1407 the castle was owned by the Košecký family from Lieskov, but in 1462 Matej Korvín took the castle from them for their alliance with their brothers and gave it to Blažej Magyar. However, they had to fight for the castle and eventually won it militarily.
After Blažej's death, the castle fell into the hands of the Zápoľskýs. The castle later belonged to the Rožňovec family and after the death of Ľudovít Jagelovský in 1526 the castle was conquered by General Katzianer and the castle was acquired by Pavol Petrőczy, who for a long time tried the castle with the descendants of the previous owner.
Paul's successor, Štefan Petrőczy, took part in the Wesselényi Uprising, and therefore the imperial army led by Pavel Eszterházy occupied the castle in 1670 and blew it up.
There is no mention of his next fate, until in 1676 the castle of Košice fell to the Lipaj family, then to the Illésházy family and later to the Motešice family. However, the mentioned owners no longer inhabited the castle, because after its destruction it was not restored. Banker Schenk is mentioned as the last of the owners at the end of the 19th century.
Today, only slight remnants of the walls are visible.
There are no myths available.
The remains of the castle are freely accessible