- Hasištejn Castle
Hasištejn ( _de. Burg Hassenstein) is a ruined
medieval castle inBohemia , now theCzech Republic . It is situated nearKadaň ,Klášterec nad Ohří andChomutov .The castle, first mentioned in
Maiestas Carolina , was probably founded by Friedrich ofSchönburg to guard the way fromPrague toSaxony . The castle was seized by Václav IV of Luxembourg and it was given to the house ofLobkovic .The most renowned inhabitant was
Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic , a poet and traveller who was born in Hassenstein and lived there permanently from 1503 to his death in 1510. The humanist always declared himself German, and wrote in either German or Latin, not in Czech. He gathered a huge library in the castle and a lot of humanists LikeMartin Luther andMelanchthon came to visit Bohuslav. After his death the castle started to become desolate and caught fire in 1560. It still has a well-kept tower and walls.
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