- Turn Castle near Preddvor
Turn Castle ( _sl. Grad Turn) is a castle near the village of
Potoče in the municipality ofPreddvor in theUpper Carniola n region ofSlovenia .The castle was first mentioned in 1408 and was probably built in mid 14th century. In the early 15th century, it came into the possession of the
Counts of Celje . The original castle severely damaged in 1439, during the fights between the Habsburgs and the Counts of Celje, and again by theOttoman Turks in 1473. With the extinsion of the Counts of Celje, the castle became a possession of the Habsburgs. Emperor Maximilian I sold it to the local nobleman Jurij von Egkh, who was the general administrator of Habsburg estates inCarniola , who owned several castles in the region, includingBrdo pri Kranju . Egkh rebulit Turn, using some elements of theRenaissance style . In 1793 it was acquired by Martin Urbančič, who was also the administrator of Brdo pri Kranju. Urbančič was the grandfather of the renownedSlovene language poetessJosipina Turnograjska , who was born in the castle in 1821. In 1909, the castle was bought by Oton von Detela, who belonged to the local Slovene gentry. AfterWorld War II , the Detela family was expropriated by theCommunist regime . The castle was first used as a militarybarracks for theYugoslav People's Army and since 1962 it hosts an asylium for old people.A bust of Josipina Turnograjska is placed on the façade of the castle.
References
* [http://www.slosi.info/01gradovi/02podrobnejse/gorenjska/t-2/turn-preddvoru.php Gradovi v Sloveniji]
* [http://www.slovenia.info/si/kul-zgod-znamenitosti/Grad-Turn.htm?kul_zgod_znamenitosti=3393&lng=1 Občina Preddvor: kulturno zgodovinska dediščina]
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