Erdut Castle ( hr, Erdutska kula, sr, Ердутска кула, Erdutska kula, hu, Erdődi vár) is a

castle A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

in Erdut, Croatia. Built in the 14th century, Erdut Castle lies on a bluff 70 metres above the Danube. The surrounding area below the bluff is completely flat, which provided an excellent view of any marauding hordes invading from the east. The settlement and castle is first mentioned as ''Ardud'' in 1335. The documents of the 15th century in Titel provost and the

Bánffy Bánffy is a Hungarian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Katalin Bánffy, 16th-century Hungarian noblewoman * Dezső Bánffy (1843–1911), Hungarian politician * Eszter Bánffy (born 1957), Hungarian prehistorian, archaeologist, ...

family owned estate is mentioned in the

Erdődy The House of Erdődy de Monyorókerék et Monoszló (also House of Erdödy) is the name of an old Hungarian- Croatian noble family with possessions in Hungary and Croatia. Elevated to the Hungarian nobility in 1459, the family was subsequently r ...

, dated 1552 and 1687 between the Turkish occupations. The castle was damaged in July 1991, during the

Croatian War of Independence The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the Government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY)—and the Serb-controlled Yugosl ...

, in an artillery attack launched by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA). In the aftermath of the attack, Croatian authorities sent a list of Croatia's cultural monuments marked with the protective sign of the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict to the Yugoslav Defence Ministry and all JNA headquarters. The 1,3 million kunas reconstruction of the site funded from the European Regional Development Fund was announced in late July 2022.

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Castles in Croatia Buildings and structures in Osijek-Baranja County {{Croatia-castle-stub