Å aumburk is a ruined castle in the
Rajnochovice municipality in the
ZlÃn Region
ZlÃn Region () is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the south-eastern part of the historical region of Moravia. It is named after its capital ZlÃn. Together with the Olomouc Region it forms a cohesion area of Central M ...
of the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, and historically known as Bohemia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the south ...
. It is classified as a
cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
It was built by Bishop
Bruno von Schauenburg
Bruno von Schauenburg (also known as Bruno Olomucensis; 1205 – 1 or 17 February 1281 in KroměřÞ) was a nobleman and Catholic priest of German descent, bishop of Olomouc in 1245–1281. He was one of the main advisors and diplomats of th ...
, who named it after his ancestral seat in
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...
.
See also
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List of castles in the ZlÃn Region
References
External links
Å aumburk at hrady.cz
Castles in the ZlÃn Region
Ruined castles in the Czech Republic
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