Krásný Buk Ruin

Krásný Buk is a ruin of the Gothic chateau situated near the village of Krásná Lipa in the district of Děčín. The chateau is situated on a granite island over the right bank of Křinice in the middle of Šluknovska hill. Today it was only preserved by terrain relics and small remnants of masonry, which are protected as a cultural monument.

The chateau was founded at the end of the thirteenth century - according to archaeological research rather in its second half. The first written mention of it dates back to 1319, when Jindřech of Lipé exchanged it with other property with King John of Luxembourg for property in Moravia. Military conflicts in the region have been significantly affected by the fate of the chateau. In 1339, it was conquered by the Zittau army, which thus ensured control of the region - the previous years, the armed forces of Beautiful Buk were disrupting the mountaineering interests. After conquering the chateau he lost his military function and was never restored. It was abandoned over time, and it happened in the first half of the fourteenth century.

The Krásný Buk had a bergfrit system with two main elements: a dam and a chateau core. The prelim was less heavily fortified and most of its buildings were destroyed; The moat, a hint of a wall and a deep remnant of a building were preserved from it. The actual fortification was the core of the barrier, which surrounded a massive moat carved directly into the rock. The only partially preserved walled construction is the torso of the round bergfrit - the defensive tower - which protected a small palace on the south side with its material. Archaeological research showed that the perimeter wall of the core was built later, after the construction of the bergfrit.

In 1850, intensive archaeological excavations took place at the chateau, which brought various metal objects. Allegedly, a weapon resembling a Hussite thumb appeared among the findings. In the field under the chateau was also found a Roman coin from the time of the emperor Hadrian. Today's Krásný Buk represents a landscape relict rather than a dramatic building torso. The visitor will not find massive ruins here, but terrain shapes and landscape inequalities reminiscent of a long-lost architecture - fragments of masonry, artificial depression and moats carved into the rock. It is this combination of archaeological traces and the natural environment of the Šluknovska hill-katina that makes the location interesting for interested people in medieval history.