Sevnica Castle
Glavni trg 19, SI-8290 Sevnica
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Sevnica Castle
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Sevnica Castle was probably built in the first half of the 12th century, during the bishopric of Conrad I of Salzburg (1106–1147) who colonized this area devastated by Hungarian invasions. Its first written record appears in 1309 as “Castellum Liechtenwald”, named after the village Liechtenwald, today’s Sevnica.
Since then, Sevnica Castle had many owners: the Archdiocese of Salzburg was only the first. At the end of 15th century, one of the owners was also the governor of Hungary Matthias Hunyady - Corvinus (1458-1490), the legendary King Matthias in Slovene folk tradition, whose army occupied considerable part of the present-day Slovene territory.
During the Croatian-Slovene peasant revolt in 1573 the castle, unlike many other castles, avoided destruction: the group of about six hundred rebellious peasants came in Sevnica under the leadership of Ilija Gregorić (1520-1574). Tenant of the manor Baron Bolthazar von Lamberg invited them in and treated them to a feast, thus saving the castle from destruction.
It was during this time, in the middle of 16th century, that the Lutheran cellar was built at the southeast side of the Castle Hill, which was intended as a secret Lutheran chapel – since the owners were still the Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg. The chapel was quite likely occasionally visited by the Slovene protestant Jurij Dalmatin (1547-1589), the first translator of the Bible into Slovenian language, who lived in nearby Krško.
In 1595 Innocenz Moscon bought the castle, rebuilt it in late-renaissance style and gave it its present form. In the following eras it was in possession of the Auersperg, Drašković and Keglević families, Habsburgs, Lambergs and many others. Between 1910 and 1945, the owner was Countess Matilda Arco Zinneberg from the Habsburg family. After the II World War the castle was nationalized and gradually left to destruction.
Castle collections
In recent years, the castle and its surroundings, which represent a magnificent medieval panorama, underwent many renovations. Today Sevnica Castle offers museum and gallery collections, permanent and temporary exhibitions, annual Sevnica Castle Festival, festive rooms, Castle chapel, Castle Park, Castle’s vineyard, Souvenir shop and Cafe. Especially for children it offers Sevnica Castle Puppet Theatre with workshops and puppet and theatre plays, and special animated tours which provide an insight to the life of Baron Moscon.
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The Sevnica Castle, located on a hill above the old town core of Sevnica, has been guarding the Sava River Valley from the 12th century. +
The Sevnica Castle, located on a hill above the old town core of Sevnica, has been guarding the Sava River Valley from the 12th century. +
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