Nový Žeberk

The castle originated in the early fourteenth century and is first documented in writing in 1327. It was founded either by Albrecht of Žeberk or Ota of Bergov from the family of the Lords of Bergov. In 1382, the Koldic family acquired it for a significant sum of three thousand one hundred and forty Prague groschen, after which, during the turbulent times at the turn of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the castle frequently changed owners and was pledged, among others, to the Lords of Dubá and the Order of German Knights. After 1402, the castle gradually lost its significance, and by the mid-fifteenth century, it was definitively abandoned. To this day, extensive ground traces have been preserved: the perimeter of the palace, measuring approximately twenty-two by eleven meters, an adjacent courtyard, a trio of concentric fortifications with ramparts and moats carved into the rock, and an unusual pentagonal bastion, which suggests later modifications during the Hussite era. Today, it is a so-called "closed castle," where the collapsed masonry is hidden beneath invasive vegetation, and only a few stone structures protrude above the ground. Nevertheless, the site is clearly visible and accessible via marked paths from Pyšná.