Rožnov, Castle ruin on Hradisko hill near Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, Czech Republic
Rožnov is a castle ruin perched on Hradisko hill, rising above the Bečva valley and overlooking the surrounding hills. The remaining stonework displays foundation walls, fragments, and fortification elements that made up the original medieval structure.
Bruno von Schauenburg, Bishop of Olomouc, built the castle around 1267 to guard the border with Upper Hungary; the first written record, from 1310, names his vassal Bohuslav of Krasno. Royal troops seized and damaged it in 1539 after bandits settled there, and it was abandoned by the end of the 17th century.
The name Rožnov is first documented in 1310 through the bishop's vassal Bohuslav of Krasno, who held the castle for the Olomouc bishops. The site is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic since 1964, and its remains stand on Hradisko hill at 520 m above sea level.
The ruin stands on Hradisko hill (520 m) in the Vsetín Hills, two kilometres southwest of Rožnov pod Radhoštěm. The site is a protected cultural monument, so the collapsed walls and earth ramparts should be left as they are. The hilltop plateau gives a clear view over the surrounding terrain.
In 1539 royal troops seized the castle on the orders of King Ferdinand I and damaged it heavily, because bandits had settled there. In the second half of the 19th century the townspeople of Rožnov were allowed to dismantle the ruins and reuse the stone for their houses.
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