Rumburk, Baroque castle in Rumburk, Czech Republic.
Rumburk Castle is a château in Rumburk, Czech Republic, formed from three separate buildings around a courtyard that later construction joined into one complex. The main portal and perimeter walls of the lower floors survive from the Renaissance building, while the Baroque rebuild added upper floors, band cornices and double windows; lunette vaults, stucco work and several portals remain.
The castle is documented from around 1555 as the seat of the Tolštejn lords and was completed in 1571. Swedish troops burned it in 1642 during the Thirty Years' War; it was restored in Baroque style in 1683 and again after the town fire of 1724. From the 18th century it housed offices and later a court.
The castle's name recalls the legend of the 1680 peasant revolt on the Lipová estate: father and son Hampel of Podluží are said to have drawn lots for their lives in the building, and the son fainted and woke to find his father already on the gallows. A memorial plaque at the entrance recalls the three rebels executed in 1918.
The castle complex now houses the Secondary School of Media Graphics and Polygraphy, so interiors are generally not open to tourists. Visitors can view the courtyard and the memorial plaque to the 1918 Rumburk mutiny at the entrance from Jiříkovská Street.
The legend of the 1680 peasant revolt on the Lipová estate is tied to the château: father and son Hampel of Podluží are said to have drawn lots here for their lives, and the son, after fainting, woke to see his father already on the gallows.
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