Ruins of the Castle Osek

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Ruins of the castle Osek also called Risenburk, stands on the wooded hill. The Osek is one of the largest castle ruins in this country (200x90 m), founded by Kinq Wencelaws I., before 1255 (first written referred). First owner was the power clan of Bores Hrabisic, possessing nothwestern part of Czech Kingdom and contiguous border country of the Saxony. The dominant feature of the early gothic castle is a high rectangular residential tower - donjon, the peripheral wall and the castle chapel, another prismatic and cylindrical tower of the gate and othe remains of fortifications. Castle ruins are freely accessible.
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Coordinates:   50°38'2"N   13°39'51"E
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