Krásna Hôrka
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Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
, towering over the village Krásnohorské Podhradie
Krásnohorské Podhradie
Krásnohorské Podhradie is a village and municipality in the Rožňava District in the Košice Region of middle-eastern Slovakia.The town has an absolute Hungarian majority...
near Rožňava
Rožnava
Rožňava is a town in Slovakia, approximately 71 km by road from Košice in the Košice Region, and has a population of 19,120.The town is an economic and tourist center of the Gemer. Rožňava is now a popular tourist attraction with a beautiful historic town centre. The town is an episcopal seat...
. The first written mention of the castle is from 1333.
Andrássy
Andrássy is the name of an aristocratic family of very ancient lineage prominent in Hungarian history.The full family name is "Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka"; "Csíkszentkirály" is a town in modern-day Romania now called Sâncrăieni, while Krásna Hôrka is a castle in Slovakia.The...
family.
External links
- Krásna Hôrka castle, hradkrasnahorka.sk