Neuberg is a ruins of castle

Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...

 in Podhradí

Podhradí (Cheb District)

Podhradí is a village and municipality in Cheb District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. In 2006 the village had a population of 175.- Geography :...

, Cheb District

Cheb District

Cheb District is a district within Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the city of Cheb.-Complete list of towns and villages:Aš -Cheb -Dolní Žandov -Drmoul -...

 in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

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History

A castle was built by Neuberg

Neipperg

Neipperg refers to:* Part of Brackenheim, Germany* County of Neipperg, a state of the Holy Roman Empire from 1431, centred on Schwaigern, mediatised to the Kingdom of Württemberg in 1806...

, probably in late 13th century, but first mentioned was in 1288. In that year, after Albrech von Neuberg death, emperor Rudolph I of Bohemia

Rudolph I of Bohemia

Rudolf I of Habsburg was Duke of Austria and Styria from 1298 and King of Bohemia and titular King of Poland from 1306 until his death...

 handed Neuberg and whole village to lords of Plauen, as a fief. Later, castle was damaged by armada of Charles IV

Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles IV , born Wenceslaus , was the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and the first king of Bohemia to also become Holy Roman Emperor....

, because a bandits live here. In 1392, village and castle was inherited by Zedtwitz

Zedtwitz

Zedtwitz is a noble house from Bohemia and Germany. Between c. 1400]and c. 1945 controlled region around town of Aš.* Curt Franz Wenzel Christoph Erdmann Zedtwitz, Graf von Moraván und Duppau...

, and became a centre of whole Aš-region.

After big fire in 1610, a castle was seriously damaged. Family of Zedwitz fall apart, and individual stems moving to new chateaus in Aš

Aš

Aš is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic.-History:Previously uninhabited hills and swamps, the town of Asch was founded in the early 11th century by German colonists. Slavic settlements in the area are not known. The dialect spoken in the town was that of the Upper Palatinate,...

, Kopaniny

Kopaniny (Aš)

Kopaniny is a village in Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic. It is one of the nine town districts of Aš. In 2001 the village had a population of 94.- Geography :...

, Doubrava

Doubrava (Aš)

Doubrava is a village in Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic. It is one of the nine districts of the town of Aš. In 2001 the village had a population of 94.In the village there are a mineral spring, a bus stop, a market and a restaurant....

, Smrčina and two chateas in Podhradí. From this moment, castle left uninhabited.

In this days exist a 22 metres high castle tower only. Local council make efforts to save it, but, because of bad financial situation is a big problem.