Slovakia · Ruin
Čabraď Castle
Čabraď Castle is a medieval hilltop castle ruin in southern-central Slovakia near the village of Čabradský Vrbovok, first recorded in 1276. It was substantially rebuilt as a counter‑Ottoman fortress in the 16th century and abandoned and deliberately burned in 1812, leaving the roofless stone remains seen today.
First raised
1300
Its prime
1590
Today
Ruin
As it stood in 1590
The shape it held in its prime.
Perched on a steep, layered limestone knoll and surrounded by dense woodland, the castle presents a compact, irregular silhouette dominated by a massive rectangular stone keep with high, vertical rubble walls and a ruined upper wall with two large arched openings. To the right are fragments of a curtain wall and a shorter ruined tower rising from the slope. All structures are roofless, built of local grey stone, with collapsed battlements and vegetation reclaiming cracks and terraces on the rock.
Its story
The story of Čabraď Castle.
Čabraď, first recorded in 1276, stands on a hilltop near the village of Čabradský Vrbovok in southern-central Slovakia. It was the residence of the Ders of Hunt-Poznan, noted in the area from 1256. In the 14th century it became the residence of Mathias Csák, and from around 1342 it began to be expanded into a more serious fortification.
In the early 16th century Cardinal Tamás Bakócz took over the castle and invested in its refurbishment and expansion; his nephew Peter Bakoc inherited it along with the cardinal's wealth, followed by Bakoc's sister and brother-in-law. In the same century it was substantially rebuilt as a fortress against the Ottomans.
The Koháry family acquired the castle in the 17th century, but in 1750 gave it up as their residence, keeping it for a time as a summer home. In 1812 Ferencz József Koháry de Csábrág put the castle to the blaze, leaving the roofless stone ruin that now stands inside the Čabraď nature reserve.
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6 places to explore in 1590.
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Clans who held Čabraď Castle.
The families that held Čabraď Castle for a decade or more across its history — follow a name to its clan.
Hunt-Poznan
Residence of the Ders of Hunt-Poznan, noted in the area from 1256.
Bakócz
Taken over by Cardinal Tamás Bakócz in the early 16th century and inherited by his nephew Peter Bakoc, then by Bakoc's sister and brother-in-law.
Koháry
Held by the Koháry family from the 17th century; Ferencz József Koháry de Csábrág burned the abandoned castle in 1812.
