Vranov nad Dyjí Castle

Vranov nad Dyjí is a château in the homonymic town of Vranov nad Dyjí in the South Moravian Region, Czech Republic. It lies on the Thaya, 3 km north from the Austrian border close to Hardegg.Vranov's location was first mentioned in Chronica Boemorum by Cosmas of Prague in 1100 as a border sentry castle castrum Wranou). It was built by the Dukes of Bohemia to defend the southern border of Moravia against raids from the neighbouring Austrian March. Until 1323 the castle was in royal hands but in that year king John of Bohemia pawned Vranov to a powerful Bohemian nobleman, the viceroy Jindřich of Lipá.

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