The magnificent medieval Waldstein Castle is located just 30 kilometers from Liberec in the center of the Bohemian Paradise nature reserve.
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The ruins of Waldstein Castle in Bohemian Paradise represent an impressive testimony to the glorious times when the family castle of the lords of Wallenstein was located here. Numerous owners were recorded in its annals, as well as attempts to conquer the castle. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the ruin became a fantastic place of pilgrimage.
History
The first mention of it in history dates back to the beginning of the fourteenth century. The very name of the castle served as the basis for the formation of the Waldstein family. For three centuries, the castle was subjected to military destruction. Already at the beginning of the fifteenth century, it had a new owner, and after a couple of decades, robbers settled here at all, until the Prague army returned the building to its former owner.
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The descendants of the founder from the Waldstein family built a chapel in the castle complex and carried out a general reconstruction, as a result of which it was considered a building in the Baroque style. But already in the 19th century, a new reconstruction was required, which is being carried out by a new owner, the son of a merchant from Prague.
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Since 1945, Waldstein Castle has become a museum, the more it begins to attract the attention of tourists and connoisseurs of medieval architecture. In the museum there is a knight's hall with coats of arms of the owners, you can see a chandelier with archers, a weapons arsenal.