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Celje Castle. Celje Castle ( Slovene: Celjski grad ), also known as Celje Upper Castle ( Celjski zgornji grad) or Old Castle ( Stari grad ), is a castle ruin in Celje, Slovenia, formerly the seat of the Counts of Celje. It stands on three hills to the southeast of Celje, where the river Savinja meanders into the Laško valley.
After the Counts of Celje died out in 1456, the region was inherited by the Habsburgs of Austria and administered by the Duchy of Styria. The city walls and defensive moat were built in 1473. The town defended itself against Turks and in 1515 during great Slovene peasant revolt against peasants, who had taken Old Castle .
Mar 3, 2020 · The Old Counts Mansion. One of the main sights in the centre of Celje is the town’s Regional Museum. Housed inside the Old Counts Mansion and the neighbouring Princely Palace, the Celje Regional Museum is a major local landmark. It has ties to the famed Counts of Celje who were responsible for shaping Slovenia during the late Middle Ages.
years earlier all of the holdings of the Counts of Celje were ceded to the Habsburgs. 16th century Many of Celje’s noblemen convert to Prot-estantism, by 1580 it has supplanted Catholicism as the leading religion in the region. Early 17th century During the Counter-Reformation many Protestants are driven from the area and Roman Catholi-
The Counts of Celje exhibition is spread over two floors presenting the rapid rise of this dynasty at the time of Herman II of Celje at the end of the 14 th century, and when his son Frederick II and grandson Ulrich II were granted titles of Princes of the State by the Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg, thus fulfilling Herman’s great ambitions ...
The Counts of Celje were one of the most influential noble families in the Slovenian lands in the Late Middle Ages. The Celje Counts were the focus of the museum since its beginnings; the museum carefully collected material remains, excavated by archaeologists at the Old Castle (Stari grad) in Celje and other locations.
Hermann II ( Slovene: Herman; early 1360s – 13 October 1435), Count of Celje, was a Styrian prince and magnate, most notable as the faithful supporter and father-in-law of the Hungarian king and Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg. Hermann's loyalty to the King ensured him generous grants of land and privileges that led him to become ...
