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Semtěš (fortress)

The year was 1355, when Rubín of Skalice and Semtěš founded a fortress on the border of two regions (from today's point of view of Pardubice and Central Bohemia). However, about fifty years passed before the central point of the manor became a tower built under one of the Semtěš lords. Maybe it was Petr, maybe Jetřich, who knows. The estate used to be in the village, it was supposed to be somewhere in the northeastern part of the inhabited area. To this day, this place is called "Na Zámku".

Information for visitors

Adress: Semtěš 48, Semtěš
GPS: 49.96044000, 15.51227030
Semtěš (fortress) map

Interesting facts Semtěš (fortress)

Over the following centuries, the seat flourished. It probably reached its peak under Václav Žehušický from Nestajov. After that, Karel of Žerotín settled here and sold the estate to Zdeněk Meziříčský of Louny. It was 1558 and it can be said that since then the whole homestead has been in decline. It belonged to the man in question, but it was no longer lived.

As the number of individual houses in the village began to increase, a turning point occurred. The stone was gradually dismantled for the purpose of building new dwellings, and the fortress remains what you have the opportunity to admire today - a prismatic stone tower. The ground floor hides a Gothic vault. On one of the walls, a medieval bay window is still visible today, the significance of which is clear. It served the needs of the then estate as well as today's modern toilet.

If you go to Semtěš, make an appointment in advance. Otherwise, you may not be able to visit this landmark. The homestead manager is not always present. You will learn that blacksmithing flourished here from the 18th to the middle of the 20th century. Then the monument seemed to "disappear" to re-emerge from the shadows of 1997, when restoration and later inspections began. When you ascend to twenty-two meters high, look around the beautiful landscape around. You will have the Iron Mountains in the palm of your hand.

Author: Marcela Horká, Vlastimil Hloupý