The castle of Khust

To tell the truth, I’ve expected more from a trip to Khust Castle. Yes, the mountain on which the castle was built, of course, is unique - a stone tit in the gully with a bunch of guns - a powerful argument in the control of territory. The castle is very overgrown with all kinds of vegetation. Trees, shrubs, vines hanging down are everywhere. Narrow paths with two-meter nettles, piles of poop on trails and crowds of youth people canoodling in nooks…

Between all of these, the remains of castle walls, written by tourists, punch through verdure. It is clearly worthy to see, but I do not know when my next visit is going to be. It does not attract as Nevytskyy castle does, it has not a soul and special charm... A historical note:

Khust Castle was founded by the Hungarian King Laszlo I Saints in 1090 to protect against the intrusions of Polovtsy, but was destroyed during the Mongol invasion in Hungary, and was rebuilt in 1318. The first mention actual of the town of Khust refers to 1329, when Khust and Tyachiv received from King Charles Robert privileges and status of "royal towns”.

In 1458 King Matthias Corvinus imprisoned his uncle, rebellious Mihaly Szilagyi; in Khust Castle. During the rebellion of György Doji (1514) the area of Khust was engulfed in an active peasant movement, peasants and rebels managed to capture the fort for a while. As a result of the defeat of the Kingdom of Hungary from the Ottoman Empire of Mohacs (1526) Khust became a part of the Duchy of Transylvania. In 1546 Emperor Ferdinand I fought back the town from Transylvania. In 1594 Khust was ravaged by the Crimean Tatars, but they did not succeeded to take the fortress. Later the castle was subjected to a siege in 1644, by the armies of György Rákóczi I, in 1657 by the Polish and by Turkish troops in 1661-1662.

On the 17th of August, 1703 the castle of Khust was occupied by insurgent troops of Ferenc Rakoczy II, consisting of both the Hungarian and the Slavic population, and it is here the independence of Transylvania was proclaimed. Khust was the last stronghold of the rebels Kurucz, who continued to resist the Habsburgs and surrendered after the surrender of the main forces in Satmar in 1711. On the 3rd of July, 1766 seriously damaged Khust Castle was struck by lightning and its tower was fallen in 1788. Popular tradition attributed the destruction of Khust castle to opryshok Mykola Shugay which was reflected in the works of the Czech writer Ivan Olbrakht

Who is interested in - panorama of one of the "available" Khust castle walls. 372 kB. This angle is not very good – there is a lot of the tree tops and a little of "valley", however, it gives the idea of a top view.

05.10.2012. 09:42

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