3. • It was built in the second half of
13th century
• The castle was built to protect
the southern gate of the
mining towns , for example
Kremnica, Banská Štiavnica
• The castle was destroyed by
great fire in 1434
• Later it was rebuilt
• The first owner of the castle
was Matúš Čák Trenčiansky
• The last owners were Schoellers
• They were rich bank owners
from Wiena
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8. • It was built in the 13th century
• It was rebuilt several times
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10. The gate looked
like this in the year
1929. Originally it
was built in
renaissance style
with thick wooden
gates. The mill
towers above the
gate.
