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By the 12th century, an ethnic border was established here between the immigrants of Slavic, Germanic, and Hungarian origin, and it has survived to the present day. To the west ran the border between the Kingdom of Hungary, part of which was the Municipality of Vas (Vas megye), including the area of the three castles, and the Holy Roman Empire, whose part was the Duchy of Styria. Despite being united under a single imperial crown in the 16th century, the border did not change until the end of the First World War, when the borders of three new countries were determined: Austria, Hungary, and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.The Castle Murska Sobota and Castle Grad (Gornja Lendava) remained in Slovenia, while Castle Tabor, whose history is connected with nearby Neuhaus (Dobra) castle, is in Austria.The common history of the three castles goes back to the period when they were in the same country and owned by the same noble families. In the early 14th century, the Amad\u00e9 Gutkeled family owned the joint estates of Belmura (Murska Sobota) and Lyndua (Gornja Lendava \/Grad), which at the time covered two thirds of present-day Prekmurje. In 1365 they became a fief of the Sz\u00e9chys, who also acquired the Dobra estate in 1387 \u2013 at the time the estate included the expansive area of present-day southern Burgenland, the western Raba Valley, and north-western Gori\u010dko.<\/p>\n
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\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tCoat-of-arms of the Sz\u00e9chy family on the vault of the Virgin Assumption parish church in Grad, 14th century. \u2013 Photo: Tomislav Vre\u010di\u010d, PMMS.<\/p>\n Following the marriage, in 1607, of an heiress of the Sz\u00e9chys, Eva Popel\u2013Lobkowitz, and Francis II from the Batthy\u00e1ny family, the latter became owners of parts of the estate, which they then further fragmented through marriages and sales.<\/p>\n A part of the Murska Sobota estate and its castle was 1687 acquired by the Szap\u00e1rys.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t#sc_gallery-8143 { \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tCoat-of-arms of the Szap\u00e1ry family, 1722 \u2013 Source: Arch abbey Pannonhalma<\/p>\n The three castles were the administrative seats of feudal estates, defence structures, and the permanent or occasional residences of their feudal owners. The history of all three begins in the Middle Ages, although the medieval building phases can be found only on castle Grad. The design of the castle building reveals a Renaissance mansion with four corner towers, connected by wings. Preserved from the 16th century are the stone window frames, niches, and the arch of the northern portal. The castle’s present appearance reflects the reconstructions from the 18th century, when the Szap\u00e1rys turned it into a sumptuous countryside residence.<\/p>\n More about this<\/a> Castle Grad is the eldest and biggest among the three castles. The medieval fortress was changed into the present-day Baroque building, which is held to be the largest castle complex in Slovenia. Together with a part of the preserved park, the castle in his rich pentagonal shape with chapel, multi-level arcade corridors in the courtyard shows building structures from 16th to 19th century. In 18th and 19th century the castle Gornja Lendava had many owners, and after belonging to one of the Batthy\u00e1ny’s for quite some years, it has been sold to industrialist Geza Hartner in 1929. After the Second World War the building was nationalised and together with the village beneath renamed to Grad. Today it is a property of the Republic Slovenia and managed by the Public Institute of Gori\u010dko Nature Park.<\/p>\n More about this<\/a> The manor Tabor, as the castle was also called, got its baroque appearance in 17th century. The medieval predecessor was the large castle Dobra, in German Neuhaus, near Klausenbach, which was the seat of homonymous estate.<\/p>\n![\"\"](https:\/\/www.321go.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/321go-sklepnik-z-grbom-rodbine-szechy.jpg "\\"\\"")
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\n\t\t\t\t\/* see sc_gallery() in functions\/theme-shortcodes.php *\/<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\nCastle Murska Sobota<\/h5>\n
Renaissance castle with baroque elements<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nCastle Grad<\/h5>\n
Slovenia’s largest baroque castle<\/a><\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nCastle Tabor<\/h5>\n
A castle with tradition and modernity<\/a><\/h2>\n