{"id":406,"date":"2019-06-07T15:09:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T13:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.321go.si\/grad-murska-sobota\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T17:33:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T15:33:26","slug":"castle-murska-sobota","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.321go.si\/en\/castle-murska-sobota\/","title":{"rendered":"Castle Murska Sobota"},"content":{"rendered":"

Castle Murska Sobota<\/h1>\n

Renaissance castle with baroque elements<\/h4>\n

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

Murska Sobota castle timeline:<\/h3>\n

Murska Sobota, Belmura, Muraszombat, Olsnitz<\/p>\n

1255<\/h3>\n

In 1255 Bel Mura court was mentioned for the first time, however it is not necessarily meaning today’s Murska Sobota.<\/p>\n

1265<\/h3>\n

In 1265 the estate Belmura was mentioned for the first time.<\/p>\n

1297<\/h3>\n

Stephan from Lower-Lyndua Buz\u00e1d-Hahold family owned the estate in 1297. The church of St. Nicholas at estate Belmura was then mentioned for the first time.<\/p>\n

1307\u20131342<\/h3>\n

In the period 1307\u20131342 Nicholas I. from Amad\u00e9 Gutkeled family combined the estates Gornja Lendava and Murska Sobota.<\/p>\n

1348<\/h3>\n

In written sources from 1348 Murazombatha was mentioned for the first time.<\/p>\n

1365\u20131366<\/h3>\n

1365\u20131366 the Sz\u00e9chy family received the estate Belmura with Murska Sobota from the king Louis I. Anjou.<\/p>\n

1398<\/h3>\n

Mura Zombotha court mentioned in written sources from 1398.<\/p>\n

1478<\/h3>\n

In 1478 castellum in Belmwra \u2013 a Belmura castle was mentioned.<\/p>\n

1498<\/h3>\n

A Murska Sobota castle mentioned as castellum Mwrayzombath for the first time in written sources from 1498.<\/p>\n

1540\u2013 1570<\/h3>\n

The building of the renaissance castle presumably began between 1540\u2013 1570, when owned by Margaret Sz\u00e9chy and her two husbands.<\/p>\n

1570<\/h3>\n

Thomas III. Sz\u00e9chy of Rimasz\u00e9ch family branch inherited the estate in 1570.<\/p>\n

1652<\/h3>\n

In 1652 Murska Sobota has been divided between Sz\u00e9chy family of Rimasz\u00e9ch and Batthy\u00e1ny family.<\/p>\n

1669<\/h3>\n

In 1669 the owners of the castles Gornja Lendava and Murska Sobota are Peter, Jasper and George Sz\u00e9chy de Rimasz\u00e9ch.<\/p>\n

1685<\/h3>\n

After the last male descendant, Peter, died in 1685, the owner of Murska Sobota was Julianne Sz\u00e9chy, his sister, and her husband count Francis K\u00e9ry.<\/p>\n

1687<\/h3>\n

In the year 1687 Peter Szap\u00e1ry bought the estate with town and castle Murska Sobota, market town Martjanci, 39 villages and 3 desolates for 35.000 Forints.<\/p>\n

1690<\/h3>\n

Peter Szap\u00e1ry bought the dominion Sz\u00e9csisziget and became a baron in 1690.<\/p>\n

1722<\/h3>\n

The Szap\u00e1ry family received the count title in 1722.<\/p>\n

1730<\/h3>\n

The dominion Murska Sobota is in 1730 divided between families Szap\u00e1ry with Murska Sobota castle and Batthy\u00e1ny with Raki\u010dan castle.<\/p>\n

1930<\/h3>\n

Almost all of the castle\u2019s furniture and equipment was sold out at the auction of Szap\u00e1ry\u2019s property, which began in 1930.<\/p>\n

1934<\/h3>\n

The Municipality Murska Sobota bought in 1934 the castle for its purposes.<\/p>\n

1941\u20131945<\/h3>\n

Between 1941\u20131945 a court of law and a prison were stationed in the castle.<\/p>\n

1996<\/h3>\n

In 1996 the Murska Sobota castle was registered as a local cultural monument, owned by the Municipality Murska Sobota.<\/p>\n

2017<\/h3>\n

Since 2017 the castle has been managed by Pomurje Museum Murska Sobota.<\/p>\n

The building history<\/h4>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tMurska Sobota castle from north side, 1895\u20131899, Kl\u00f6sz Gy\u00f6rgy \u2013 Source: Hungaricana, Inv. no. HU_BFL_XV_19_d_1_12_198.<\/p>\n

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The Murska Sobota castle is a Renaissance castle with four corner towers and side wings, which have a courtyard and entrance on the north and east side. Renaissance elements are preserved in the stone window frames and a portal arch on the north side.The Baroque elements date back to the 18th century and can be found on the northern fa\u00e7ade, in the arcade courtyard, in the chapel and in the grand salon.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tPhoto: Tomislav Vre\u010di\u010d, PMMS.<\/p>\n

The courtyard wings were walled with arcades, the northern Baroque facade was renovated, a castle chapel was added, and the Szap\u00e1rys commissioned illusionist paintings in the salon on the first floor. The salon is two floors high and the paintings feature elements of classicist architecture with flower ornaments. The Allegory of Peace in the vault combines the mythological figures of Athena, Ares and Hercules, accompanied by Putti, who also appear in pairs on the walls. The splendid impression is completed by a Rococo stove, reconstructed in 2018 with financial support of the European Union under the European Regional Development Fund as part of the cooperation program Interreg V-A Slovenia-Austria and pieces of the original furniture, which were left after the auction.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tBaroque stone portal \u2013 Photo: Tomislav Vre\u010di\u010d, PMMS.<\/p>\n

The most exquisite Baroque element of Murska Sobota Castle is the stone portal of the eastern wing, decorated with rich ornaments, and featuring a balustrade balcony supported by two sculpted Atlantes. This masterpiece, originating from the 18th century, was placed in that spot at the end of the 19th century. It was made for a city palace Grassalkovich in Budapest which was demolished due to the city\u2019s modernisation works.<\/p>\n

The nine-hectare palace park \u2013 today’s city park \u2013 dates back to the Baroque period and it was planted as an English garden in the 18th century.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tBaroque stone portal \u2013 Source: Jo\u017ee Kolo\u0161a \u2013 Kolo\u0161, PMMS<\/p>\n

At the time of the last Count of Murska Sobota, Ladislas Szap\u00e1ry, the castle was sumptuously equipped with historicist furniture and works of art, which were largely sold in the 1930 and 1931 auctions. The appearance of the castle rooms has been preserved in photographs from the late 19th century. The building itself was purchased by the then Municipality of Murska Sobota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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