{"id":435,"date":"2020-01-27T09:23:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T08:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.321go.si\/grad-na-gorickem\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T17:48:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T15:48:36","slug":"castle-grad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.321go.si\/en\/castle-grad\/","title":{"rendered":"Castle Grad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Castle
\nGrad<\/h1>\n

Slovenia’s largest baroque castle<\/h4>\n

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

Grad Castle timeline<\/h3>\n

Grad, Gornja Lendava, Fels\u0151lendva, Oberlimbach<\/p>\n

1208<\/h3>\n

In 1208 king Andrew II. gives the fief Lyndwa to Nicholas of Vas (comiti de Ferreo castro).<\/p>\n

1271<\/h3>\n

Limbuh Castle (Grad, Gornja Lendava=Upper Lyndua) is first mentioned in written sources from 1271. <\/p>\n

1275<\/h3>\n

In 1275 king Ladislaus IV. confirms the estate to Amad\u00e9 from Gutkeled family. <\/p>\n

1307\u20131342<\/h3>\n

In the period 1307\u20131342 Nicholas from Amad\u00e9 Gutkeled family expanded the estate to the river Mura, acquiring Belmura estate with Murska Sobota.<\/p>\n

1358<\/h3>\n

In the year 1358 king Louis I. Anjou presented the estate to Palatine Nicholas Kont. <\/p>\n

1363<\/h3>\n

1363 the castellanus de Fullyndua were mentioned in a written source.<\/p>\n

1365-1366<\/h3>\n

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

1391<\/h3>\n

In 1391 king Sigismund presented patronage over Szentgotthard abbey to the Sz\u00e9chy family.<\/p>\n

1415<\/h3>\n

In a written source dating from 1415 the castle is mentioned as Felseu-Lendva. <\/p>\n

1535<\/h3>\n

In the year 1535 Stephan, the last male descendant of Upper-Lyndua Sz\u00e9chy family, died.<\/p>\n

1570<\/h3>\n

In 1570 Thomas III. Sz\u00e9chy of Rimasz\u00e9ch family branch owned the estate together with Mary Magdalen of Upper-Lyndua branch and her husband.<\/p>\n

1607<\/h3>\n

A part of Sz\u00e9chy estate received the Batthy\u00e1ny family after the marriage in 1607.<\/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

The last descendant of Sz\u00e9chy family, Peter V., died in 1685.<\/p>\n

1689<\/h3>\n

The N\u00e1dasdy family owned parts of the estate after the marriage in 1689.<\/p>\n

1730<\/h3>\n

In the year 1730 count Leopold N\u00e1dasdy was the owner of estate and castle Gornja Lendava.<\/p>\n

1836<\/h3>\n

Johannes Spech, a Hungarian classicist composer, died in the castle in 1836.<\/p>\n

1856<\/h3>\n

Prince Moritz Joseph Johann Dietrichstein bought the castle 1856.<\/p>\n

1864<\/h3>\n

In 1864 Edward Alm\u00e1sy bought the castle.<\/p>\n

1867<\/h3>\n

His son George Alm\u00e1sy, a zoologist, ethnographer and Asia researcher, was 1867 borne in the castle.<\/p>\n

1872<\/h3>\n

In 1872 Theodor Sz\u00e9chenyi bought the castle.<\/p>\n

1919<\/h3>\n

B\u00e9la Batthy\u00e1ny owned the castle in 1919.<\/p>\n

1929<\/h3>\n

Geza Hartner, an industrialist from Murska Sobota, bought the castle 1929.<\/p>\n

1945<\/h3>\n

At the end of the II. World War the Red Army was stationed in the castle in 1945.<\/p>\n

1946<\/h3>\n

In 1946 the castle was nationalised and owned by Federative Peoples Republic Yugoslavia.<\/p>\n

1952<\/h3>\n

In 1952 the castle and the village beneath were named Grad instead of Gornja Lendava.<\/p>\n

1982<\/h3>\n

In 1982 the castle became a common property of the Grad local community.<\/p>\n

1999<\/h3>\n

In 1999 it was pronounced the State cultural monument in property of the Republic Slovenia.<\/p>\n

2004<\/h3>\n

Since 2004 the castle and park are being managed by the Public Institute of Gori\u010dko Nature Park (JZKPG).<\/p>\n

2016<\/h3>\n

In the year 2016 the Republic Slovenia payed all denationalization obligations.<\/p>\n

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Grandeur Castle Grad, formerly Gornja Lendava, stands on a steep hill of basaltic tuff (320 m high) above the Grad settlement, in the northwest of the Gori\u010dko region. <\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tCastle stove with St. George fighting the dragon \u2013 Photo: Tomislav Vre\u010di\u010d, PMMS.<\/p>\n

On the basis of archaeological excavations, the beginnings of the former well-built medieval centre are preserved in the remains of a tall tower, known as a bergfried. Over the course of eight centuries, a large castle structure was built, which is today considered one of the largest baroque castles in Slovenia. Renaissance palacio was built in the 14th century. In the 15th century it was connected to the ancient bergfried and the first Palacio. In that period, the chambers were undoubtedly decorated by valuable paintings, tapestries, and furniture.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tArcades in the courtyard \u2013 Source: JZKPG<\/p>\n

Rich pentagonal shape the Castle got in the 16th century, when owned by Sz\u00e9chy family. The castle was given its present appearance during the 16th and 17th centurY. Following the attacks by the Turks, peasants and rebellious farmers, the Castle got its baroque image. Elements of other periods, from Romanesque to Baroque, are skilfully included in the castle complex and reflect the wealth of its owners. <\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tView towards the chapel bell \u2013 Source: JZKPG.<\/p>\n

In the 18th and 19th century it was renovated and the present bell tower was added to the castle chapel (1751, renovated in 2001), which was the concluding action of the baroquisation of the castle, performed by N\u00e1dasdy family. On the first floor, also called the noble floor, or piano nobile, the rooms are brighter and ceilings are higher to serve the needs of the lords of the manor.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tCoat-of-arms of the Szechenyi family over the entrance portal \u2013 Source: JZKPG.<\/p>\n

Between the two World Wars the castle was owned by the industrialist Geza Hartner from Murska Sobota. In the year 1945 a unit of the Russian army was stationed here, after the Second World War the building was nationalised. New occupants moved into the empty rooms, and one part of the building was also used for offices. Between the years 1960 and 1990 the castle was left to fall into ruin. After 1995 the renovations started, which still are not concluded.<\/p>\n

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Ownership of the castle changed several times, including descendants of the N\u00e1dasdys, Sz\u00e9chenyis and Batthy\u00e1nys as well as other owners in 19th and at the begin of 20th century. <\/p>\n

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