Susedgrad

Susedgrad Castle
Susedgrad Castle
Zagreb, Croatia
	Attempted reconstruction of Susedgrad's early appearance with confluence of Sava and Krapina rivers visible behind.
Coordinates	45.82106°N 15.83105°E
Type	Hilltop castle
Height	Built on 194 meters high hilltop
Site information
Owner	Cistercians; Anjou royal family; Aka family; Johann Katzianer; Henning family; Tahy family; Henning family; Sermage family; Jelačić family;
Condition	in ruins
Site history
Built	14th century
In use	14th–17th century
Materials	stone
Demolished	Left to ruin after 17th century.
Battles/wars	Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War - several akinji raids occurred nearby.; Susedgrad Wars; Croatian-Slovene Peasant Revolt;
Cultural Good of Croatia
Type	Protected cultural good
Reference no.	Z-7528

Susedgrad Castle (Hungarian: Szomszédvár), or earlier also only Sused, is a ruined medieval fortress on the far-western hill of mount Medvednica, while also marking the far-western part of modern-day Zagreb, Croatia.

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