Košeca, castle (ruin)

Place: Košecké Podhradie, County: Ilava, Region: Trenčín , Historic region: Trencin

Other names

Košecký hrad, Košatec; 1272 Kaza, 1312 Kosycz, 1316 Kassa, 1318 Coscha, 1330 castrum Kassa, 1447 castrum Kossatecz

Brief description

Ruins of a castle built in 13th century and destroyed in 17th century.

Pictures

5 picures

Situation

On the hillock between Veľké and Malé Košecké Podhradie, altitude 453,6 meters.


Kamenní strážcovia


Potulky Slovenskom


Krajina hradov

Access

By bus from Ilava or by the state road No.61 from Ilava and in Košeca turn to the right to Košecké Podhradie.

Košeca in media

Turistov vítali hradné panie
MY sieť regionálnych novín, 6. December 2006

Nearby castles

Ilava castle, Lednica, Súča, Vršatec

Literature

Názvy hradov a zámkov v Slovenskej republike
Slovenský úrad geodézie a kartografie. Bratislava. 1990