Since August 2010, the castle and manor house are accessed to the public. You will see the castle courtyard, audiovisual presentation of history, and also restore of inside spaces.
Tour duration: 25 min.
Times of tour: 11:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00
Price: adults 3 €, children (from 6 years old), students, seniors, disabled person 1€. Children under 6 years – free of charge. For larger groups ( 7 and more ) there is a option to reserve a individual term of tour.
The Castle and manor house
In the 13th century the Gown (head of the province) of Zvolen built the castle of stone on a 5 meters high limestone rock, surrounded by a water ditch, which is well preserved and has the appearance of a lake. The first reference to the castle is from 1341 as ,,Wywar” in later documents it is referred to as ,,Novum Castrum”, Novy Hrad or Hradek. The castle was built by the Royal Estate to control the very important road called ,,Via Magna” In 1433 the castle was captured by the Hussit, but was later occupied by Jiskrovci, after which the castle changed owners many times. In the second half of the 16th century the brothers Valentine and Frantisek Balas rebuilt the castle. From documents that have been well preserved, it’s known that in 1579 they invested more then 3000 golden coins on renovations.
The castle was heavily damaged during the Rebellions of the Estates at the turnoff the 17th to18th century. The Imperial General built strong defenses against the rebel Frantisek Rakozci. Later, at the beginning of 18th century the Imperial Leopold I. gifted the castle and the manor house to Prince Lichtenstein. In 1709 during the important battle of Svihrova between the rebel and imperials armies, the rebel forces destroyed the old castle. In 1731 King Larder bought the castle and the manor house from Emanuel Lichtenstein. Extensions to the manor house were stopped in 1803 by a big fire at the castle.
After this calamity the officers of the king decided to restore only the manor house. The castle was from that year in ruins. The fire wasn’t the only calamity to occur at the castle. In 1813 during an extremely rainy summer there was a catastrophic flood.
From 1860 to 1874 was in the premises of the manor house the District Court. Very risk parts of old castle were preserved in 1932 . Later there was a Museum of Liptov. From 1990 to 2002 the castle and manor house were unoccupied. And then new owner came and story of the Castle and manor house continue….and how ?For that you are welcome to come and see it….