2020 - Proof - Hrady - Bečov nad Teplou
weight: 15,55 g
purity: 999,9/1000 Au
edge proof: plain
edge unc.: knurled
limited mintagení mintage: 15.000 pcs
quality proof issue day: 7 900 pcs
quality unc. issue day: 3 200 pcs
Objednávkový kód: KZCR123
Beov - Castle rises above the town, twenty-four km south of Carlsbad. In close proximity is a two-storey palace from the mid-eighteenth century. The castle was founded in the early fourteenth century.
The castle standing on the western outpost of the Bohemian Kingdom served as a guard house at the intersection of important trade routes. To protect its natural location not only contributed to a steep hill above the valley, but also warm river that flows around it from two sides. In the fourteenth century castle owned by the powerful family Rzmburks, who sold it in 1407 Ulrich of Hzmburk. He soon it underwent Meissen burgraves Henry of Plauen, who acted with hostility towards the Czech King Wenceslas II. even against the Hussites. Likewise Erkinger of Seinsheim whom Henry Castle stopped. Neither strong garrison, however Calixtine fighters captain Jamie Vesovic of the conquest of the castle did not prevent.
Among the most important were the owners of Beov Pluhs of Rabtejna who got rich from the silver and tin mining.
Meaning Beov fell during the Thirty Years War, during which he was conquered by the Swedes and severely damaged.
Attempts to rebuilding in the 19th century were too sensitive and the castle partially lost its Gothic character. Gradual reconstruction began in the seventies of the last century.
In 1985, he was found to BEOV unique reliquary of St. Maur, one of the most valuable domestic sights. Ten years later, the shrine was recognized as a National Historic Landmark Czech Republic, is stored in the adjacent baroque castle. Beov Castle is owned by the Czech state, administered by the National Heritage Institute.