Andělská Hora Castle

A huge basalt rock with a castle (known as Andělská hora or Engelsburg, English: Angel Mountain,) on top is a landmark dominating the mildly undulating landscape before it enters the deep valley of the Ohře River. Nothing has been preserved from the original Reisenburg structure built at the turn of the 14th and 15th century and the only remains of the first reconstruction of the castle by the Šlik family in the 1430’s and 1440’s are the ruins of a prism-shaped tower.

Andělská hora The castle underwent a thorough reconstruction in Late Gothic style when in the possession of the Lords of Plavno at the turn of the 15th and 16th century. Most of the still visible remnants of the castle architecture come from this period. The old tower palace stood in the middle of the ellipsoid inner ward, which included another Renaissance building. A part of the inner ward fortification walls has not been preserved.

Andělská hora The access road was guarded by an outer ward surrounded by stone walls with a bastion and a gate. Another gate separated the outer ward and the inner ward courtyard.