Bratislava and surroundings, ruins of castles and forts

Dračí hrádok is a ruin on the Úboč hill above the valley of the Stupavský brook, located 2 km east of the village of Borinka at an altitude of 370 m above sea level. m. The castle was built in the 13th century, during the period when the owners of the royal castle on Pajštún were the counts of Svätý Jur and Pezinok. The royal origin is indicated by the similarity of the tower at Dračský hrádek with the towers at other royal castles (Plavecký hrad, Beckov, Pajštún). The castle complex consists of two parts. The first part is an elongated ridge (15 meters wide and 15 meters long),...

The Pajstun castle belongs in the system of border castles that took over, since the 13th century, the function of protection of the north-western borders of the Ugrian state in the Small Carpathians. The beginnings of the royal castle date back to the second half of the 13th century. It has been documented since 1273. The oldest owners used to have a shared lordship with Stupava where they returned in a later stage. Since the 14th century it belonged to counts from Svätý Jur and Pezinok continuously, up to the year 1526 when the family died out and the property got into the ownership of the...

Biely Kamen (White stone) is a ruin of a Gothic castle situated on the wooded hill above the town of Svaty Jur at the Pezinok District in the Bratislava region. The castle, originally occupying a relatively large area of hill has been preserved in a state of advanced decay, which does not allow getting detailed information about its original form and development. White Stone Castle replaced older fort located on the opposite side of the valley. This fort was built in the 9th century and acted in the next period. Acquiring the territory of Svaty Jur in 1209, the family Hunt-Poznan chose as...