Fortification of Krupka

The old town of Krupka, consisting of only one street at the time, is surrounded by such steep slopes and high hills that the town did not need extensive fortification. All that was needed was the lower and upper gates, which had been demolished during the century before last, and the castle on the promontory above the stream, protecting the entrance to the city and the passage to the mines and on to Germany, on the south side. In front of the castle, Mlýnský vrch and the opposite…