The Thirty Years' War in Svojanov

The town of Svojanov is located on the border of Bohemia and Moravia in the valley of the Křetínka river below the castle of the same name. It has less than 400 inhabitants. The so-called Trstenická trade route led through the village, for the defense of which the castle was built in the 1st and 13th centuries. built by Přemysl Otakar II. The castle was besieged several times by Žižka, Swedes, peasant cavalry and Russian troops. The dominant feature of the castle is the Hláska tower, from which you can see the town under the castle with the church of St...