Zubstein

The ruins of Zubštejn Castle stand on a prominent hill (688 m) above the village of Pivonice in the Vysočina region. Zubštejn was probably the oldest Pernštejn castle in the Svratka river basin. On the north side lay the elongated rectangular Keep, protected from the east by a rock ridge, on which the remains of masonry are still found. They were connected by a narrow bridgehead, from which extended the outer rampart fortification with dry stone...