Erdut Castle Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 2/22/2008
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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I have tried several hides, but the cache goes missing every single time, within a very short time. I live far away, so, please help and replace it if you can. If not, please log it with the password that I placed at N 45° 31.585' E 19° 3.842'. Please, do not post the password in your log, but send it to me by e-mail! Thank you for your visit, your understanding, and your potential help.


How to get there?
The village of Erdut is in 30 km east of Osijek, on the right bank of River Danube. It is on the border of Croatia, having a bridge and border crossing to Serbia.
Parking is just about 165 m away from the cache and 100 m from the castle.

History in a nutshell
The village was first mentioned in a document in 1335, the castle in 1472, as the property of the provost of Titel. The castle was built in the 15th century, on a bluff 70 meters above the Danube, providing an excellent view and controlling traffic on the Danube.
It was under Turkish rule between 1526-1687. After being own by the crown and Baron of Zuan. Its last owner was the Adamovich and Cseh family. By the time they acquired it, the castle was uninhabited, as shown on a mid-19th century drawing.
Its last owner was Irénke Cseh at the time of its nationalization after the second world war.
The castle was damaged in July 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence, in an artillery attack launched by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA).

Architecture
In 1891, the 15th century, squared shape, partly ruined residential tower was modified by the Adamovich-Cseh family to serve as their mausoleum. The top two floors were torn down. The internal staircase and the remains of the wall paintings destroyed. The coat of arms of the families were placed above the entrance.
Besides this tower, another well-preserved part is the bastion in the northwest corner. The originally four-storey, round tower shows Italian Renaissance influence. On the upper level, twenty brick consols support the rim that was fitted with openings to pour tar on the enemy. You can also observe keyhole-shaped portholes.
There is one more tower, built in the same style about 40 m below the castle. Some believe that it is not at its original location, but got to its current place during a landslide in 1860, but excavations of the 1970s revealed part of the outer defense system, showing that the lower rectangular tower was connected with the upper round tower.
The rusty iron ladders were built during the Croatian War, as the fortress was used again as an observation point - as for hundreds of years in the past.


Please, please use utmost stealth when locals or other muggles are present! Cache maintenance requires 300 km drive. :-(

Cache History
February 16, 2008.: SylverRat + Bogee published the cache
August 15, 2009: COs were informed that the cache was missing.
August 20, 2008: SylverRat + Bogee replaced the cache.
October 10, 2010: The cache has gone missing again.
September 13, 2011: Fairy replaced the cache.
August 03, 2012: The cache is missing.
October 6, 2012: Csaba & családja replaced the cache.
June 15, 2013: The container is found empty.
October 23, 2013: Cache maintenance.
June 3, 2015.: Strombus and Péter60 found the container empty again, they added everything necessary and hid the cache at a location that they perceived safer.
July 19, 2015: Dr.Lada and Lopakodó hid another container at the old location as they did not know about the new location, the cache page was not updated by CO.
September 6, 2017.: Párduc50 adopted the cache.
November 11, 2018. 11: Strombus adopted the disabled cache. So far it had 66 finds and 2 favorite points.
March 1, 2019: Strombus replaced the cache at the same location as in 2015, and also hid a spare cache.
March 24, 2022: Trying out a new location again.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Va gur ynetr ubyr va gur jnyy arkg gb gur gbjre. Cyrnfr, uvqr vg onpx irel jryy gb uryc gur pnpur ynfg ybatre. Guvf ornhgvshy ybpngvba vf abg fnsr, hasbeghangryl.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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