Haselburg Traditional Geocache

CZ:    Haselburg

Na sever od vimperskeho zamku stoji na nevyrazne vyvysenine samostatne opevneni, jakysi zmenseny hrad nebo hradek. Rika se mu Haselburg a jedna se o predsunutou delostreleckou bastu, ktera mela v dobe siliciho vyznamu delostrelectva kompenzovat nepriznivou polohu vlastniho hradu; nahorni planina v tech mistech totiz prevysovala hrad a mohla se stat idealni pozici pro dela pripadneho oblehatele. Vznikla kolem roku 1479, kdy byla propojena opevneni hradu a mesta a kdy se komplexne resila obrana Vimperka jako celku.

Basta byla puvodne obehnana vyzdenym prikopem a opevnena dvojimi hradbami, z nichz ty vnejsi je dnes vetsinou sneseny. Protahly podkovovity objekt ma masivni obvodovou hradbu, na nejohrozenejsi obloukovite strane jeste zesilenou. Do teto hradby je na vstupni strane vestavena mohutna okrouhla vez s krizove sklenutym interierem. nad prizemim stavala jeste dve patra, z nichz to druhe slouzilo obyvani.

Nad vstupni branou spatri prichozi kamennou desku s erbem Kapliru ze Sulevic a letopoctem 1479.

V roce 1729 byl vydan rozkaz, aby se stary zamecek Haselburg zboural, nebot se jiz zachovati neda a nijak na nem nezalezi. Ziskane stavivo se melo pouzit k opravam zamku. Rozkaz vsak nastesti nebyl proveden. Zachranila se tak jedina presne datovana predsunuta delostrelecka basta v Cechach.

Dnes je Haselburg, poeticka stredoveka stavba obklopena malebnou skupinou domku, v soukromem vlastnictvi a verejnosti nepristupna.

 

A mild elevation to the north of Vimperk castle has a small fortress on its top, a kind of miniature castle. It is an artillery bastion called Haselburg, an outpost which was built to compensate for the unfortunate position of the castle itself. At the time when artillery was gaining in importance, the elevation, higher than the castle in altitude, would have constituted an ideal firing position for the cannons of the besieger. The bastion originated around 1479, when the fortifications of the castle and the town were integrated into a single defensive system for Vimperk. The bastion was originally surrounded by a lined moat and protected by two circles of ramparts, of which the outer one is now largely gone. The whole horseshoe-shaped complex has a massive outer wall, which is strongest in its most exposed arched section. A mighty round tower is built into the wall on the entrance side, with a cross vault in its interior. The ground floor originally had two more storeys above it, the top one used as a residence. The entrance gate still bears a stone slab with the Kaplirs of Sulevice’s coat of arms and the date 1479.

In 1729 an order was issued to pull the old Haselburg bastion down as it could not be further preserved and had lost its importance. The material gained from the demolition was to be used to repair the castle. Fortunately, the order was not carried out, saving the only outlying artillery bastion in Bohemia which has been preserved to this day.

Today, Haselburg is a poetic mediaeval structure surrounded by a picturesque array of houses. As it is privately owned, it is closed to the public.