Stansstad, Switzerland
13th century
Vufflens-le-Château, Switzerland
1425
La Neuveville, Switzerland
1283
Oensingen, Switzerland
1250
Erlach, Switzerland
1090-1100
Silenen, Switzerland
13th century
Mesocco, Switzerland
12th century
Wilderswil, Switzerland
12th century
Tarasp, Switzerland
11th century
Küssnacht, Switzerland
13th century
Freienbach, Switzerland
13th century
Dardagny, Switzerland
13th century
Trimbach, Switzerland
10th century AD
Porrentruy, Switzerland
13th century
Habsburg, Switzerland
1020-1030
Binningen, Switzerland
1290s
Vaumarcus, Switzerland
13th century
Münchenstein, Switzerland
1260-1270
Meggen, Switzerland
1868
Mammern, Switzerland
13th century
Střekov Castle (Schreckenstein) is perched atop a cliff above the River Elbe, near the city of Ústí nad Labem. It was built in 1316 for John of Luxembourg, the father of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, to guard an important trade route to Germany. After changing hands several times, the castle was acquired by the Lobkowicz family in 1563. Its strategic importance led to occupations by Imperial Habsburg, Saxon, and Swedish forces during the Thirty Years' War, as well as successive sieges by Austrian and Prussian armies during the Seven Years' War.
Although Střekov Castle was heavily damaged during those conflicts and abandoned as a military installation by the end of the 18th century, the 1800s saw many poets and artists visiting the castle, drawn by a new trend of interest in romantic ruins.