Grabštejn

Grabštejn (German: Grafenstein) is a castle situated not far from the city of Liberec, in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic, near the three-country-border area where the borders of the Czech Republic, Germany, and Poland meet. The original Gothic castle of Grafenstein was founded in the 13th century. In 1562, it was bought by Crown Chancellor Georg Mehl von Strelitz. Between 1566 and 1586, he had rebuilt the castle in Renaissance style and thus turned it into a representative chateau. Georg Mehl also had a steward's house built below the castle, which was around the year 1830 rebuilt in Classicist style. Shortly before that – around 1818 – Christian of Clam-Gallas had built the New Castle near the Old Castle. The new building was...