One access road to the town of Banská Štiavnica was exclusively under my control. They built me as a guard castle in the 13th century. Due to political disagreements in the struggle for the Hungarian throne there were constant struggles for me. The owners frequently changed. I gradually lost my importance, so I disappeared at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries.
But I’m still here in a way. My remains were used by the locals to build a church, and near the place where I once stood, the remains of a 15th-century timber-earth siege fortress are still visible.
CONCLUDING LEGEND
Teplica Castle was also called Red Castle
It is said that red monks lived at Teplica Castle. Is it why the castle got such a name – Red Castle?
One of the legends says that treasures are hidden in the castle and guarded by a mysterious red monk. He takes on various forms, and thus frightens people who have wandered to the ruins in search of treasure.
Fantasy? Andrej Kmeť, the ethnographer, heard a similar story from an old man who discovered a clay chalice in a field below the castle during ploughing. Another legend tells a story of a girl who appears at the castle and a red monk in the form of a bull guards her carefully. Will the girl meet her rescuer? What if you are the one? So where does the name Red Castle actually come from? Nobody knows.
How do you get there?
A yellow marked tourist path from the village of Sklené Teplice merges after about 1.5 km into a green tourist path leading to Teplica Castle.
ADDRESS
Hrad Teplica (Pustý hrad)
966 03 Sklené Teplice
