A little interesting story:🤗
The origins of Rabi Castle are still shrouded in mystery. It looks like the castle in the first half of the 14th. in the 17th century it was founded by the rulers of Ryzmberk. Rabi became their ancestral home and at the same time had to carry out various defensive tasks in the upper Pootavi region.
At the end of the 14th, or at the beginning of the 15th century, the rulers of Ryzmberk expanded the original fortress and strengthened the defenses of their settlement. Changing the territory of the castle turned out to be a very far-sighted act. After the outbreak of an armed conflict between supporters and opponents of the teachings of Huss, the lords of Ryzmberk sided with King Zikmund of Luxembourg and actively opposed the Hussite movement. It is not surprising that the troops under the leadership of Jan ižka from Trocnov twice besieged and captured the castle, namely in 1420 and 1421. However, the Hussite hetman paid a high price for the second success, as he lost his right eye in front of the walls of Rabi. During the conquest, the Hussites severely damaged the rabbis, but the then owners received financial compensation for their loyalty to the "red king", and so they were able to restore the castle.
Then, for a long time, the castle passed from hand to hand and slowly fell into decay due to the difficult fate of their owners.
In the first half of the 19th century, the castle burned down and the fire stripped of its roofs and wooden parts. And after that, the unguarded territory of the castle became a source of building material for the inhabitants of Podhradie and the surrounding area.
The first attempts to preserve and at the same time make the castle complex accessible appeared already in the middle of the 19th century. century. The then owner of the estate, Prince Gustav Jachim Lamberg, closed the entrance gate, built the first observation deck at the top of the keep and repaired part of the masonry. Despite all efforts, the repairs affected a smaller part of the area - most of the masonry was not fixed to the displeasure of the inhabitants of Podhradie, so falling stones constantly threatened their houses.
In 1954, the rabbi took over the government, and in 1978 the castle was declared a national cultural monument. Currently, the Rabi State Castle is under the management of the National Institute of Monuments, the Territorial Administration of Monuments in Ceske Budievice.