SLO:
Na gricu
severozahodno od Mirne stojijo razvaline Mirnskega gradu. Grad je
prvic omenjen že l. 1165, vendar pa novejše raziskave
kažejo, da ima grad svoje zametke že iz casa rimske
civilizacije. Grad je bil v srednjem veku mocna postojanka tako
gospodarska kot politicna. Njegovi lastniki so se hitro menjavali.
Prvi lastnik je bil koroški vojvoda Ulrik, ki ga je l. 1250
predal oglejskim patriarhom, ti pa so sem namestili svoje fevdnike
Mirnske gospode. Ti so bili v tistem casu pomembne politicne
osebnosti, zlasti so bili povezani z gospodi
Šumberškimi in so v takratni Evropi sloveli kot eni
najmocnejših iz stranske veje dinastije kneginje Eme.
Udeleževali so se tudi viteških turnirjev. Po njihovem
dinasticnem izginotju se politicna in gospodarska moc gradu dvigne
do evropske veljave samo še v 17. stoletju kot dedina
kranjskega deželnega glavarja, ki nekdanjo grajsko
srednjeveško utrdbo spremeni v renesancno palaco. L.1435 so
bili njegovi lastniki grofje Celjski, od leta 1456 dalje pa
Habsburžani. Grad je bil razdejan v kmeckih uporih l. 1515, ko
je bil lastnik gradu Janez Turjaški. Grad je imel tudi
mogocno obrambno obzidje s strelnimi linami in obrambnimi stolpi,
ki pa je bilo požgano med 2. svetovno vojno.
EN:
On the
hill north east from town Mirna you can find ruins of Mirna castle.
Today the castle is sometimes named "A Sleeping Beauty". Its
surroundings extend along the plain to the town Mirna and offer an
amazing backdrop to one of the most beautiful views in the Mirna
Valley.
The castle changed owners frequently. Its first owner was duke
Ulrik. He handed over the castle to patriarchs of Aquileia, which
installed to the castle Mirna lords. The Mirna lords were closely
related to the Šumberški lords and at that time
represented within the Europe one of the strongest side branches in
the dynasty of Princess Emma.
After Mirna lords dynasty disappeared the strength of the castle
reaches European significance only one more time. It was in
17th century when the castle was upgraded from the
medivial forth to the renaissance place. In 1435 the owners of the
castle were Celje counts and than from 1456 the castle ownership
went to the Habsburg hands. Castle was severly damaged during
peasants riots in in 1515. The castle also had strong defensive
walls but they were burned and destroyed during 2nd
world war.
