Name: Bethlen Castel
Address: The village is located southwest of Sighisoara, 9 km south of Dunnes, on the river. The castle of the Hungarian noble family Bethlen is situated on the hill in the village., Criș, Romania
Telephone: +40 (0) 758635 935

Bethlen Castel

Castle

Criș

The chateau in Criș was built by the Bethlen family in the Renaissance style. The first phase of construction is dated 1519, the second 1683. In a description from 1845, A. de Gerando reports that according to an inscription legible at that time, the castle was built in 1300 by Markus Bethlen, which cannot be verified today. The castle has corner bastions, defensive walls with battlements and gateways. Inside there are halls with gothic vaults, rich renaissance sculptures.

Visitation contact:

Bethlen Family +40 (0) 758635 935

Bethlen Castel

Castle

Criș

Visitation contact:

Bethlen Family +40 (0) 758635 935

History

1305	Criș first appears in a document in a partition agreement, in which it is owned, together with other villages, by the noble Apafi family. A progenitor of this Hungarian noble family is a daughter of the Saxon Count Cheel von Kelling.
1340	The Provincial Assembly of the Seven Chairs recognizes the property rights of the Apafi descendants to Kreisch and five other villages.
1665-1680	Disputes between the landlord Alexius Bethlen and the evangelical bishop about the appointment of a rector in the village.
1848	Hussars were billeted in the castle during the course of the war in the year of the revolution. The serfs from Cris prevent the plundering of the castle.
1859	A conflagration destroys 4/5 of the village.

Bethlen Castel

Bethlen Castel

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Bethlen Castel

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