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− | Based on the ethnographic material collected during his fieldwork in the 1990s,[[Rajko Muršič]]'s anthropological study ''Trate: The Story of the Youth and Rock Club'' (2001) discloses the role and impact of the two deserted castles with vacant space in the development of the alternative scene in the Trate Youth Club in Slovenske gorice between the late 1970s and the early 1990s. | + | Based on the ethnographic material collected during his fieldwork in the 1990s,[[Rajko Muršič]]'s anthropological study ''Trate: The Story of the Youth and Rock Club'' (2001) discloses the role and impact of the two deserted castles with vacant space in the development of the alternative scene in the Trate Youth Club in Slovenske gorice between the late 1970s and the early 1990s. Since 1998 the [[Festival at the Border]] co-organised by and the [[Subkulturni azil Maribor]] and the Austrian Youth Club JUZHOUSE Mureck has taken place at the Cmurek Castle. |
==See also== | ==See also== |
Revision as of 12:20, 9 July 2015
Historical buildings
The castle of Cmurek (named also Upper Cmurek or Upper Mureck) dominates over the Mura river and was mentioned in documents already in 1148 when it was owned by the Cmurek nobles. Later on the castle was purchased by the Counts of Celje. The last owners were the Counts of Stubenberg and Anton Mali.
The two-storey building preserved only a few Romanesque elements, namely, in the course of centuries numerous rebuildings took place: the chapel was set up in 1340, and the Renaissance arcades in the courtyard during the 16th and 17th century, eventually, in the late 18th century the medieval tower was pulled down and some building extensions introduced.
From the ruins of the defence tower of the upper castle and the nunnery in the lower part of the village, the Kapralov’s Castle was built at the end of the 18th century, owned by an English-German couple. It was named after its pre-war owner, a Russian immigrant, physician Serghei Kapralov. Later on it got quite famous for its industrial mill run by electricity as early as 1914, half a century before the neighbouring villages. It was constructed by an English entrepreneur Harry Hanson.
In the 1950s, the Lower Castle became an old people's home, while a decade later it became a closed psychiatric institution Hrastovec-Trate. In the 2000s, the institution opted for an open treatment of its patients and the castle was again deserted. Since 2014 cultural initiatives have tried to revive the venue again.
Venues of alternative punk rock scene
Based on the ethnographic material collected during his fieldwork in the 1990s,Rajko Muršič's anthropological study Trate: The Story of the Youth and Rock Club (2001) discloses the role and impact of the two deserted castles with vacant space in the development of the alternative scene in the Trate Youth Club in Slovenske gorice between the late 1970s and the early 1990s. Since 1998 the Festival at the Border co-organised by and the Subkulturni azil Maribor and the Austrian Youth Club JUZHOUSE Mureck has taken place at the Cmurek Castle.
See also
External links
- Cmurek Castle on Wikipedija (in Slovenian)
- Castles at the Crossroads - On Cmurek - An event dedicated to Cmurek Castle at the Milko Kos Historical Institute, recording and PDF (in Slovenian)