Cmurek Castle

Contact

Grad Cmurek

Trate 7, SI-2213 Zgornja Velka

 Museum of Madness

First mentioned in 1148, the Cmurek Castle stands in Trate, on a cliff above the Mura river on the border with Austria. Its name, in fact, derives from the Austrian town of Cmurek (Mureck). From 1956 till 2004 it housed the Institution for mentally disabled Hrastovec – Trate. After ten years of abandonment the castle became a nexus of a local initiative focused on the Museum of Madness. The cross-border innovative project strives to reactualise, detabooise and revitalise the castle. In 2008 the castle was declared a cultural monument.

See also

• Museum of Madness

External links

• Cmurek Castle on Wikipedija (in Slovenian)