The Kaplíř family owned Ostrý until 1505. From 1510, the estate belonged to the Wallensteins, who preferred a more comfortable fortress in Bílý Újezd to Ostrý. The castle was last mentioned as fully standing in 1536, but in 1565 it is already listed as desolate. In 1784, on Ostrý a bricklayer trying to find treasures established, an inn; however, it was soon destroyed by a storm.
Ostrý Castle was excellently fortified. At the highest point of the rocky hill stood a palace of unknown appearance, to which the height-rugged core adjoined in the west, south and east. Its irregularly oval surface was delimited around the perimeter by a stone wall, from which bastions or battery towers rose at the narrowed ends in the west and east. The path to the top winds spirally upwards, and is lined with walls of dry-laid stones, which were extended by wooden superstructures on the top. This already impressive fortification is complemented by several dirt bastions, of which at least three have a triangular or polygonal base, which puta Ostrý to a group of castle monuments of very high value.
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Ostrý Castle was built by Václav Kaplíř of Sulevice at some point around the Battle of Lipany. The choice of the place and the character of the building certainly show the influence of the then very turbulent times; Ostrý was a strong castle, which ironically fell only to the peaceful times of the 16th century. On a rocky hill southwest of Velemín, ruins of walls and remarkable earth fortifications have been preserved. Access from: Březno (blue tourist rout), Milešov (red and blue tourist rout).
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