We invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition
Counts Of Celje,
which is on display in the princely court.
The permanent exhibition of the counts of Celje tells about the rise and fall of the most important noble family in the period of the late Middle Ages on present-day Slovenian soil.
Originally free Lords of Zhovnets, in 1333 they won the inherited possession in Celje. In 1341, Emperor Louis of Bavaria elevated them to counts of Celje. The foundation of their power was extensive estates in Styria, Carinthia and Carniola, as well as excellent family ties with the High Central European nobility. The dynasty reached its peak under the leadership of Herman II., who had been building the power of the House of Celje since 1396 in close association with Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg. The goal was achieved in 1436, when Sigismund Frederick II. and Ulric II. promoted to state Prince. Herman's grandson Ulrich II. After 1443, Celje focused his political ambitions on Hungary, where he won the title of King's deputy in 1456. In the same year, he was killed in a conspiracy of the Hungarian nobility.
In addition to Trieste, the castle of the counts of Celje in Celje was the only place in Slovenia where European cultural and artistic currents reached. Numerous architectural monuments of The Late Middle Ages on our soil and outside today's Slovenian borders are also associated with the name of Celje.
Public guidance is for individual visitors and does not apply to groups larger than 10 people. Thank you for your understanding.
Applications are accepted at:
E: muzej@pokmuz-ce.si
T: 03/42 80 962
Vabimo vas na voden ogled razstave
Grofje Celjski,
ki je na ogled v Knežjem dvoru.
Stalna razstava Grofje Celjski govori o vzponu in padcu najpomembnejše plemiške rodbine v obdobju poznega srednjega veka na današnjih slovenskih tleh.
Prvotno svobodni gospodje Žovneški so si leta 1333 izbojevali po Vovbržanih podedovano posest v Celju. Leta 1341 jih je cesar Ludvik Bavarski povzdignil v grofe Celjske. Temelj njihove moči so bila obsežna posestva na Štajerskem, Koroškem in Kranjskem ter odlične rodbinske zveze z visokim srednjeevropskim plemstvom. Dinastija je svoj vrhunec dosegla pod vodstvom Hermana II., ki je od leta 1396 moč celjske hiše gradil v tesni navezi s cesarjem Sigismundom Luksemburškim. Cilj je bil dosežen leta 1436, ko je Sigismund Friderika II. in Ulrika II. povišal v državna kneza. Hermanov vnuk Ulrik II. Celjski je po letu 1443 svoje, politične ambicije usmeril na Ogrsko, kjer si je leta 1456 izboril naslov kraljevega namestnika. Še istega leta je bil v zaroti ogrskega plemstva ubit.
Dvorec grofov Celjskih v Celju je bil poleg Trsta edini kraj na Slovenskem, kamor so segali evropski kulturni in umetnostni tokovi. Z imenom Celjskih so povezani tudi številni arhitekturnim spomeniki poznega srednjega veka na naših tleh in zunaj današnjih slovenskih meja.
Vstopnina: 9€
Javno vodstvo je namenjeno individualnim obiskovalcev in ne velja za skupine večje od 10 oseb. Hvala za razumevanje.
Prijave sprejemamo na:
E: muzej@pokmuz-ce.si
T: 03/42 80 962