# Hartenberg
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thumb|Castle tower with repaired roof
'''Hartenberg''' (or '''Hartenberk''') is the [ruin](/source/ruin) of a castle over the village of Hřebeny in the municipality of [Josefov](/source/Josefov_(Sokolov_District)) in the [Karlovy Vary Region](/source/Karlovy_Vary_Region) of the [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic).
==History==
Hartenberg Castle was built by the lords of Hartenberg, probably in 1196.[{{cite web |title=Historie obce Josefov|url=https://www.obecjosefov.cz/obec-1/historie-obce-1/historie-josefova/|publisher=Obec Josefov|language=cs|access-date=2022-03-31}}] The first written mention is from 1214.[{{cite book |last=Úlovec|first=Jiří|title=Ohrožené hrady, zámky a tvrze Čech, 1. díl|publisher=Libri|year=2003|language=cs|isbn=80-7277-099-3}}] The Hartenberg family owned the castle until 1362, when Těma of Koldice obtained it from them and traded it in 1364 with [Charles IV](/source/Charles_IV%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor) for [Bautzen](/source/Bautzen). At the beginning of the 15th century, the Hartenberg family received the castle again but soon sold it to Jan Maleřík. His descendants used the castle as the center of robbery attacks and that was why in 1459 the castle was besieged by the military of the town [Cheb](/source/Cheb), conquered and plundered. Later, the Schlicks owned the castle, the town of [Loket](/source/Loket) and the Písnic family who held it more than 150 years. In the second half of the 18th century, the Ausperg family inherited the castle. From the 17th to the 19th century, modifications occurred. The last owner of Hartenberg was Františka Kopalová who inherited it in 1913 from her mother, Marie. After the [Second World War](/source/World_War_II), she was [expelled](/source/Expulsion_of_Germans_from_Czechoslovakia) and relocated to [Germany](/source/Germany).[[http://www.denik.cz/regiony/obrazem-dobrovolnici-z-celeho-sveta-opravuji-hrad.html Dobrovolníci z celého světa opravují hrad] ''denik.cz'': 2009-06-03] a private owner who tries to maintain and repair the castle. As a result of his ownership, there is now the Hartenberg Workshop.