{{Short description|Castle in Slovenia}} {{More citations needed|date=February 2009}} {{Infobox military structure |name=Kalec Castle |location=[[Slovenia]] |coordinates= |image=GradKalec1.jpg |image_size=300px |caption=Kalec Castle |map_type= |map_size= |type= |built= |builder= |controlledby= |materials=Limestone |height= |used= |condition= |ownership= |open_to_public= |events= }}
'''Kalec Castle''' ({{langx|sl|Grad Kalec}}, originally ''Kalc'' or ''Kauc''; {{langx|de|Steinberg}} or ''Stemberg'')<ref name="Leksikon">{{cite book |title=Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru, vol. 6: Kranjsko |date=1906 |publisher=C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna |location=Vienna |page=135}}</ref> is a partially ruined castle in [[Bač, Ilirska Bistrica|Bač]] in [[Slovenia]].
The castle, of which only a single tower and some sections of wall survive intact, stands on a slope known as ''Breg'', near the source of the [[Pivka|Pivka River]], at an elevation of 618 m.
Illustrated in [[Johann Weikhard von Valvasor|Valvasor]]'s 1689 ''[[The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola|Glory of the Duchy of Carniola]]'', it was built in the mid-17th century by the noble house of [[Steinberg]]. Its later owners included the [[Principality of Auersperg|Auersperg]] family and the Slovene composer [[Miroslav Vilhar]], who also died in it. The castle was abandoned by its last residents after [[World War I]], and began falling apart.
In 1941 it hosted a meeting of the antifascist militant group [[TIGR]].
Today the [[Krpan Hiking Trail]] passes beside the ruins, which are surrounded by a copse of old [[Tilia|linden]] trees. The path to the castle is bordered by a row of [[chestnut]] trees.
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