Helfštýn / Moravian Gate / Middle of Europe

Helfštýn Castle was established at the end of the 13th century by the marauding knight Helfrid of Linava who used the castle as a base for robbing merchants during the unsettled times that followed the murder of the King Wenceslaus III in 1306 (King of Hungary, Croatia, Poland and Bohemia). As Helfrid's escapades could not be ignored, young Bohemian King John of Luxembourg (John the Blind) sent his troops to deal with the bandits...
// The Moravian Gate (Czech: Moravská brána, Polish: Brama Morawska, German: Mährische Pforte, Slovak: Moravská brána) is a geomorphological feature in the Moravian region of the Czech Republic and the Upper Silesia region in Poland. It is formed by the depression between the Carpathian Mountains in the east and the Sudetes in the west. The drainage divide between the upper Oder River and the Baltic Sea in the north and the Bečva River of the Danube basin runs through it.