Turňa

Turňa lies in the Bodva valley below the hilltop castle that once gave its name to the surrounding county. The castle's defences were strengthened in the sixteenth century as Ottoman armies approached. In 1652 Ottoman forces captured the stronghold and burned the town. It changed hands again during Imre Thököly's uprising, before imperial troops occupied it. In 1685 General Schultz had the castle blown up on Emperor Leopold's orders, leaving the old fortress uninhabitable while the settlement below continued as a centre of the estate.