Semine Locations

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The village is first documented in sources from the year 1339, when it was held by Heřman of Semine. Settlement in the vicinity of the village, however, is known as early as the mid-1st millennium BC, as evidenced by the findings of old burial sites and the remains of ramparts from an old Celtic oppidum.
In 1379, Mikuláš Tatka of Semine ruled over the Semine fortress, and became the patron of the local church. Other owners included Jan Sirotek of Semine together with Anna of Slatinek, and later her son, Jan of Slatinek. After the Hussite Wars, the Hanykéř family became the owners of the fortress, though it is quite possible that by that time, the fortress had already been plundered and was empty, as a result of the wars.
Today there are only a few houses of a farmstead on the site, along with a newly built replica of the fortress, serving as an exhibition hall and gallery. To this day, there are still remnants of massive ramparts in the area. The Lower Semine mill, built in the first half of the 16th century, has also been preserved.

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