Jósika Castle, Surduc
Castelul Jósika · Jósika-kastély (Szurduk)
sat Surduc; comuna Surduc, Sălaj · 334
⚠ The price was checked more than a month ago: the property may already be sold or re-priced.
View listing ↗'over 4.5 ha' land in the 2022 Sotheby's listing as reported by Economica
built area ('suprafață construită' over 3,000 m²) per 2022 listing; exact type unclear
Summary
A single-storey Classicist castle with round and hexagonal corner bastions, linked to the novelist Miklós Jósika, who wrote Abafi here. Used as a tractor repair station and later by the company Agromec, it was advertised for sale at 560,000 EUR in September 2022.
Legal status
Nationalised under communism; heirs did not request restitution; now held by Agromec ↗
History
The Csáky family owned Surduc from 1641 to 1810, when it passed to the Jósika family. The novelist Miklós Jósika retired here after his first marriage failed, lived here from 1834 to 1853, built farm buildings and wrote the novel Abafi. The castle was damaged in 1848 and needed major works in the late 19th century. It passed to Leó Jósika and then to Baroness Irén Jósika (1853-1940). After nationalisation it became a tractor repair station and agricultural cooperative base; the heirs did not claim restitution. The company Agromec, founded in 1991, uses the castle and its land, and in September 2022 Sotheby's International Romania listed it for 560,000 EUR, with over 3,000 m² built area and over 4.5 ha.
Transactions & prices
| Date | Type | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1810 | Administrative transfer | — | Estate passed from the Csáky family to the Jósika family ↗ |
| 1991 | Administrative transfer | — | Agromec company founded and took over the castle and land (mechanism not stated) ↗ |
| 2022-09 | Asking price | €560,000 | Listed by Sotheby's International Romania; over 3,000 m² built, over 4.5 ha; outcome unknown ↗ |
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