The paper will be focused on the strongholds in Bohemia of the 11th-13th centuries as centres of government - as described in written sources, both chronicles (especially Kosmas') and documents - or as seats of castellans and military garrisons, places of markets and administration of justice, focal points of Christianization of the country, but also as locations where the first noble residences - courts - are documented.
Bearing in mind the discussion of Karol Modzelewski and Buczek on centres of service organisation, the paper will touch upon the position of early medieval castles in the economy of the whole country - or also the issue of the so-called service organisation.
