Most of it was built by the Croatian noble family Rattkay, in whose ownership it remained till 1793. It stands in the region of Zagorje near Desinić, west of Pregrada, above sea level. It has around . The castle is owned by the state, which manages it as a museum and a tourist site. The collections in the exhibition spaces include old vehicles, ethnographic items, the first manufacture of medicines, swords and armor, paintings and pottery, as well as a presentation of the noble Ratkaj family which used to own the castle.