Trakoshchan was founded at the end of the 13th century in the defense system of northwestern Croatia as an observation post to monitor the road from Ptuj to the Bednja river valley.
According to legend, Trakoshchan was named after the Thracian fortress (Arx Thacorum), which allegedly existed in ancient times. Another surviving tradition claims that it was named after the Drachenstein knights who ruled these areas in the early Middle Ages.
The toponym Trakoshchan was first mentioned in written documents in 1334.
The owners of the fort in the first centuries are not known. We only know that from the end of the 14th century the owners were the Counts of Celje, who ruled the entire Zagorje County. Soon this family died out and Trakoshchan shared the fate of the rest of their towns and estates, which various lords fragmented and changed. In this division, Trakoshchan first belonged to the military leader Jan Vitovec, then to Ivanish Korvin, who gave it to his sub-chief Ivan Gyulay. This family held Trakoshchan for three generations and then estate was taken over by Royal Treasury.

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