Úholičky
- Classification
- Château
- Country
- Czechia
- Region
- Praha-západ
- Address
- Roztocká 1, 252 64 Úholičky
The rural Romantic château complex of Úholičky has been a listed monument since 1958 and can be found near Prague, 4 km north-west of Roztoky. The earliest documents mention the Úholičky demesne farm in 1603. With the exception of the princely Liechtenstein family, who owned Úholičky for approximately 150 years, the owners of the village — or rather of the estate here — changed relatively frequently over the centuries, until in 1873 it was acquired by the Waldsteins, who in the second half of the 19th century began a historicising conversion of the seat into a small château featuring elements of Romanticism and Neo-Renaissance. Between 1873 and 1889 František of Waldstein had the first floor built and its interior fitted for habitation; he also had the roof turret removed and a new, larger tower with a clock erected on the roof. He further purchased the adjacent properties Nos. 5 and 6, had them demolished, and extended the château park into their space. In the three-hectare park in the English landscape style, rare tree species planted at that time are preserved to the present day. In 1901 the château, estate, and fields were purchased by the agrarian entrepreneur and politician Josef Wohanka, who two years later decided to convert the château into a representative summer residence in the Neo-Renaissance style. As his architect for the conversion he chose Richard Klenka of Vlastimil, professor at the Prague School of Arts and Crafts. Josef Wohanka owned the château until 1922, when he transferred it to his two sons Miloš and Vladimír. In 1949 the Czechoslovak State Farms took over the château and the adjacent properties, and in 1958 the château was handed over to the National Technical Museum as a depository. In 2002, under the restitutions, the château was transferred to Petr Svoboda, the testamentary heir of Milena Joklová née Wohanka, who between 2002 and 2014 carried out the principal restoration of the château park, including the original historic stone wall and entrance gateway. Concurrently, consolidation and remedial works on the château building and adjacent buildings were carried out and are continuing.
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