Dětenice
- Clasificación
- Château
- País
- Chequia
- Región
- Jičín
- Dirección
- Dětenice č. 1, 507 24 Dětenice
The Baroque chateau at Dětenice is situated in a park in the village of the same name, approximately 14 km south-east of Jičín. The chateau has been a listed monument since 1958 and has been recorded as an immovable cultural monument of the Czech Republic since 1964. In the 13th century the village of Dětenice was in the possession of the Markvartici family, specifically Beneš of Dětenice (1269–1318), who probably converted the original timber manor into a Gothic masonry structure. One of his descendants — Beneš called Bílý — sold Dětenice at some point after 1378, and in the following period several owners succeeded one another in possession. In 1503 Dětenice was purchased by Viktorin Křinecký of Ronov. The Křinecký family, who owned Dětenice until 1622, converted the old Gothic manor into a Renaissance residence at the end of the 16th century. In 1622 their property was confiscated for participation in the uprising against Ferdinand II, and Albrecht of Wallenstein acquired it at auction. In 1717 Count Karel Batthyány became the owner of Dětenice, and he sold it in 1760 to Jan Kristián Clam-Gallas. The new owner had the old Renaissance manor rebuilt between 1762 and 1765 as a four-winged, late Baroque, two-storey chateau. The reconstruction of the building, which then acquired its present form, was directed by Zachariáš Fiegert. In 1797 the chateau was purchased from the Clam-Gallas family by Baron Jakub Wimmer (1790–1808), and after him the owners of Dětenice were Filip Wessenberk (1808–1866). On his death the estate passed in 1867 to the Order of the Knights of Malta, of which he had been a member. The Knights of Malta had the chateau entrance remodelled, adding a portico with a first-floor terrace. The park decoration was also enhanced. In 1903 Dětenice was purchased by wealthy entrepreneurs, the Bloch brothers, and the last owner of the estate between 1926 and 1945 was Ing. Emanuel Řehák. In 1948 the Řehák family's property was nationalised, and in the chateau building a vocational gardening school was first established, followed from 1959 by a residential special school. In 1991 the special school was abolished and relocated, and the empty chateau slowly began to deteriorate. In 1998 the chateau was purchased by Mr Pavel Ondráček, who over two years carried out an extensive and sensitive restoration, and in 2000 the chateau was reopened to the public.
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