Luhačovice

Clasificación

Château

País

Chequia

Región

Zlín

Dirección

Masarykova 76, 763 26, Luhačovice

The Luhačovice château complex is situated in the south-western part of the town. The single-storey Baroque château with tower and large chapel was built before the mid-18th century and has been a listed monument since 1958. Luhačovice is first mentioned in sources in 1412, when a manor already stood there. In the years 1412–1417 the manor ceased to function as a lordly residence, and during the wars between Matthias Corvinus and Jiří of Poděbrady it probably fell into complete ruin. In 1629 Gabriel Serényi purchased Luhačovice and by agreement the property then passed to his brother Pavel. In the first half of the 18th century the owner of the estate was Count Wolfgang Serényi (1685–1743), Pavel's grandson, who between 1730 and 1738 had a Baroque château built on the site of the former manor and added a chapel dedicated to St Joseph. In 1945 steps were taken to confiscate the entire property of Alois Serényi. After the seizure of power the château passed under national administration, and from 1949 the château became the property of the town of Luhačovice. The town first accommodated a nursery school there, later a children's and young people's centre and a basic arts school. In the 1990s the daughter of Alois Serényi, Isabella Thienen-Adlerflychtová, applied to the Czech courts for the restitution of the family's property. The château was returned in restitution only in 2017, owing to formal legal disputes. The current owner of the Luhačovice château is Franz Baron Thienen-Adlerflycht. Franz (*5 October 1957) is, in the 9th generation, a direct descendant of the builder of the château, Count Wolfgang Serényi. He has lived with his family in Moravia for 12 generations.

Tomáš Páv (Public domain) · Public domain