Velké Dvorce

Clasificación

Château

País

Chequia

Región

Tachov

Dirección

Velké Dvorce 1, 348 06 Přimda

Velké Dvorce château is situated in the village of the same name, approximately 3 km east of Přimda. It was founded in the last quarter of the 17th century and has been a protected cultural monument since 1964. The Přimda estate with Velké Dvorce was purchased in 1675 by Jan Václav Count Kolowrat-Novohradský, who had an early Baroque château erected here in 1690, which became the new centre of the family's estate. In 1829 the family's hereditary property passed to members of the related Kolowrat-Liebsteinský branch, and the owner of the estate became František Antonín II. Count Kolowrat-Liebsteinský, who was known as a scholar, politician, patriot, and co-founder of the Patriotic Museum in Bohemia (the predecessor of the National Museum). With his death the Liebstein branch of the family became extinct, and in 1861 the property passed to the Kolowrat-Krakowský line. Leopold Count Kolowrat-Krakowský became the owner of the estate, and after his death in 1863 his son Leopold Filip. In 1907 the château was destroyed by fire, and Leopold Filip had it reconstructed between 1907 and 1910. The château then acquired its present Neo-Baroque appearance. In 1910 Leopold's eldest son Alexandr Josef set up film studios in the château, which after another major fire in 1912 he moved to Vienna. The château was repaired after the fire, but Alexandr's brother Jindřich Josef transferred his seat to the nearby hunting lodge Diana. During the First World War a military hospital was established in the château, and during the Second World War members of the Hitlerjugend were billeted there. After 1945 the château was confiscated from the Kolowrat-Krakowský family and became state property. A retirement home was to have been established in the château, but the necessary alterations were never completed. The remaining château complex served the needs of the state farm. After 1989 the château was returned to Jindřich Count Kolowrat-Krakowský, who sold it after 1992. The château building passed through three major construction phases. The original château of 1690 had a closed four-wing layout with an arcaded inner courtyard. Probably in the mid-18th century a lateral wing was added on an L-shaped ground plan, and in the second half of the 19th century the château underwent a Classicist remodelling during which the four-storey entrance tower was demolished. In 1906 the final conversion took place, when a balcony and a terrace with a balustrade were added. The present owners of the château are Dominika Matušová, who is closely associated with the exceptionally demanding and successful restoration of the Peruc château, and Pavel Ondráček. The new owners of the Velké Dvorce château commenced its restoration in 2019.

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