Tetín

Classification

Château

Pays

Tchéquie

Région

Beroun

Adresse

nám. 9. května 50, 266 01 Tetín

Tetín château stands on the village green of the village of the same name, less than 4 km east of Beroun. It was built in the second half of the 18th century in the Baroque style and has been a protected cultural monument of the Czech Republic since 1977. Tetín château was founded in the 14th century. The first known owner of this castle was Štěpán of Tetín in 1321. In 1357 Charles IV purchased the Tetín estate and attached it to the newly built Karlštejn Castle as a hunting lodge — meaning it was inhabited by princely officials. Subsequently it was a vassal seat bound to Karlštejn by many obligations. In 1422 the castle was seized by the Hussites, who demolished it. In 1617 Václav Sak of Bohuněvice, the captain of the Dobřichovice estate, purchased Tetín. The Baroque château was built here only in the 18th century; from its construction it underwent many reconstructions and was the seat of a number of important noble families, including the Buzici, the lords of Drahelčice, and the Rochlitzes. The most significant owner was the patriotically minded noble Vojáček family, which acquired the château in the early 19th century in exchange for the Poučník estate near Karlštejn. The last owners were the Duras family (descendants of the Vojáček family), from whom the château and estate were nationalised in 1948, after which it belonged to the State Farm Lochovice. In 1992 the château was returned in restitution to the Duras family. Today the château is part of the estate, and the present owner Matthew Vaclav Duras farms his property. The château is not open to the public.

Ondřej Kořínek (CC BY-SA 3.0) · CC BY-SA 3.0