Chrudim-Hlinsko Region - Castles and chateaus

Castles and chateaus

• Nasavrky - museum and chateau
  A fortress built in the 10th and 11th centuries; around 1600 it was rebuilt as a Renaissance chateau. The façade of the chateau features sgraffito, and the interior holds a beautiful vaulted entrance hall. Located on the ground floor today are an information centre and ceremonial hall; the first floor houses a museum and gallery.
  Telephone: 469677566, 469677555
  Address: Náměstí 1, 538 25, Nasavrky
  
• Seč - chateau
  Renaissance chateau built before 1577 with a preserved portal (1610) with the coat-of-arms of the owners Karel Záruba of Hustířan and Anna of Valdštejn, it now houses the municipal office.
  Address: Chrudimská 1, 538 07, Seč
  
• Lichnice (Lichtenburk) - castle ruins
  The founding of the castle dates to 1261; in 1410 the castle acquired royal status. In 1610 Lichnice burned down, in 1646 it was captured by the Swedes, and following the Thirty Years War the castle was demolished on orders from Ferdinand III. The castle ruins and a small exhibition regarding its history and owners are the last monuments recalling the former significance of the Lichtenberg family residence. The tower offers a beautiful view of the surrounding area.
  Telephone: 724179933, 469611135
  Address: 53843, Třemošnice
  
• Chrast - town museum, chateau
  Following the Thirty Years War the Renaissance chateau served as the summer residence of the Hradec Králové bishops. The adapted chateau courtyard and the museum concert hall (the former chateau chapel with original paintings) serve for concert performances. The Roman Hall and Chinese Room with paintings by Antonín Machek in the Town Office are used for weddings and ceremonial occasions. The chateau includes gardens that were changed into a park in 1903 by architect Thomayer of Prague. Preserved...
  Telephone: 469667194
  Address: Náměstí 1 - Zámek, 538 51, Chrast u Chrudimě
  
• Slatiňany - chateau and museum
  A Renaissance Gothic Revival chateau has a unique hippological museum. It borders on a stud farm and paddocks in the castle park. Throughout the whole year you can see Převalsky horses, Starokladruby horses and saddle horses here.
  Telephone: 469681112, 725847258
  Address: 53821, Slatiňany
  
• Heřmanův Městec - chateau with park
  A Late Baroque building from 1784, reconstructed in 1876, with additions made in 1932-1933, situated in a large,significant English park. The chateau stands on the site where the original fort likely stood; referred to as a chateau after 1591, the building was burned by Imperial forces in 1623. The German general staff was situated at the chateau in the spring of 1945 and the chateau park was used as an airfield. In May Soviet troops took over the chateau and it subsequently served as a summer residence...
  Address: 5. května, Heřmanův Městec
  
• Hoješín - small chateau
  Rococco chateau from 1750, which now serves as a charity home for elderly nuns.
  Telephone: 469676181, 723180121
  Address: Hoješín 1, 538 07, Seč
  
• Ronov nad Doubravou - chateau
  The history of the lord's mansion was already mentioned in 1664. The building of the former chateau was torn down in 1823 and a new one was built in 1825. At the end of the 19th century, thorough reconstruction in Pseudo-Gothic style was conducted. In the second half of the 20th century it served as the domicile for the head office of the East Bohemian State Forests.
  Address: Ronov nad Doubravou
  
• Rychmburk - castle and home for the mentally ill
  Castle in the Gothic style that remained on a gneissic rise around 1325 and belonged to Tas of Rychmburk. One of its owners was Smil Flaška of Pardubice and Rychmburk in the 15th century. In 1425, the castle was seized by Hussites, in the 1st half of the 16th century Jindřich Šťastný of Valdštejn had it turned into a Late Gothic palace, afterwards Kinský had it renovated in the Baroque style in 1793 - 1798. It has been used as a retirement home since 1955.
  Telephone: 469350438
  Address: 539 74, Předhradí 17
  
• Chroustovice - chateau
  An original Renaissance chateau residence erected on the site of a dilapidated fortress. The building first underwent Baroque reconstruction by František Karel Libštein of Kolovraty in 1663, and was subsequently rebuilt in Rococo style by the Kinský family in 1779. The chateau burned down twice: first in 1861, after which it was repaired to serve as a branch of the tuberculosis sanatorium in Košumberk, and a second time in 1947.Today the grounds of the chateau serve as a technical school.
  Telephone: 469674447, 469674141
  Address: Zámek 1, 538 63, Chroustovice
  
• Karlštejn - small chateau
  The rococo hunting castle was built in 1766 – 1776. Until 1925 it was surrounded by a deer game-park. Today the castle serves as a recreational centre.
  Address: 539 42, Svratouch
  
• Hrochův Týnec - chateau
  The chateau building was built after 1705 as a villa for the Premostrates from Hradisko near Olomouc. The layout of the ground floor with barrel and monasteial vaulted ceilings has remained conserved. On the first floor, the mirrored vaulted ceiling remains from the original furnishings. After the monastery was terminated in 1784, the chateau was transferred into private hands.
  Telephone: 469692536
  Address: Riegrova, 53862, Hrochův Týnec
  
• Medlešice - chateau
  Originally a fortress, which was already documented in 1626. In 1725 it was rebuilt into a chateau, which has maintained its form until the present. The chateau is a single-storey building with a "T" shaped layout and a mansard roof with dormer windows. There is a park made accessible to the public with rare tress next to the chateau.
  Telephone: 607692899
  Address: č.p. 1, 53831, Chrudim, Medlešice
  
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