Žďár nad Sázavou Chateau
Žďár nad Sázavou Kraj Vysočina Czech Republic
castle, chateau
Zámek Žďár nad Sázavou
Žďár nad Sázavou Kraj Vysočina Czech Republic
castle, chateau
The chateau, an extensive and numerous complex of buildings belonging to a former Cistercian monastery, is now the property of Dr
Za vlády císaře Josefa II
Previous names
Žďár nad Sázavou Chateau, Zámek Žďár nad Sázavou
Description
The chateau, an extensive and numerous complex of buildings belonging to a former Cistercian monastery, is now the property of Dr. Radoslav Kinský. The baroque bridge over the Sázava, originating from 1760, leads to the chateau. It is decorated with eight statues of the saints. The former building of the abbey and the part of monastery where permanent museum exhibitions are situated at present were built in the Gothic style. In the building of the prelate you can see the Museum of Books and K. F. Töpfer?s huge fresco covers the whole ceiling of its main hall. The agricultural buildings of the first chateau courtyard are built in baroque style. The former Gothic Church of the Assumption of the Virgin, which was rebuilt in the Baroque Gothic by Santini, has rich interior decorations. Santini also reconstructed the decagonal ten-sided ?well chapel". There was a 35m deep well as early as at the end of the 13th century. The palace gained its present shape after 1784 when the monastery was burnt down and then dissolved by Emperor Josef II?s edict and rebuilt into a chateau.
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Za vlády císaře Josefa II. byl v roce 1784 klášter definitivně zrušen a změněn na hospodářské středisko a zámek. Po zrušení kláštera se veškerý majetek dostal pod správu Náboženského fondu. V roce 1826 jej koupil ve veřejné dražbě Josef Vratislav z Mitrovic. Po jeho smrti se panství ujal Josef František kníže Dietrichstein–Proskau–Leslie (1798–1858), v roce 1862 bylo panství převedeno na jeho nejmladší dceru Klotildu hraběnku Clam–Gallasovou, rozenou Dietrichsteinovou (1828–1899). V roce 1930 se zámek stal majetkem chlumecké větve rodu Kinských. Majitelkou se stala Eleonora Kinská, rozená Clam–Gallasová (1887–1967), matka Radslava Kinského (1928–2008), kterému bylo panství vráceno v restituci roku 1992. Dnes jsou majiteli zámku jeho synové Charles Nicolas a Constantin Kinští.
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