Menu
The hunting lodge in the Katzelsdorf Forest near Valtice was one of the short-lived buildings in today’s landscape composition of the Lednice-Valtice area. It was built according to the plans of the Viennese architect Joseph Kornhäusel for Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein in 1817–1818, but was not finally completed and approved until 1819 under [...]
The first historically documented record of Katzelsdorf dates to the 1050. When Johann I Joseph Liechtenstein, prince of Mikulov and Valtice at that time, had purchased it, Katzelsdorf became part of the Valtice estate. During the adjustment of the borders between Czechoslovakia and Austria in 1925, the village lost its northern part, as well as [...]
The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary dominates the south-eastern part of Valtice Square. It was built between 1631-1671 by Prince Karel Eusebio of Liechtenstein, and designed by Italian architect Giovanni Giacomo Tencalla. In 1638, during the construction of the church, the arch of the vault collapsed and the work was taken over [...]
Lednice Minaret is about 62 meters high romantic lookout tower located in the park of the Lednice Chateau. It is the oldest preserved lookout tower in the Czech Republic, the only minaret on the Czech territory and the tallest building of this type outside the Islamic countries as well. Initiated Alois I of Liechtenstein, the [...]
In 1417, one of the most powerful families of South Moravia, the Liechtensteins, acquired the village of Velké Bílovice (Groß Billowitz). From 1536, for almost a hundred years, the owner of the whole Breclavian estate became the equally respected Zierotin family, who were also written indelibly in the history of South Moravia. After the Battle of [...]
Today’s dominant feature of the Jewish burial grounds – the neo-gothic ceremony hall from 1892 – had a turbulent fate. The prominent Austrian architect and politician Franz Knight von Neumann, whose most famous works include the neo-gothic town hall in Liberec and Frýdlant, the first lookout tower on Praděd (collapsed in 1959) and many buildings [...]
The original wooden synagogue from the beginning of the 16th century was destroyed by Swedish troops in 1643. At the end of the 17th century, a stone building was built on the site of today’s synagogue, which was rebuilt several times and served the Jewish community until the second half of the 19th century. However, due to insufficient [...]
The building of the Winery Obelisk was built in 2017 above Valtice. Its name refers both to the eponymous game park with a stone monument by the architect Joseph Hardtmuth behind Lednice as well as to the obelisk which was built under Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein behind the nearby park of Valtice castle [...]
The Neo-Renaissance building, originally a German gymnasium, was built in 1902 in the style of the Italian Renaissance. The school met the most modern teaching standards of its time. It therefore included specialized classrooms, a library, a gymnasium, a ceremonial hall, and a small chapel with the altar of St. Elizabeth. The Czech Reformed Real [...]
