Točník Castle

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Točník Castle, aerial photo (2018)
Točník Castle in 2009
The palace of King Wenceslas IV (around 1400)
The castle as seen from the contemporary highway between Nuremberg and Prague

The Točník Castle (German Castle Totschnik , older also Tolznik , Tetznick ) is located in Točník in the Okres Beroun in the Czech Republic and was built around 1400 at great expense as a royal hunting and retreat.

The castle was built by Wenceslaus IV as a royal castle and personal official and private residence at the end of the 14th century in the immediate vicinity of the older royal castle Žebrák and on the national road between Nuremberg and Prague. The first written mention comes from 1398 .

The castle was pledged as early as 1421. Between 1434 and 1543 it was rebuilt in the Renaissance style under the von Wartenbergs , later the von Lobkowiczs continued this construction work. Georg Popel von Lobkowicz lost all property in 1593 because of an intrigue against Emperor Rudolf II . In 1594 the confiscated Točník lordship was combined with the Zbiroh lordship and the royal court to form a cameraman whose captain had his seat in the Zbiroh castle. After the Thirty Years War, parts of the castle fell into disrepair.

The complex consists of three parts with a residential palace and another palace building, which is equipped with a 34 × 9 meter large hall, which is probably used for diplomatic purposes. The complex is an example of distinctive Bohemian castle architecture from the late 14th century, where, due to the calm conditions, particular emphasis was placed on the quality of living.

Web links

Commons : Točník Castle  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://gauss.suub.uni-bremen.de/suub/hist/index.jsp?id=V.2.a.235-137a
  2. ↑ http://mapy.mzk.cz/mzk03/001/036/787/2619267298/

Coordinates: 49 ° 53 ′ 13 ″  N , 13 ° 53 ′ 0 ″  E