Janův Hrad

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Main front on the Thaya
The round tower

The artificial ruin Janův Hrad (German: Hansenburg ) in the park of the Lednice Castle (German: Eisgrub ) is a staffage building in the UNESCO World Heritage Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape in the Czech Republic .

Geographical location

The Hansenburg is located on the left bank of the Thaya and thus outside the border of the castle park. The "ruin" formed the end of the eastern avenue of the hunting star of the game reserve belonging to the castle. The star consisted of eight avenues and viewing lanes, each of which was given an optical reference point at its end.

Building

The foundation of the structure was very complex due to the swampy subsoil near the Thaya. The "castle complex" has a square floor plan with four corner towers. Walls and towers were mainly built in quarry stone, only the walls are masonry. Everything was left unplastered to emphasize the ruin character and the supposedly old age. Today three gates lead into the inner courtyard. One of these gates and the staircase facing the courtyard are later additions from the 19th century.

Only one side of the square is taken up by a building, which is flanked by a corner tower included in the floor plan. The district hunter's apartment and a law firm were set up on the ground floor of this main building. On the first floor there is a knight's hall and two women's salons . The knight's hall is decorated with neo-Gothic illusion painting.

The four towers are designed on completely different floor plans: one each is square, hexagonal and octagonal and one is round. The ground floors of the two rear towers were used as a stable for the hunting horses and as a dog kennel.

history

As early as 1800, Prince Johann I Josef von Liechtenstein built a smaller artificial castle ruin in his Lower Austrian possession in Loosdorf (municipality of Fallbach) , the ruins of Hanselburg .

The Hansenburg was commissioned from 1801 by his brother, Prince Alois I of Liechtenstein . The plans came from the architect Joseph Hardtmuth . After the death of Prince Alois I in 1805, his brother, Johann I Josef, had the building continued, which was completed in 1808 - albeit in a reduced form compared to the original plan. It was named after Johann I von Liechtenstein , who was able to acquire Eisgrub around 1370.

Until around 1813, the Hansenburg was used as a starting and finishing point for hunts, before this function was transferred to the Diana temple at Schloss Feldsberg .

During the Second World War there was fire damage to the upper floor and the stone bridge from 1855 was destroyed. 1955 to 1961 the damage was repaired.

literature

  • Pavel Zatloukal (eds.), Přemysl Krejčiřík and Ondřej Zatloukal: The Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape . Foibos Books, Prague 2012.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Zatloukal: Die Kulturlandschaft , p. 114.
  2. ↑ Zatloukal: Die Kulturlandschaft , p. 114.
  3. ^ Zatloukal: Die Kulturlandschaft , p. 115.
  4. ^ Zatloukal: Die Kulturlandschaft , p. 115.
  5. ^ Zatloukal: Die Kulturlandschaft , p. 115.
  6. ↑ Zatloukal: Die Kulturlandschaft , p. 114.
  7. ^ Zatloukal: Die Kulturlandschaft , p. 115.
  8. ^ Zatloukal: Die Kulturlandschaft , p. 115.

Web links

Commons : Hansenburg  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 48 ′ 16.7 "  N , 16 ° 49 ′ 56.4"  E