Poděbrady Castle
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The Poděbrady Castle (German Castle Poděbrady ) in the town of the same name Poděbrady belongs to the Central Bohemia region in the Czech Republic.
history
In the place of today's castle there was originally a wooden fortress , which King Ottokar II Přemysl had converted into a stone castle. It became the seat of the lordship of the same name, which was pledged to Hynek von Lichtenburg under King John of Bohemia in 1345 . Through his daughter Elisabeth ( Eliška z Lichtemburka ), who married Boček of Podebrady and Kunstadt († 1373) in 1350 , the castle and rule came to the Kunstadt family . After Emperor Charles IV. Podiebrad had transferred the Boček as hereditary property, called himself the first Boček of Poděbrady , which he Kunstädter the family branch Podiebrad justified.
The castle, where, according to tradition, the later King George of Podebrady , Boček's grandson, was born, has been rebuilt several times. After George's death in 1471, the castle and rule went to his son Heinrich the Elder in 1472 . J. , whose heirs had to cede both to King Wladislaw II in 1495 . After several pledges, King Ferdinand I redeemed the castle and rule. Both remained in the possession of the royal chamber until 1839.
From 1548 to around 1580, the castle was converted into a Renaissance palace according to plans by Giovanni and Ulrico Aostalli and Hans Tirol . After the Thirty Years War , the castle initially lost its importance. From 1723–1724 it was rebuilt in the Baroque style under the direction of the builder Franz Maximilian Kaňka . Further renovations took place after 1750. Maria Theresa , in her capacity as Queen of Bohemia, stayed at the castle several times. Under her son Joseph II , the castle served as the residence of retired officers of the imperial army.
In 1839 the castle and estate were acquired by the Viennese banker Georg Simon Sina (1783–1856). By marriage in 1884 the castle came to the princes of Ypsilanti and before the First World War to Philipp Ernst zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst . His brother and heir Moritz zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst had to sell the rule after the First World War.
literature
- Joachim Bahlcke , Winfried Eberhard, Miloslav Polívka (eds.): Handbook of historical places . Volume: Bohemia and Moravia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 329). Kröner, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-520-32901-8 , pp. 459-461.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 8 ′ 29.7 ″ N , 15 ° 7 ′ 9.6 ″ E