Račice Castle
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The Račice Castle (German Ratschitz ) is an Empire style building in the Račice district of the Račice-Pístovice municipality in the Drahaner Bergland , Czech Republic .
geography
The mighty three-tower structure is enthroned on the south-western edge of the village Račice on a spur on the left above the valley of the Račický creek. To the east lies the Rakovec valley. Since the Middle Ages, an old road from Wischau into the mountains to Kiriteyn has led from this area below the facility .
history
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Gothic castle
After the Lords of Schwabenitz had acquired the Drnovice Castle by marrying Kojata IV. Von Hrabischitz heiresses Eufemie and Svatochňa , they had a new castle built between 1275 and 1285 at the strategically favorable location above the village of Ratzici . It was probably Milota von Schwabenitz auf Drnovice who moved his seat to Račice Castle; he called himself Milota von Račice from 1285. After the robber baron Friedrich von Linau ( Friduš z Linavy ) had seized the castle at the beginning of the 14th century , King John had the castle conquered and torn down in 1312. A little later it was restored and from 1346 belonged to Heinrich von Leipa . Around 1350 the Lords of Sternberg acquired the rule. In 1375 Albrecht von Sternberg handed over the castle with the associated villages Račice , Drnovice , Pístovice , Sokolí, Ježkovice and Nosálovice to his cousin Peter von Sternberg after a court order. Markwart von Sternberg sold Račice with all accessories in 1399 to Peter Krawarn von Plumlov . The Plumlov neckties died out in 1466 with Peter's son Jiří in the male line. When the property was divided under Jiřís four daughters, the Račice estates fell to Kunka, who was married to Wenceslaus von Boskowitz . He was followed by Ladislav von Boskowitz and in 1510 his son Christoph. In 1563, Jindřich Dobeš Černohorský von Boskowitz sold the Ratschitz castle with the town of Ratschitz, the villages Pístovice, Ježkovice, Drnovice and the desert places Vilémov and Sokolí to Jan Jindřich Černohorský von Boskowitz. Via Susanne Černohorská von Boskowitz, ownership passed to Hans Haugwitz von Biskupitz in 1568 .
Renaissance castle
Between 1570 and 1585, Hans Haugwitz had the Gothic castle redesigned into a three-wing Renaissance castle. In 1576 he expanded the rule in 1576 to include the Podomí estate and the Hamlíkov desert. In 1585 Hans Haugwitz sold the castle including the founding lordship for 29,000 Moravian guilders to Bernart Petřvaldský von Petřvald. After lengthy quarrels, the purchase only became legally effective in 1598, when it was confirmed by the guardians of the descendants of Hans Haugwitz. Afterwards, Bernart's son Hans, who had de facto taken over the rule at that time, arranged for the construction of a second floor and the creation of arcades decorated with rich reliefs. The coats of arms of Hans von Peterwald and his wives Libussa von Waldstein and Katharina von Ullersdorf ( Kateřina Ulštoferová z Něniče ) were placed on the fireplace . A castle chapel was also built. Between 1580 and 1620 a new outer bailey was built with the castle church of the Annunciation. In 1598 Hans von Peterwald commissioned the master stonemason Alexander Kohout from Archlebov to manufacture a hexagonal fountain with a statue of Fortuna. The work was probably carried out by the sculptor G. Gialdi. Peterwald had a small garden laid out around the palace. The renovations were completed in 1618. After the Battle of the White Mountain , Hans von Peterwald was sentenced to imprisonment and his goods were confiscated. He died on the Spielberg . The rulership, estimated at 120,000 Moravian guilders, was sold to the imperial favorite Karl Willinger von Schönenperg in 1623 for 80,000 guilders. Further owners were from 1629 Simon Kratzer von Schönsberg, from 1630 Horacius Forno and his son Karl Franz and from 1670 the Counts Braida , who owned Račice for 130 years with a few interruptions. Karel Antonín Graf Braida sold the property in 1800 to Johann Franz Heinisch von Haydenburg, from whom Johann Huschka von Ratschitzburg acquired it in 1802. Huschka leased the estate to the entrepreneur Wilhelm von Mundy at the beginning of the 19th century and sold it to Antonín Hermann in 1830.
Empire castle
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After Johann von Mundy had bought the castle, previously leased by his father, in 1830, he had it rebuilt in Empire style. He introduced sheep breeding into the rulership. The wool was processed in the spinning mills in Podomí and Pístovice . In 1864 Jaromír Mundy sold the castle to Eduard von Kramsta . After his only son was accidentally shot while hunting deer, he sold the property to the Baron von Palm in 1874. From this the Viennese industrialist Sir Paul Eduard von Schoeller acquired the property in 1894. During the Sudeten crisis and the mobilization of the Czechoslovak army , the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, General Ludvík Krejčí , moved the general staff of the Branná moc mobilization army to Račice and the surrounding area on September 26, 1938 . The castle became the seat of the general command and the operational department. In 1945 the Schoeller family was expropriated as a result of the Beneš decrees .
In 1947 the castle was transferred to the state clothing industry in Prostějov as a recreational facility. From 1959 it served as a special school with boarding and vocational school. In 2017, the South Moravian Region sold the castle to a private investor who extensively renovated the dilapidated property and used it for tourism.
Web links
- Description of the castle on hrady.cz (Czech)
- Račice Castle as the seat of the General Command of the Czechoslovak Armed Forces in September 1938 (Czech)
- Private website of a local historian about Račice Castle (Czech)
Individual evidence
- ^ Rescue of the decaying Račice Castle ČT24 on August 7, 2018
Coordinates: 49 ° 16 ′ 30.6 ″ N , 16 ° 52 ′ 9.1 ″ E