White Castle (Ostrov)

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The art-historically significant summer palace "White Castle" ("Bílý dvůr")

The White Castle ( Bílý zámek ) is a particularly important historical building in Ostrov nad Ohří ( Schlackenwerth ) in northern Bohemia.

location

The (younger) pleasure palace is located in the middle of the palace park

In the middle of the Ostrov Castle Park is the summer palace "Bílý dvůr" (White Castle), also known as the Prince's Palace , built by Abraham Leuthner from 1673 to 1679 , with rich wall and ceiling decorations, which today serves as an art gallery.

history

In 1585 the town of Schlackenwerth acquired the rule, but was expropriated in 1623 because of its participation in the class uprising . The imperial general Julius Heinrich von Sachsen-Lauenburg became the new owner of the castle and the manor . The splendor-loving Lauenburg princes built a new one (pleasure palace) next to the old Schlick castle (city castle), which was planned by Abraham Leuthner and whose construction management was entrusted to Christoph Dientzenhofer from 1685 to 1687 and then to Giulio Broggio .

In 1690, the rule and castle passed to Franziska Sibylla Augusta von Sachsen-Lauenburg , who married Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden that year . After a fire in the old castle, they had the new White Castle built between 1691 and 1697 , which now houses a museum for 20th century art. The rich wall and ceiling decorations in the palace hall were made by Lazaro Maria Sanguinetti .

The White Gate to the left of the castle was built in 1690 on the occasion of the marriage of Franziska Sibylla and Ludwig Wilhelm with the coats of arms of the Sachsen-Lauenburg and von Baden families. It is the portal to the castle park, which is currently being reconstructed.

See also

literature

Web links

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

Footnotes

  1. ^ Page 82 in: Milada Vilímková, Johannes Brucker: Dientzenhofer. A Bavarian master builder family in the baroque era. Rosenheimer Verlagshaus, 1989, ISBN 3-475-52610-7

Coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′ 10 ″  N , 12 ° 56 ′ 27 ″  E