Velké Březno Castle
The new chateau in Velké Březno stands on the slope of the Castle Hill on the outskirts of Velké Březno, in the district of Ústí nad Labem. It has been protected as a cultural monument since 1963. It is owned by the state (administered by the National Heritage Institute) and is open to the public.
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History
The new chateau was built in 1842-1845 in the late Austrian Empire style by Count Karel Chotek of Chotek and Vojnín, the highest purgrave of the Kingdom of Bohemia. In the middle of the 19th century the castle park was also created, but its preserved form dates from the beginning of the 20th century, when it was divided into a five-hectare English park and a small French park. In 1885-1910 the castle underwent a Neo-Renaissance reconstruction, during which it was extended with an attic and a square tower. At the end of the 19th century, it was the residence of Sophie Chotkov, who was shot along with her husband Franz Ferdinand d'Este in 1914 during the Sarajevo assassination.
The Chotkov family owned the chateau until 1945, when it was confiscated from them by Benes Decrees. The building was then used as an orphanage, a political school and a warehouse for the Czechoslovak People's Army. The castle was opened to the public in the 1980s.
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