The hunting lodge in the Katzelsdorf Forest near Valtice was one of the short-lived buildings in today’s landscape composition of the Lednice-Valtice area. It was built according to the plans of the Viennese architect Joseph Kornhäusel for Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein in 1817–1818, but was not finally completed and approved until 1819 under the architect Franz Engel. It was a building consisting of
The building of the Winery Obelisk was built in 2017 above Valtice. Its name refers both to the eponymous game park with a stone monument by the architect Joseph Hardtmuth behind Lednice as well as to the obelisk which was built under Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein behind the nearby park of Valtice castle on the old road to Schrattenberg, Lower Austria – but
The main princely residence in Valtice experienced its biggest expansion in the 17th and 18th centuries. During this period, Valtice castle was built – its appearance has changed little relative to today’s. Karel I of Liechtenstein (1569-1627) and his son Karel Eusebio (1611-1684) created a three-courtyard palace complex surrounded by a number of agricultural buildings under the supervision of a number of Italian architects. Sources
The Castle Theatre in Valtice is part of a set of buildings which, from the 14th century, have had a complex history in the hands of members of the Liechtenstein family. In the late 16th Century, Valtice Castle became their main residence. Today’s form is the result of construction activity that mainly occurred in the 17th and 18th centuries. Only recently has attention been paid
In 1560 Georg Hartmann I. Liechtenstein came into the indebted Mikulov estate. In the same year, he inherited the family line of Valtice Hartmann II. (1544-1585) Lednice. Riding stables were crucial in the time of Emperor Maximilian. Extensive facilities for horse breeding were founded In Royal courts during this period. In the Baroque period these symbolized prestige, wealth and power. Riding halls were a necessary
In the early Middle Ages, there was a large Slavonic settlement of Great Moravia just a few kilometres south of today’s location on Břeclav. Apparently, its remains existing for centuries gave name of the place “Pohansko”. Between 1810–1812, it was right here where Field marshal Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, built a hunting lodge of the same name according to the plans of the
The hunting lodge in the Katzelsdorf Forest near Valtice was one of the short-lived buildings in today’s landscape composition of the Lednice-Valtice area. It was
The building of the Winery Obelisk was built in 2017 above Valtice. Its name refers both to the eponymous game park with a stone monument
The main princely residence in Valtice experienced its biggest expansion in the 17th and 18th centuries. During this period, Valtice castle was built – its
The Castle Theatre in Valtice is part of a set of buildings which, from the 14th century, have had a complex history in the hands
In 1560 Georg Hartmann I. Liechtenstein came into the indebted Mikulov estate. In the same year, he inherited the family line of Valtice Hartmann II.
In the early Middle Ages, there was a large Slavonic settlement of Great Moravia just a few kilometres south of today’s location on Břeclav. Apparently,