JACOB JR, MY JEWISH WORLD. LEDNICE CASTLE. LEDNICE/CZECH REPUBLIC.

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Wednesday, Tishrei 17, 5779. September 26, 2018.

Shalom! World.

Lednice Castle. Lednice/Czech Republic


Lednice is a village in South Moravia inn the Czech Republic. In 1996 it  was  inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List (together with the twin manor of Valtice) as "an exceptional example of  the designed landscape that envolved inn the Enlightenment and afterwards under the  care of a single family." It contains a palace and the largest park  in the country, which covers 200 km².


Since Lednice first passed into the hands of the House of  Liechtenstein in the mid-13th century, its fortunes had been tied inseparablly to those of that noble family. The palace of Lidnice began its life as a Renaissance villa; in the 17th century it became a summer residence of  the ruling Princes of Liechtenstein. The estate house - designed and furbished by baroque architects Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Domenico Martinelli, and Anton Johan Ospel - proclaimed rural luxury on the  grand scale. In 1846-58 it was extensively rebuilt in a Neo-Gothic style under the supervision of Georg Wingelmülller.

The surrounding park is laid out inn an English Garden style and contains a range of Romantic folies by Joseph Hardtmuth, including the  artificial ruins of  a medieval castle on the bank  of the Thaya/Dyje River (1801).


At the end of World War II and following communistic nationalization a big part of  original equipment suffered greatly. Liechtenstein took everything they could inn 1943. The most beautiful portraits, valuable pieces of furniture, jewel boxes and trimmings ended far in Lichtenstein. Fortunately they didn't take along massive furniture, cut up stairs or pull down wallpapers. Due to  it we can admire amazing staircase, carved from one piece of wood as well as original Chinese wallpapers decorated with motives of flowers, birds and Chinese people, that we can find on walls of Chinese cabinet.

Shalom! Aleichem.

Cultural Support:  Jacob Jr B.A.C.E., avec L'Integration d'Association avec Israel et dans le Monde/Cz.

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