Castle Krzhimitse
   Photo: Castle Krzhimitse

Baroque chateau with Empire-style facade Krzhimitse is located in the former village, which is now part of the city of Plzen. To get to the palace, it is necessary to go on the road that links with Hebom Pilsen and in the suburbs Krzhimitse turn to the small street. It will lead you to a cozy square, which is dominated by the castle, turned into a museum. The castle Krzhimitse adjacent 5-hectare park, which is open to the public.

The peculiarity of the local castle is the fact that it was never sold. It gave a lot of time, transferred by inheritance, confiscated, but he is not never been the subject of the sale.

The castle on the square you can see a small one-story auxiliary buildings, which form a courtyard, and are a part of the castle complex. In the courtyard can be accessed through a portal decorated with two stone pillars that crowned with sculptures made in the XVIII century. These statues can be seen in the park and on the streets of the former village Krzhimitse. They were created by local sculptor L. Widmann.

The castle was rebuilt in 1732 from the fortress of the first half of the XIII century, which belonged to Drshlavicham. Lord Vtrba thought that the castle lack of comfort and convenience, so austere fortress rebuilt into a residential house in the Baroque style.

During the reconstruction of 1811-1812 years of local palace complex has been expanded. The last owners of the castle were the representatives of the powerful family Lobkowicz. They lost Krzhimitse castle in 1948.

In the second half of the XX century the castle was owned enterprise «Škoda», which is arranged in historical interiors pension. Because of the barbaric acts of holidaymakers antique furniture and many works of art have become worthless. Then there was located a branch of West Museum.

In 1994, the castle was returned to the old Lobkowicz.

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