Částkov Chateau

Částkov is located in the village of the same name in the district of Tachov and belongs to interesting documents of the development of noble construction on the Czech border. His history dates back to the early Middle Ages - the first written mention dates back to the year 1272 and mentions the flag of James as owner of the mansion. But it took almost two centuries for the right fortress, which was owned by the Tachov Purcraby Boouš of Otroušice, in 1471.

The House of Otroušický remained here for almost a hundred years. Bohuslav z Otěšic is documented between 1493 and 1529, followed by his son George. The last member of the family, Vilém z Otěšic, sold the thing in 1591. The transformation followed: Jan Vilém Kfelíř ze Zakšova transformed the village into a bourgeois village and extended its territory with parts originally subordinate to Tachov. However, his participation in the state uprising ended in 1623 with a judicial conviction and a partial loss of land. The new owner of Jan Kryštof Kavka z Říčan eventually sold Částkov to brothers of the Brisigell family, where their ownership, property sharing and family transfer lasted more than one century.

The gentlemen of Brisigell have decided to transform the space completely. At the turn of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, they had the original Gothic fortress built a chateau in the Baroque style, which became the seat of many generations. In 1669 Částkov fell in the division of Jan Tomáš Brigigell, who married the widow Anna Markéta of Gloven. From their marriage was born a son of Jan Albert, who, however, faced financial difficulties and after his father's death in 1708, had to offer the chateau for sale. In 1710 it was bought by Jan Albert's uncle, Osvald Brisigell, owner of a nearby Old Sedlice. After Osvalda's death, three years later, the widow Anna Barbora, together with the sons of Částkov, sold to Count Losym of Losynthal in 1718, who subsequently joined him to his Tachov estate.

Since the eighteenth century, the owner no longer lived here, but only the farm manager. Although during the nineteenth century the chateau had several reconstructions under the rule of Prince Alfred Windischgrätz, its architecture still retains the elements of its multi-layered history.

The oldest part of the building is a Gothic fortress - a three-space building with a wall strong one and a half meters, which survived in the northwest corner. Later the fort was extended by the south wing, which filled the original moat. From the Renaissance period, the memories retain partially buried cellars with vaulted vaults, crest vaults on the ground floor and a beautiful eight-piece star vaults in the southwest corner. The Baroque chateau has an almost square floor plan with a Mansard roof covered with sheet metal. The outside facade distinguishes moderation - without ornaments except the crown ledge. The main entrance to the east side of the roof is encapsulated with a semi-liptic waist with the feet removed.

The farm is located in Částkov today. Since 1996 the chateau has been protected as a cultural monument, which prevents further degradation and perhaps prepares a future of more full renewal.