Dlažkovice Castle

In the small village of Dlažkovice, the castle is characteristic of the Baroque of the North Bohemian Baron's Mansions. Its history begins in the spring of the 17th century, when for the first time there is mention of an older mansion - a fortress that appears in sources since 1630, which belonged to the White Escape estate. The village has changed several owners and its fates have spilt with large family marriages. In 1648, the Winterfeld family became its owner through the marriage of Zbyňka Polyxeny Bezdružický from Kolovrat with Kryšstof from Winterfeld.

The castle in today's form has its origin in the seventies of the 17th century. In 1667 Kryštof Václav of Winterfeld sold the village of František Edmund Putz of Adlersthurn, who held the post of manager of the upper cities. Putz had the castle rebuilt into a Baroque castle around 1673 according to the project of the influential lithomeric architect Giulia Broggio. The expansion and final form of the construction was only created in the early 18th century. Putz's brother Jan Ignác Putz gave the builder Octavius Broggie the extension of the lock between 1713 and 1717. The castle was gradually acquired by new owners - after the Purtz won by Ferdinand Hrzán z Harasova, since 1731 was owned by Count Hatzfeld, who started the extensive production of pyroids. This family held the estate until 1796 when it died out, and the owner became Hugo Damián Ervín ze Schönbornu. He rebuilt the landscape here - he demolished the economic facilities and founded the English park, while the garden facade of the castle expanded in the Empire style. The Schönborn family owned the castle until the land reform in 1924, when they only had the mansion left.

The castle building has adapted to the terrain conditions - it stands on a slope, so the north front is one-storey to two-storey, while the richer garden front on the lower side offers two to four floors. The construction is visually highlighted by two massive side-ridges that appear before both facades. The eastern risalite carries a portal with diagonal pilasters and a balcony over which the stucco mark stands. The most impressive is the risalite on the side of the park - a four-storey unit with high pilasters that optically connect two floors. The rectangular windows are decorated with rococo elements - supraports and post-date fields. The interior architecture has retained a valuable set of terrene with a mirror vault made in lunettes.

Since 1952, the castle has served as a children's home, which has ensured its preservation until today. As a cultural monument to the Czech Republic, everyone who is interested in the development of Baroque construction works in northern Bohemia deserves attention. The castle is an impressive testimony about how noble residences were transformed under the influence of fashion trends and architectural innovations of the 18th century.