Žádlovice Chateau

The chateau Žádlovice is located in the village Žádlovice, approximately 3 km south of Mohelnice. It is a Baroque chateau, which in today's form dates back to about 1760, although its roots date back to the Middle Ages.

The beginnings of the construction are linked to the period after 1565, when it was rebuilt at the site of the original fortress. During the 16th and 17th centuries, the Nelovský estate was in the hands of several noble families - gradually owned by Podstatský from Prusinovic, Drahanovský from Finčín and Pavlovský from Pavlovice. But the Thirty Years' War had a fatal impact: the fortress that belonged to Jan Felix of Prusinovic at that time was destroyed and in 1643 it was already mentioned as a desolate ruin.

The village was restored only in the late 17th century. Since 1679 he became owner of Albrecht Bukůvka z Bukůvky, who bought the connected farm Žádlovice and Líšnice. Bukouvka was a pioneering builder - from 1679 to 1705 he built a new Baroque chateau on the site of the older fortress, which became a dominant building in the landscape.

The Count Jan Křtitel Mitrovský, who bought the farm in 1764, also has a significant share of the appearance of the building. Eight years later, in 1772, the chateau was rebuilt in late Baroque style. This reconstruction has determined its form until now. Mitrovský nedbał only for architecture - at the chateau he founded a large botanical garden and the collections of the chateau library enriched parts dedicated to natural sciences. Around 1800, the garden was gradually transformed into a landscape park which combines botanical elements with nature's nearby design. This park is one of the most valuable natural landscapes in northern Moravia.

At the end of the 19th century he transferred the property into the hands of Viktor Dubský from Třebolejc, who bought it out in 1891. A major turn of events brought about in 1945, when the chateau was confiscated by Adolf Dubyski on the basis of Beneš's decrees and became the property of the state.

In the second half of the 20th century, the chateau served teaching purposes - the Loštice Central Agricultural School was housed here until 2012. Today the chateau is the property of Olomouc Region and its administration is provided by the Technical School Mohelnice. The construction remains used for educational purposes, which allows the preservation and maintenance of the historical building and its precious park.