zámek Čečovice Chateau

The chateau Čečovice is located in the village of the same name in the district Plzeň-jih. Since 1964 it has been one of the protected cultural monuments. The construction, however, goes much deeper until there was a mere fortress.

The predecessor of the chateau was a fortress, which was probably already built in the first half of the 14th century by some of Jaroslav's unknown descendants from Bukovce. The first historical mention of the fortress dates back to 1355 to 1358, when Jaroslav from Čečovice is mentioned as the owner. Nine years later, Jan Bushek and Václav of Velhartic gave it to her. In 1395, Anna from Velhartic, who had her in the company of her second husband Václav from Vartemberk, acquired her. In 1409, Anna, already married to Hynek the Elder of Náchoda, transferred her to Henry III of Rožmberk, who kept her as manager through the purkrays.

In 1390, there was a dramatic episode. Jindřej III had Halik of Genovice executed, who rebelled against his will. This execution incited armed clashes with the Riesmburgs of Janovice, which lasted until Jindřich's death in 1412. In the middle of the 15th century the farm was bought by Dobš Snopouvovský from Chečovice and followed by a quick rotation of owners. A major breakthrough came in 1546 when Jan Jr. Poppel of Lobkovice bought it and joined it to the mountain house. From now on, the fort lost its housing function and gradually decayed.

In 1587 a description of the property was preserved, which in addition to the fort contained a malting house, brewery, yard with sheep, hop, grafting and pond. Sometime before 1623, still behind the Cinderella of Lobkovic, the complex went through a change of mannerist lock. It was purchased by Count Maximilian Trauttmansdorff after the confiscation of the mountain estates in 1623. The Baroque East Wing and other modifications to the building were built in his family around 1715. The Gothic palace of the original fortress was converted into a granary that became the west wing of today's building. Since then, the chateau has served as a shelter for the prince and his guests during their stays and hunting in the area.

Without more serious changes, the chateau was preserved until the beginning of the 20th century. After the land reform, they sold it as a residual farm, its ground floor turned into an economic facility. In 1955, the state farm adjusted it to a hostel for agricultural temporary workers. But interest in him soon fell. The locals had converted the ground floor into a garage, the building was in a state of emergency. The subsequent ownership of the JZD Puclice did not improve the situation - the building burned down in 1990.

The rescue was opened in 1998 by the Czech Union of Monuments Protectors, which took over the chateau into its property. He's been going through a general reconstruction ever since. The building statics were gradually secured and a complete new roof coat was completed in 2005. The chateau can also be visited by cyclists - there is a 2223 cycling route in the vicinity, which leads from Staňkov to Černovice and further to Kladrub.