zámek Tvoršovice Chateau

The castle Tvoršovice is located on the northwest edge of the village near Bystřice in the district of Benešov in the Central Bohemian Region. The whole castle area is protected as a cultural monument and represents two stages of construction activity - the original Baroque form and later new Renaissance reconstruction of the second half of the 19th century.

The building in the Baroque style was built around 1701 by Petr Radecký z Radče, a family that had long influenced the development of this place. The castle remained in Radecký's possession until 1765 when Václav Leopold Radecký z Radče sold it to the miller of Nahlovský. During the following century, the owners of the farm gradually changed. A significant break came in 1868, when the chateau was acquired by the husbands Jan and Marie Schebková and they initiated its reconstruction in a neo-Renaissance style. The author of the project is uncertain, but it is assumed that Vojtěch Ignác Ullmann, who designed other constructions for the spouses and their Prague hardware company. During these modifications, the surroundings of the castle were radically transformed - there was an English park, which completed the old garden and the newly forming area.

After Schebková, several other owners were replaced in Tvoršovice until 1947, when the castle was inherited by Cyril Bartoň z Dobenína, the last private owner. The following year the castle was nationalized and transformed into a retirement home. At the end of the 20th century, it was acquired by Golf Konopiště, which in 1997 opened an extensive repair of the entire complex. The chateau was converted into a hotel with a restaurant and adapted the remaining buildings as a background golf course.

The building has two floors with a rectangular plan. The dominant feature of the main facade is the right corner raised to the shape of a symbolic tower with balustrad. The rear facade highlights a pair of risalites. The protected area includes a park, a garden in front of the main front, a southwest economic building, a fenced wall and a stone bridge. Small monuments such as the statue of Saint Florian, the statue of Saint Anne and a pair of cast iron candelabra complement the historic atmosphere of the place.

The castle today serves as a modern hotel in the middle of the golf area, which preserved it for future generations. The visitor will experience the connection of the historical building from the Baroque to the Neo-Renaissance treatment to the modern function in the beautiful park area.