Zámrsk Castle, Baroque château in Zámrsk, Czech Republic.
Zámrsk Castle is a baroque château in Zámrsk in the Czech Republic, distinguished by its symmetrical windows and ornate stone facades characteristic of baroque construction from the 17th and 18th centuries. The building now functions as an administrative archive preserving regional historical documents for the broader area.
A fortress here was burned by Matthias Corvinus's troops in 1469; the Lukavský family rebuilt it as a Renaissance château in the 16th century. The Kolovrat family, owners from 1648, converted it over 120 years into a four-winged Baroque residence. Since 1961 it has housed the State Regional Archive.
The castle houses the State Regional Archive, which serves the Pardubice and Hradec Králové regions and is open only to registered researchers. In 2013 a memorial plaque was unveiled here to Ferdinand of Bubna and Litic, born in the castle in 1768. The grounds also hold a six-trunked small-leaved lime declared a protected tree in 1995 and named Tree of the Year in 2004.
The location is easily accessible by car and sits in the Pardubice Region in the eastern part of the country. Visitors can view the exterior architecture freely, but should note that the building functions as a working archive today and interior access may be limited.
The round tower in the northeast corner is the core of the original 15th-century fortress burned by Matthias Corvinus's troops in 1469. Renaissance vaults survive on its first floor, and ribbed vaults remain in the passage and ground floor of the northern wing.
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