Záběhlice Castle, Cultural monument château in Záběhlice, Czech Republic.
Záběhlice Castle is a neo-baroque building with an adjacent courtyard and farm buildings near a small pond on the Botič stream in Prague 10-Záběhlice. Its address is U záběhlického zámku 46/4, close to the U lípy intersection, and it is protected as a cultural monument.
The site began as a fortress first documented in 1389, held by Prague burgher Seidl in 1354 and later by the Litomyšl bishop. From 1663 Duke Julius Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg or a later owner had it rebuilt as a château. A fire in 1885 led Ludvík Korb von Weidenheim to rebuild it in Neo-Baroque form after plans by Ferdinand Hauptmann, executed by Cornelius Hauschka and Eduard Rechziegel.
The name Záběhlice appears in the founding charter of the Vyšehrad chapter from 1088. A local legend tells of a white lady who haunted the château until the large bells acquired for the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary drove her away for good.
The château and its garden are not open to the public; the building now serves as offices for several firms. It stands near the U lípy junction at U záběhlického zámku 46/4 in Prague 10-Záběhlice, by the small pond on the Botič stream. The courtyard with its farm buildings can be seen from the surrounding streets.
A legend tells of a white lady who often appeared at the château; she vanished for good only when the large bells acquired for the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary were rung, whose sound she could not bear.
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