Liebigův zámeček, historicist villa in Kristiánov, Liberec, Czech Republic
Liebigův zámeček is a Renaissance Revival villa located in Kristiánov, in the northern part of Liberec. The building features carefully worked stone details and balanced proportions that define this architectural period.
Baron Theodor Liebieg began the villa in 1897 as a family seat near the Liebieg textile factories. Adolf Bürger built the central section and northwest half-timbered wing by 1898; a tower with family chapel by Vienna architect Hubert Walter Moldheim followed in 1904, and Jakob Schmeissner's east wing was finished in 1911. Confiscated in 1945, it was restored in the 1970s and has belonged to the city of Liberec since 2004.
The villa's name comes from the Liebieg family of textile barons; Theodor Liebieg had it built as a family and representational seat near the family factories. The interiors matched the architecture, and the Hall of Myths (Sál bájí) of 1911 was decorated with mythological frescoes by painter Julius Mössel.
The villa stands on Jablonecká street near the Harcov reservoir, in the Kristiánov quarter of Liberec. It is open to the public only once a year, on European Heritage Days, with a guided tour; the rest of the year it houses the Liberec city magistrate's offices and can only be seen from outside.
The interiors match the exterior's ambition: the Hall of Myths (Sál bájí), decorated in 1911 with mythological frescoes by painter Julius Mössel, was among the most valued rooms. During the 2005 reconstruction these paintings were uncovered again. The villa opens to the public only once a year, on European Heritage Days, with a guided tour.
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