Zámek Lázeň, Empire-style château in Chudenice, Czech Republic
Zámek Lázeň is a small, single-story Empire-style château built at the end of the 18th century by Jan Rudolf Černín of Chudenice on the slope of Žďár hill near a healing spring. It is a simple spa-type building that also housed guest rooms and was later expanded with attic rooms and a private chapel.
Jan Rudolf Černín of Chudenice had the small Empire-style spa building erected at the end of the 18th century on the slope of Žďár hill near a healing spring. By the early 19th century it was already called a castle, and Count Černín kept rooms there for himself. In the 1820s attic rooms and a private chapel were added, with further costly alterations in 1858–1861.
The name Lázeň means "spa" or "bath", taken from the healing spring beside which the building stands on the slope of Žďár hill. From the early 19th century Count Černín reserved some rooms for himself, and the spa building was already called a castle then. Cultural and scientific figures such as František Palacký, František Ladislav Čelakovský and Josef Dobrovský came to visit the art-loving count.
The château stands on the slope of Žďár hill near a healing spring, in the cadastral area of Chudenice. The grounds are linked with the Americká zahrada arboretum and the Bolfánek lookout tower on the hilltop, so the site can be combined with a walk to both.
The château stands on the slope of Žďár hill beside a healing spring, and the estate includes the Americká zahrada arboretum and the Bolfánek lookout tower on the summit. The Černín family owned it until 1945; after the war it served as a recreation centre for Pilsen brewery employees.
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