Morány, Hunting lodge and cultural monument in Central Bohemia, Czech Republic

Morány is a hunting lodge and cultural monument in Central Bohemia that features traditional Czech architectural elements including a central courtyard. The building displays hunting-related decorative motifs across its facade that reflect its original purpose.

A glassmaking settlement named after Murano was founded here in 1707 by glassmaker Vavřinec Eisner, who bought part of the Čestín estate from Diviš Miseroni of Lison; its manor house served as the administrative building. Martin Plešinger bought the village before 1840 and had the manor house rebuilt and raised by one storey in 1840–1841. In 1894 Josef Hrubý of Jelení bought the farm from Antonín Moravec and around 1900 converted it into a hunting lodge.

The name Morány comes from Murano, the Italian glassmaking island, because glassmaker Vavřinec Eisner founded a glass settlement here after 1707. The glassworks declined by the 1780s, but the manor house stayed inhabited, and the village kept the Italian-derived name.

The lodge stands on the edge of Morány, part of Čestín, and cycling trail 0121 from Čestín to Kamenná Lhota runs past it. It has been a protected cultural monument since 1973. It is a private building, so visitors see it from the outside along the trail.

The name Morány comes from Murano, the Italian glassmaking island, because founder Vavřinec Eisner modelled his 1707 settlement on it. The glassworks declined by 1780, but the manor house stayed inhabited and was rebuilt as a hunting lodge around 1900. A cycling trail, 0121, runs past the building.