Jindřichovice, Gothic Revival château in Jindřichovice v Krušných horách, Czech Republic.
Jindřichovice is a two-storey castle with a rectangular plan and round corner towers, located on the northeastern edge of the village of the same name. Its façade features Gothic Revival elements such as cornices and square profiled window surrounds, and the east and west fronts are topped by stepped gables. The building stands near the Church of St. Martin, which was built in 1658.
The château was built for Count Jan Hartvík of Nostitz, chancellor of the Kingdom of Bohemia, who also had the Church of St. Martin built in 1658. Older literature calls it a new building on the foundations of a Renaissance fortress, but recent research suggests Baroque alterations of an existing residence, already called a château in a 1623 confiscation record. Ervín of Nostitz had it rebuilt in Gothic Revival style between 1836 and 1840.
The castle's name comes from the village, first recorded in 1273 in a charter of Teplice Monastery. The Šlik family built a Renaissance fortress here around 1522, and Viktorin Šlik granted the village municipal privileges in 1537. The Nostitz family, who owned the estate from the 17th century, used Jindřichovice as their main residence in western Bohemia and kept a collection of nearly 200 paintings there.
The castle sits on elevated ground with good views over the village and is easily reached on foot. The location is also near the natural basalt formations of the Rotavske varhany, making the area interesting for longer exploration.
The castle and the neighboring church form a single historical complex together, representing the heart of village life. This close spatial relationship between secular and religious architecture is typical for mining villages of that period.
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