Úmonín, Cultural monument and château in Kutná Hora District, Czech Republic.
Úmonín is a château in the village of Úmonín, south of Kutná Hora in the Central Bohemian Region. Its present appearance results from Neo-Renaissance alterations made in the second half of the 19th century, following earlier Renaissance and Baroque rebuilding of a medieval fortress. The château complex is protected as a cultural monument.
Úmonín's first written mention dates to 1289, when Jan of Úmonín held the village. A medieval fortress, possibly founded in the 14th century, preceded the château; it is documented in 1411 under Zdislav of Lhota. Jan Salava of Lípa rebuilt the fortress in Renaissance style before his death in 1587, and Tomáš Ferdinand Popovský of Scharfenbach gave the château its Baroque form in 1685–1686.
The village of Úmonín is first documented in 1289, when it belonged to Jan of Úmonín. The château's predecessor was a fortress held in 1411 by Zdislav of Lhota; the Salava of Lípa family made it their seat until 1587 and rebuilt it in Renaissance style. A brewery stood by the fortress when it was sold in 1603.
This location is accessible by road from larger towns in the Central Bohemian Region. Plan your visit with local travel routes in mind, as the village sits in a rural area away from major highways.
The baroque rebuilding of 1685–1686 is said to have involved Turks captured during the 1683 siege of Vienna. The château later served as a military hospital from 1813 and as a summer residence for the Kutná Hora Jesuits, who rebuilt its chapel after buying the estate in 1746.
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