Daliborka house in Louny, Cultural monument on Mírové náměstí central square, Louny, Czech Republic
The Daliborka house is a two-story building on Mírové náměstí, the central square of Louny, displaying typical features of Czech residential architecture from its period. The structure shows regional construction techniques and stylistic details that characterize the local building tradition.
The oldest parts are late Gothic cellars under the eastern half, and a 1517 town fire forced a costly rebuild: dendrochronology dates the fir logs of the central timber hall to trees felled in 1515. Around 1607 another reconstruction added the tall ground-floor hall and the facade with its projecting bay and two gables. The first known owner, Bartoš Meziříčský, held it 1509–1531; the councillor Strachota Kocurovský, owner from 1605, financed the early 17th-century work.
The name Daliborka has no documented link to any Dalibor: the historical topography by František Štědrý and Martin Ebel found no owner of that name. The oldest photograph, from 1894, shows an unnamed inn run by Antonín Maxant; a pre-World War I postcard by Jan Růžička already calls it Daliborka, and a 1930s photo shows the name in pseudo-Gothic letters on the facade, removed during the 1996 reconstruction.
The archive moved out in late January 2022, so the building is not open for research. It stands on Mírové náměstí with its façade facing the square; the ground-floor hall and the two gables are visible from outside. The town owns the whole house and is planning a full reconstruction, so access inside is not guaranteed.
No owner named Dalibor is recorded among the house's owners, and the inn on the oldest photograph from 1894 has no name yet. A postcard issued before World War I by Jan Růžička already labels the pub Daliborka, and a 1930s photo shows the name on the facade in pseudo-Gothic letters, removed during the 1996 reconstruction.
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