Malešov Castle, Baroque château in Malešov, Czech Republic
Malešov is a one-storey Baroque château with a rectangular plan and a hipped roof, its five-axis main façade facing the former farmyard. The grounds also hold three farm buildings, a well, surviving stretches of the perimeter wall and a pillared fence with a gate. Since 2018 the building has housed the Malešov Museum.
The baroque château was probably built by the Špork family in the last third of the 17th century to house the estate administration; its exact founding date is uncertain, and the heritage catalogue places it in the first third of the 18th century. The first written mention dates from 1738, in a valuation of the indebted Malešov estate owned by Karel Jáchym Breda since 1725. In 1824–1827 Karel Maxmilián Dahlberg-Ostein had the façades reworked in the Empire style. The estate office used the building until 1945, when it was confiscated from Marie Salmová.
The building's name comes from the village of Malešov, and from the start it housed the estate officials' offices and flats rather than a noble household. Since 2018 the Malešov Museum has occupied the château, and since 2017 part of the farm buildings has been used by the Přátelský pivovar Malešov brewery.
The château stands in Malešov, southwest of Kutná Hora. The building is a single-storey rectangular structure with a hipped roof and five window axes on its main façade, which faces the former farmyard. The grounds also hold three farm buildings, a well, sections of the boundary wall and a pillared fence with a gate.
The baroque château's first written record is a 1738 valuation of the indebted Malešov estate, which had belonged to Karel Jáchym Breda since 1725. Since 2017 part of the farm buildings has housed the Přátelský pivovar Malešov brewery, while the château itself has held the Muzeum Malešov since 2018.
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