Vila zvaná Kunzova, Baroque Revival villa in Hranice I-Město, Czech Republic.
Kunzova Villa is a freestanding three-storey house with a mansard roof, built in 1897 in the Neo-Baroque style at Třída 1. Máje 328. Its facade carries rich stucco and sculptural ornament, several balconies, and at the northwest corner a roofed viewing terrace topped by an imitation crenellation resembling a tower. A garden with a boundary wall belongs to the grounds.
The villa was built in 1897 for industrialist Antonin Kunz, serving as both a private residence and company headquarters. Two prominent architects of the period, Jan Krizenecky and Josef Pokorny, designed the building.
The villa's name comes from Antonín Kunz, owner of the First Moravian Factory for Water Pipes and Pumps, who had it built in 1896–1897 as a family house with the firm's seat. The ground floor held his office, so business and family life shared one building beside the factory grounds.
The property sits at Trida 1. Maja 328 and is surrounded by walls with a garden on the grounds. Visitors can view the building from outside and appreciate the architectural details and the private garden setting from the street.
Kunz's firm built water-supply systems in 1,056 villages and 146 towns, and at its peak employed up to 500 people, making it one of the largest employers in the region. The villa itself was only part of the factory complex he founded in Hranice.
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