Zámek Brodek u Prostějova, Baroque château in Brodek u Prostějova, Czech Republic.
Zámek Brodek u Prostějova is a classicist château on the edge of the town of Brodek u Prostějova in Moravia. Its one-storey rectangular main building has a thirteen-axis front with a central projection containing a three-arch arcade passage and a balcony above, topped by a triangular pediment with a coat of arms. A nine-axis garden facade faces the park, and low farm buildings flank a courtyard with a fountain.
The château was built in 1685 on the site of a former fortress for court councillor Paul Karl von Kleinburg, to a design by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach. It was rebuilt in 1750–1755 for state chancellor Antonín Ulfeld. Under the Schrattenbach family the facades were later modified in the Empire style.
The garden has two parts: an originally Baroque garden with a lime-tree avenue linking the château to the village, and a landscaped park enclosed by a wall. Hugo Kálnoky founded the château nursery, which won honorary diplomas in Kroměříž in 1903 and Vienna in 1905.
The château is not open to regular visits because it remains in private hands. Special openings occur occasionally, and arranged visits are possible only by contacting the owners in advance to make appropriate arrangements.
Gustav Kálnoky, foreign minister of Austria-Hungary from 1881 to 1895, retired to this château after his resignation and died here in February 1898. He filled it with French Rococo engravings and paintings and collections of art objects. His brother Hugo, who inherited in 1898, founded the castle nursery, awarded diplomas in Kroměříž in 1903 and Vienna in 1905.
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