Castle in Šilheřovice, Cultural monument château in Šilheřovice, Czech Republic.
The Castle in Šilheřovice is a sprawling three-winged Neoclassical building with a later Neo-Baroque remodelling. A cupola rises on the main wing above the cour d'honneur, which faces the approach road to the northwest. The northeast front, 21 window axes wide, looks onto the park; its central five-axis projection has a balcony, semicircular and oval windows, and a triangular pediment.
A Renaissance fortress of the Vrbenský family stood here from the 16th century; the Jesuits of Opava, who acquired the estate in 1666, let it decay. After 1773 the royal chamber sold the property, and Johann Friedrich von Eichendorff had the Neoclassical castle built. The Rothschilds, owners from 1844 to 1945, gave it a Neo-Baroque remodelling in the second half of the 19th century.
The castle's name comes from the village of Šilheřovice, first documented in 1377. The Eichendorff family, who built the classical castle, hosted the poet Joseph von Eichendorff here several times. Since 2008 the building has been used for commercial events, weddings and balls.
The castle stands in Šilheřovice in the Opava district, with the honorary courtyard opening northwest toward the access road. The grounds are entered through several gates, including the Bohumín, Ostrava, main, western and gardener's house gates. The castle was only partly opened to the public after 2008, for commercial events, weddings and balls.
The 98-hectare landscape park holds a red beech with a trunk circumference of 575 cm, likely the oldest beech in Moravia and Silesia. In the slope below the castle stands a pool shaped as an elongated quadrilobe with a figure of Neptune. A hunting lodge built in 1905 beside a pond now serves as a restaurant and golf club seat.
The community of curious travelers
AroundUs brings together thousands of curated places, local tips, and hidden gems, enriched daily by 92,885 contributors worldwide.