Kinský Vault in Náměšť na Hané, Family tomb in Náměšť na Hané, Czech Republic.
The Kinský Vault is a historicist burial chapel on the cemetery in Zákostelí Street, built in 1871 for the Náměšť branch of the Kinský family. It has a rectangular plan with a polygonal apse and a low saddle roof. The facade is divided by paired pilasters with Doric capitals on a stone-clad base, and the segmental portal carries a triangular pediment with a stucco coat of arms of the Kinský counts, topped by a cross.
The Náměšť na Hané estate passed to the Kinský family in 1780, when Marie Rosa Harrachová (1758–1814), wife of Prince Josef Arnošt Kinský (1751–1798), inherited it. The vault was built in 1871 on the newly founded cemetery for members of the count's Náměšť branch. In 1916 their descendant Evžen II Kinský (1859–1939) sold the estate and chateau to wholesaler František Ottahal (1863–1943).
The vault belongs to the Náměšť branch of the Kinský family, which held the estate from 1780, when Marie Rosa Harrachová inherited it, until 1916, when Evžen II Kinský sold it to wholesaler František Ottahal. Seven members of three generations are buried here, and the owners of the estate are marked in red in the genealogical tables of the sources.
The tomb sits within the town cemetery and can be viewed from the outside during regular cemetery hours. To see inside the burial chamber, advance contact with the cemetery office or municipality is recommended beforehand.
The vault holds seven members of the Náměšť branch of the Kinský family across three generations. The estate came to the family in 1780 through Marie Rosa Harrachová, married to Prince Josef Arnošt Kinský; their descendant Evžen II sold the estate and château to wholesaler František Ottahal in 1916.
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