Chotek Vault in Valtířov, Tomb and cultural monument in Valtířov, Czech Republic

The Chotek Vault in Valtířov is a central neo-Gothic brick structure on a rectangular plan with carved stone elements, built in 1869. All walls end in triangular gables with narrow pointed-arch windows and stone crosses; buttresses stand at the corners and midpoints of each facade. A large pointed window with tracery and a quatrefoil occupies the north, west and south walls, and a pyramidal roof carries a large copper finial of Gothic form.

Karel Chotek, supreme burgrave of the Kingdom of Bohemia from 1826 to 1843, bought the Velké Březno estate in 1841 and added Valtířov in 1846. After his death in Vienna in 1868, his widow Marie, born Berchtold, had the vault built to František Schmoranz the Elder's design; the Ústí firm of Alwin Köhler completed it in 1869 for over 30,000 gulden. Between 1869 and 1943, 13 or 14 members of the Velké Březno line were buried here.

The vault is also called the Thun family burial chapel after the related Thun-Hohenstein line. A German plaque on the north gable records that Countess Marie Chotková, born Countess Berchtold, built it in 1869 in honour of her husband Karel, former supreme burgrave of Bohemia. Thirteen or fourteen people were buried here between 1869 and 1943.

The vault stands at the northern tip of the former cemetery, on a high cliff above the right bank of the Elbe, next to the Church of St. Wenceslas in Valtířov. The building is owned by the state and managed by the National Heritage Institute; it is a protected monument, so visits depend on the institute's arrangements rather than a local tourist office.

The original design by František Schmoranz the Elder counted on a side tower, but it was never built to save money. The Ústí firm of Alwin Köhler carried out the construction, and costs exceeded 30,000 guilders. The tomb was finished in 1869, the year after Karel Chotek died in Vienna.