Children's Psychiatric Hospital Opařany, Mental health treatment center for children in Opařany, Czech Republic.
The Children's Psychiatric Hospital Opařany occupies the baroque complex of the former Opařany castle, originally a Jesuit monastery begun by Prague Jesuits in 1717 and finished in 1727. The grounds hold 27 buildings with outpatient and inpatient care; the oldest, pavilion A, has a refectory ceiling with frescoes and rich stucco. The 26.3-metre water tower still supplies the site.
The hospital occupies a Baroque complex begun by Prague Jesuits in 1717 and finished in 1727 as a Jesuit monastery and later castle. After the order's dissolution in 1773 the estate passed to a study fund, then a religious fund, and in 1825 Princess Quidobaldina Paarová bought it at auction. The regional committee acquired it in 1889 for adult psychiatric care, which opened on 1 September 1887 and was replaced by child psychiatry in 1924.
The hospital occupies the baroque grounds of a former Jesuit monastery begun in 1717, and its protected gate, Markétka, carries a fresco of St. Margaret throwing a sickle into the rye. Since 2005 the Order of Saint Lazarus has been active in the facility. In 2024 the hospital received the National Psychiatric Award of Vladimír Vondráček for its programme for chronically suicidal adolescents.
Remember that this is an active medical facility where visiting hours and access may be restricted for patient privacy and care purposes. Contact the hospital in advance to ask about visiting policies and the best times to plan a visit.
The hospital received the Vladimír Vondráček National Psychiatric Award in 2024 for its programme for chronically suicidal adolescents. Since 2005 the Order of Saint Lazarus has also been active in the facility.
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