Tomb of the House of Thun-Hohenstein in Liblice, Romanesque Revival funeral chapel in Liblice, Czech Republic
The Tomb of the House of Thun-Hohenstein in Liblice is an octagonal Romanesque Revival chapel with a pyramidal roof topped by a lantern and a dome. Above the entrance is the Thun-Hohenstein family crest. It stands in a birch grove west of Liblice Castle.
The chapel was built in 1899 near the vanished village of Mladá u Milovic, on the initiative of Christiana Thun-Hohenstein, who had inherited Liblice Castle from her mother Antonie of Waldstein-Wartenberg. When a military training area was established there in 1904, the army paid to have the chapel and its fence dismantled and rebuilt in Liblice before the end of World War I. The family's property was confiscated in 1945 under the Beneš decrees.
The chapel bears the Thun-Hohenstein coat of arms above its entrance, carved in relief. It holds three burials: Count Leopold Bohumil of the Benátky branch, his son Leonard, killed at the front at the start of World War I, and Countess Christiana, who commissioned the chapel. The family lost its Czechoslovak property in 1945 under the Beneš decrees.
The chapel stands in a birch grove west of Liblice Castle, within the castle grounds protected as a cultural monument. Access follows the castle complex, so plan the visit around its opening rather than the chapel alone. The octagonal interior is small and holds three graves, so allow only a short stop.
The chapel originally stood near the vanished village of Mladá u Milovic. When a military training area was established there in 1904, the army paid to have the whole building and its fence dismantled and moved to Liblice before the end of World War I.
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