Lobeč Castle, Baroque château in Lobeč, Czech Republic
Lobeč Castle is a one-storey Baroque building on a rectangular plan in the village of Lobeč, northeast of Mšeno. Its entrance facade has a projecting bay and a balcony. Farm buildings stand to the south and east, and a rock-cut cellar beneath the castle, likely the last remnant of the former fortress, now serves as a wine cellar.
The first written record of the Lobeč estate dates to 1323, when Přísnobor of Lobeč gave it to Jindřich of Mutěnice. The castle was built around the mid-17th century for Robert Geraldin, probably on the foundations of a vanished fortress. In 1724 Jan Ignác Věžník used material from the demolished Romanov castle for rebuilding. After 1948 it served a state farm and later a psychiatric clinic; the Šimonek family recovered it in 1991.
The Lobeč brewery, modernised by lawyer and businessman Rudolf Cicvárek (1860–1950), still operates today within the castle grounds. The castle itself now serves as a guesthouse, and the rock-cut cellar beneath it, probably the only remnant of the former fortress, is used as a wine cellar.
The castle stands on a hill in the southern part of Lobeč, with the farm buildings and brewery around it; the landscaped park west of the castle is freely accessible. The building is privately owned and runs as a guesthouse, so visits are tied to accommodation rather than regular sightseeing. A rock-cut cellar beneath the castle, the likely remnant of the former fortress, now serves as a wine cellar.
Under the castle, a cellar cut into the rock is probably the only remnant of the former fortress; it now serves as a wine cellar. West of the building lies a freely accessible landscaped park.
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