Castle and Chateau Boskovice
Castle Boskovice is a romantic ruin of Gothic-Reneissance Boskovice castle. The first mention of the Boskovice castle dates back to the first half of the 13th century. It then belonged to the noble family of Lords of Boskovice whose coat-of-arms with seven-tooth comb later became the emblem of Boskovice town. The Knights of Zástrizl who owned the castle from the middle of the 16th century carried out Renaissance reconstruction of the castle. At the end of the 17th century the noble family of Dietrichstein obtained the castle together with its estate. When the owners left in the 18th century, the roofs were pulled down and the masonry was used as building material for buildings in the town. Only remains of then huge castle palace have been preserved till today. One of the attractions of the castle is the 26 meters deep well with the treadle wheel which is technically interesting. Boskovice castle welcomes you with its round tower and Renaissance castellated wall.
The chateau Boskovice dates from about 1684 when the Lords of Zastrizl established a Dominican Monastery, the foundation of which was approved by King Leopold I. The Monastery was constructed on a forest-free slope called “Sychrov” south of the town of Boskovice in the first half of the 1690s. It is presumed that the Church was built during the first phase of the construction and the Monastery was built only after full completion of the Church. The Monastery was a two-storey building, the four wings of which closed an inside courtyard with arcades. The original entrance to the Monastery building was situated in the center of the southern wing, facing the base of the hill, and it was ended in a spire. This original Monastery wing has been preserved until today on two floors of the Chateau without any important building changes, including humble monks’ cells on the first floor. The Church itself was directly connected to the northeast corner of the Monastery.
Between 1812–1819 a fierce reconstruction of the Monastery started. The completely new look of the reconstruction was supported by, at that time, a very modern Empire layout of facades with typical antique elements. By 1826 the massive reconstruction was completed and delicately set in a large area of an open English park.
More information: http://www.boskowan.com/region/boskovice/historie/hrad/default_en.htm, http://www.zamekboskovice.cz/Default.aspx?lang=en