Státní zámek Slatiňany

Over het museum

Slatiňany is first mentioned in 1371 as a medieval fortified house of Zbyněk Otháj of Slatiňany. After 1580 Bohuslav Mazanec of Frymburk had the fortified house demolished and a Renaissance château built on its site; after the Battle of White Mountain it was confiscated, and during the Thirty Years' War it was plundered. In 1732 Count Josef Schönfeld bought the estate, and in 1746 his daughter married Jan Adam of Auersperg, which began the Auersperg ownership.

Under the Auerspergs the château was remodelled in the Baroque style; at the beginning of the 19th century it acquired a uniform Classicist character, and in the late 1850s it underwent a Neo-Gothic reconstruction. In 1894–1898 the princely stables and the miniature Kočičí hrádek (Cat's Castle) were built. After 1945 the family's property was confiscated, and the château passed to the state.

In 1947–1950 the Hippological Museum was established here, which had its own exhibition from 1950. The château has been a national cultural monument since 2001, and in 2011 the exhibition Letní sídlo Auerspergů (the Auerspergs' summer residence) opened. In 2017–2020 the château and park were revitalised. Today it is managed by the National Heritage Institute; the tour Království za koně – Hipologické muzeum is closed because the exhibition is being modernised.

Hoogtepunten

• Tour Celým zámkem (the whole château) – the Auerspergs' social, private and reception rooms and children's rooms
• Château kitchen, scullery and boiler room in the basement
• Tour Letní sídlo Auerspergů on the first floor of the château
• 9-hectare château garden with a collection of exotic trees, a pond and a children's playground
• Castellan's tour Pokrok nezastavíš! through normally inaccessible areas

Vaste collectie

• Celým zámkem – The basic tour presents the château as the private residence of the Auersperg princely family: social, private and reception rooms, children's rooms and a schoolroom, as well as the château kitchen, scullery and boiler room in the basement.
• Letní sídlo Auerspergů – The tour presents the noble reception, social and private interiors on the first floor, which the Auersperg princely family lived in from spring to autumn.

Beheerder

Národní památkový ústav

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Prices apply to the tour Celým zámkem (60 minutes, up to 20 people), which is guided in Czech only; you can pay by card or in cash. Reservation is required only for groups.

Toegankelijkheid

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Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Speeltuin / speelhoek

The château garden has a children's playground and small wooden houses for teaching noble children. On the tour Celým zámkem you will see the children's rooms of Princess Charlotte and Prince Vincent. Children under 5 enter free.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Slatiňany lies on road I/37, about 2 km from Chrudim and 15 km from Pardubice.

Service & horeca

The car parks in Slatiňany are not managed by the château.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

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