Veveří Castle

Aerial view of the castle Veveří

Veveří ( German Eichhorn Castle ) is a castle in Moravia, Czech Republic. It is located 12 km north- west of Brno at Brno Reservoir.

Saga

According to tradition, the Brno Prince Konrad stray from the Přemyslovci to about the year 1059 in the hunt during a thunderstorm. He prayed and promised to build a chapel and a castle if he would come out healthy. Then he found the hut of a poor charcoal burner, where he could stay. The prince paid the Koehler and built a castle and a chapel at the site of his salvation. While he pondered for a walk under the castle, what to call it, a squirrel threw a peg on the head of the prince, and he came up with the idea of ​​the castle Vēveri - to name ( veverka "Squirrel ").

History

In its form preserved to a large extent, the castle comes with its fortifications by hills, trenches and bastions from the mid-13th century. It was built as Bohemian king's castle. The palace has a rock tower. The early Gothic castle chapel Virgin Mary stands apart at the site of the former outer bailey. The image of Mary Veveří from the 14th century can be seen in the National Gallery in Prague.

1802 bought by the textile manufacturer William Mundy to the castle with the associated rule and the Good Ritschans. John Mundy and his wife took their seat at the castle. Her son Jaromír Mundy was born on Eichhorn.

In 1896 the castle came into the possession of the English nobleman Maurice Arnold de Forest. His childhood friend, who later became British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the castle Veveří visited three times. In 1908, Churchill, then Minister of Commerce, and his wife Clementine spent part of their honeymoon at the castle.

The castle is located since 1925 in the (then Czechoslovakia ) state ownership and is currently being extensively renovated. From 1942 to 1945 she served as the German troops Wehrmacht and SS hospital.

Pictures

Inside the castle

Entrance to the interior of the castle and rock tower with clock

Inside the castle: view of the palace with rock tower

West tower and castle gate

View of the castle with bailey

Overall view of the castle

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