Veltrusy Mansion

Veltrusy ( German Weltrus ) is located in Veltrusy in Central Bohemia ( Okres Melnik, Czech Republic).

The castle was built in 1716 Wenzel Graf Chotková of Chotkow as a country palace in the Baroque style on an older system. It remained until 1945, the end of the Second World War the property of Chotková family. 1764 were extended the original short wings under his son Rudolf Graf Chotková of Chotkowa and Wognin and made ​​expanding interior fittings. 1804 farm buildings were added, forming the north wing of the castle the courtyard. The castle is surrounded by a large park with romantic Empirebauten. In the rooms in the Rococo style, a sight worth porcelain collections and a number of artifacts can be seen next to furniture, paintings and glass chandeliers.