Lednice castle
"Summer rosarium"
Constuction started in
1222

Since Lednice/Eisgrub first passed into the hands of the House of Liechtenstein in the mid-13th century, its fortunes had been tied inseparably to those of that noble family.

During the rule of
Vaclav I

Called One-Eyed, was King of Bohemia from 1230 to 1253. Vaclav was a son of Ottokar I of Bohemia and his second wife Constance of Hungary.

Architectural style
Gothic
The age of the castle

1222 year

XIII Century

At the end of the 13th century the Liechtensteins, originally from Styria, became holders of all of Lednice and of nearby Mikulov. They gradually acquired land on both sides of the Moravian-Austrian border.

XVII century

It became a summer residence of the ruling Princes of Liechtenstein. The estate house – designed and furbished by baroque architects Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Domenico Martinelli, and Anton Johan Ospel – proclaimed rural luxury on the grandest scale.

XIX Century

In 1846–58 it was extensively rebuilt in a Neo-Gothic style under the supervision of Georg Wingelmüller.

2018 year

691 44 Lednice

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