Pruhonice castle
"Drowsy and Muggy"
Constuction started in
1270
During the rule of
Zdislav
Architectural style
Gothic
The age of the castle

1270 year

XV Century

The squire of Dubec became the new owner of the castle. In those days it was probably a fortress but we do not know what it looked like.

XVI century

The Zapsky family owned the castle in the second half of the 16th century and their reconstruction was based in Renaissance style. The original gothic walls gave the birth to the typical Renaissance residence with four wings and a central courtyard.

XII Century

From the beginning of the 17th century it was a home to the privy councillor of the Roman Emperor Rudolf II., Andreas Hannewald from Eckendorf. In this period a brewery, gardens, an orchard, as well as a prosperous village with a smithy belonged to the castle.

XIX century

In 1800 Count Jan Nepomuk Nostic-Rieneck bought the Průhonice estate and reconstructed the castle in Classicist style in order to restore its residential use. The family owned the castle throughout the 19th century.

XX Century

From the beginning of the 17th century it was a home to the privy councillor of the Roman Emperor Rudolf II., Andreas Hannewald from Eckendorf. In this period a brewery, gardens, an orchard, as well as a prosperous village with a smithy belonged to the castle.

2018 year

252 43 Pruhonice

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