Lednice (; german: Eisgrub) is a municipality and village in Břeclav District in the

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of the

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. It has about 2,100 inhabitants. It is known as part of

Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape The Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape (also Lednice–Valtice Area or Lednice–Valtice Complex, cs, Lednicko-valtický areál) is a cultural-natural landscape complex of in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It comprises the ...

, a UNESCO

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Administrative parts

The village of Nejdek is an administrative part of Lednice.

History

The first written mention of Lednice is from 1222 under its Latin name ''Izgruobi'', as a property of the Sirotek family. In the mid-13th century it was passed into the hands of the House of Liechtenstein and its fortunes had been tied inseparably to the members of this noble family.

Demographics

Sights

In 1996 the

was inscribed on the

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as ''"an exceptional example of the designed landscape that evolved in the

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and afterwards under the care of a single family."'' Lednice contains a palace and the second largest castle park in the country, which covers . The palace of Lednice was originally a Renaissance villa. In the 17th 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 Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (20 July 1656 – 5 April 1723) was an Austrian architect, sculptor, engraver, and architectural historian whose Baroque architecture profoundly influenced and shaped the tastes of the Habsburg Empire. His inf ...

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, and Anton Johan Ospel, proclaimed rural luxury on the grandest scale. In 1846–58 it was extensively rebuilt in the neo-Gothic style under the supervision of Georg Wingelmüller. The surrounding park is laid out in an English garden style and contains a range of Romantic follies by Joseph Hardtmuth, including the solitary high minaret from 1802, which is the tallest outside the Muslim world.

Economy

Lednice lies in the Mikulovská wine subregion and is known for its wine production.

Notable people

* Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1840–1929), monarch

References

External links

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World Heritage Site
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