Kozel is a hunting castle in
Šťáhlavy
Šťáhlavy is a municipality and village in Plzeň-City District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,800 inhabitants. It lies south-east from Plzeň.
Administrative parts
Village of Šťáhlavice is an administrative part ...
near
Plzeň
Plzeň (; German and English: Pilsen, in German ) is a city in the Czech Republic. About west of Prague in western Bohemia, it is the Statutory city (Czech Republic), fourth most populous city in the Czech Republic with about 169,000 inhabita ...
in the
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ...
from the 18th century.
History
The castle was built in the
Neoclassical style in 1784–1879. It was designed by architect Václav Haberditz for Jan Vojtěch of
Czernin
The House of Czernin ( cs, ÄŒernÃnové z Chudenic; german: Czernin von und zu Chudenitz) is a Czech noble family that was one of the oldest and most prominent noble families in the Kingdom of Bohemia. The family is a descendent family of the ...
. It is a ground-floor building around an inner rectangular court. In the 1990s, the castle was expanded by another four buildings – the Chapel of the Holy Cross, the riding hall, servants' quarters and the stables. The castle complex includes a large park from the 19th century.
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Castles in the Czech Republic
Castles in the Plzeň Region
Tourist attractions in the Plzeň Region
National Cultural Monuments of the Czech Republic
Plzeň-City District
Palace theatres
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