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Chateau Tovacov




Address:  Cimburkova 2
75101  Tovacov
Phone:  +420 581 731 309
Email:  mu@tovacov.cz

 
 
 

Last updated:  5th Jul 2006
Location of this object
 

Region of Olomouc, in a bee line 15 km west from the city Prerov.
 
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Description

Who would know the charming song Tovačov, Tovačov, tovačovský zámek... (Tovačov, Tovačov, the château of Tovačov...).
The château was built as a resource for hunters and later as a protected water fort in the second half of the 11th century. Tovačov reached its full flourish in the 15th century when the estates were in the property of the lord of Ctibor of Tovačov and Cimburk. He rebuilt the château from an original gothic fort into an early Renaissance castle and established a town situated below. In 1492 the 96m-high-tower called „fair“ was completed. Now it is a dominant of the castle and the town. The entering portal, which was completed in the same year, is the oldest Renaissance sightseeing north of the Alps. In the château there are Knights and Parliamentary Halls, a chapel of early baroque with rich stucco and paint decorations with various themes there are stable exhibitions od Ctibor of Tovačov and Cimburk and of the Prussian-Austrian battle of Tovačov in 1866 there. The battle is also remembered with a grave-mound and monuments in the surrounding of the town.
The town can be characterized as the oldest urbanization in a Renaissance style in our country. The town square was founded in 1475 and belongs to the oldest ones in the Czech Republic. The town hall with its Renaissance portal in the carriage way together with the fountain (1694) and the statue of St. Wenceslas (1872) are the most important historical sightseeings of the square.
At the beginning of the 16th century the Pernštejns started economic using of the estates, above all by fish-pond cultivation. The Hradecký lake, mentioned for the first time in 1503, exists even now. The Pernštejns established new lakes and there were 9 lakes in the estates in the 16th century. Big dams primeval oaks remained and invite to walks.
In 1889, when the estates were possessed by last owner David Guttaman, the architect Max Fleischer built a chapel in the Jewish cemetery. The chapel was reconstructed and open for the public in 1996. There is a small exhibit documenting funeral rites of Jewish inhabitants.
The château of Tovačov belongs to the most important complexes of architecture in our country and deserves great public attention. The town, surrounded from three quarters with water and meadow woods are also worth to be seen.
 
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Cultural events


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  • 30.04.2003 17:00  Pálení čarodějnic  
  • 01.06.2003  Hanácké slavnosti  
  • 28.06.2003  Noční prohlídky zámku  
  • 09.08.2003  Tovačovský portál  
  • 30.04.2004  Pálení čarodějnic  
  • 01.05.2004  Prvomájové oslavy - recesní akce  
  • 29.05.2004  Den dětí  
  • 06.06.2004  Přehlídka dětských hanáckých souborů  
  • 12.06.2004  Pivní slavnosti  
  • 19.06.2004  Červnová noc  
  • 26.06.2004  Noční prohlídky zámku  
  • 10.07.2004  Rockový festival  
  • 14.08.2004  Tovačovský portál - přehlídka folkové a country hudby  
  • 21.08.2004  Srpnová noc  
  • 28.08.2004  Setkání rockových legend  
  • 11.12.2004 - 13.12.2004  Vánoce na zámku  
 
Opening hours

Duben - May
Monday - Sunday: 1300 - 1630 hod

Zari - October
Monday - Sunday: 1300 - 1630 hod

June - July - August
Tuesday - Sunday: 900 - 1630 hod - poledni prestavka od 1200 - 1300 hod.
 
Entrance fee

40 CZK full * 20 CZK reduced
Vez: 20 CZK
 
Tours

1. tour Pernstynske kridlo; 2. tour Videnske kridlo
With guide, max. 60 min, maximum 40 people.
 
Additional services

Moznost zakoupeni propagacnich materialu.
 
Camera, video

pouze exteriéry
 
Wheelchair access

no
 
Parking

gratis * gratis
 
Tenant

MeU Tovacov
 

  
 
 

 
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