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The Lednice-Valtice cultural landscape (Czech: Lednicko-valtický areál) is a cultural landscape registered in the UNESCO World Heritage List in South Moravia or the Moravian Slovakia. During the 19th century, that House of Liechtenstein in addition to the two main buildings - the castles in Lednice and Valtice - numerous smaller buildings were erected in the area.
background
The area was designed from the 17th century, but mainly from the early 19th century, on an area of approx. 280 km², landscape architecture in the style of Romanticism. The area protected by UNESCO includes the main towns of Lednice (Eisgrub) and Valtice (Feldsberg) as well as areas of numerous other municipalities, including Břeclav, Ladná, Podivín, Bulhary, Hlohovec, Lanžhot, and Sedlec. In the west it borders on the UNESCO biosphere reserve Pollau Mountains (Pálava).
getting there
By plane
The nearest airport with international scheduled connections is in Brno (approx. 60 km away, 1½ hour transfer by public transport). The airports are also easily accessible from Vienna and Bratislava.
By train
Břeclav is with express trains and regional trains Vienna, Brno, Bratislava and Warsaw easy to reach. From Vienna you can take the Railjet or Eurocity only 55 minutes (hourly; normal price € 20; bicycles can be taken). From Břeclav it is 10 km to Lednice, 12 km to Valtice. One can take a regional train direction Mikulov or. Znojmo continue and you will reach the Valtice stop in 14 minutes. Another branch line from Břeclav to Lednice is only in operation in summer and on weekends. A historic train runs (tickets available on the train, journey time approx. 30 minutes). The closest train station to Lednice on the Brno line is Podivín, from there a bus (line 555) goes to Lednice in 10 minutes, or you can travel the remaining 7 km to Lednice Castle with your own bike.
By bus
In the street
- Motorway D2 Brno-Bratislava, Exit 41 Podivín, continue on regional road 422 to the south (Lednice - Valtice)
- Fernstrasse 40 Mikulov - Břeclav runs through Valtice
- in Mikulov connection to trunk road 52 from Brno or from Vienna (via A5-B7)
- in Břeclav connection to trunk road 55 from Olomouc or. Uherské Hradiště as well as the D2 Brno-Bratislava motorway
- Recommended approach from Vienna via the A5 to the exit Poysdorf-North and from there on via the L22 via Herrnbaumgarten and Schrattenberg to Valtice (travel time approx. 1:15 hours).
There is paid parking on site. The parking fee (chargeable 24/7, including weekends, public holidays and at night) must be paid in advance at the machines. Payment with coins (Czech crowns), bank notes, credit cards and euros are not accepted. Fee 25 CZK / hour. Free parking spaces are difficult to find in Lednice and Valtice. Hotels and restaurants offer their own parking spaces for their customers.
By bicycle
The Amber route from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic (EuroVelo 9) as well as the Iron Curtain Europe Cycle Route (EuroVelo 13) run right through the Lednice-Valtice cultural landscape. From Vienna it's on the EuroVelo 9 through the Weinviertel (Wolkersdorf, Mistelbach) around 100 kilometers. In addition, there are numerous local bike connections with connections to national bike paths along the Thaya and March.
mobility
Dynamic cardsThe parks and palace gardens may only be viewed on foot. However, since the area is huge, it is advisable to have a vehicle for a tour. It is almost 10 km from Lednice to Valtice alone.
In the Lednice chateau park there is a ferry line from the chateau to the minaret (100 CZK for adults).
Tourist Attractions
| Surname | German name | location | photo | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akvadukt a Jeskyně | Roman aqueduct and grotto | 1 |  | The one located in the Lednice chateau park, from w: Joseph Hardtmuth Part of a Roman aqueduct reconstructed in 1805 also has a few grottos and at the end of it had a waterfall falling into the castle pond. |
| Apollónův chrám | Temple of Apollo | 2 |  | The Temple of Apollo was built between 1817 and 1819 w: Joseph Kornhäusel built on a sand dune. On the relief in the middle, several muses are shown accompanying Apollo on the sun chariot. The reliefs are from w: Josef Klieber. |
| Chrám Tří grácií | Temple of the Three Graces | 3 |  | The temple was built in 1824 and 1825 by w: Josef Poppelack according to plans by w: Joseph Franz Engel near the bank of the Middle pond (Prostředední rybník) built. You have a direct view of the pond castle on the other bank (Rybniční zámeček). It was named after the three statues in the center of the temple of Martin Fischer. The other statues come from the dissolved Temple of the Muses of w: Josef Klieber. |
| Hraniční Zámeček | Grenzschlösschen | 4 |  | The Grenzschlösschen in Hlohovec (Bischofswarth) was created between 1816 and 1827 on the border between Lower Austria and Moravia and half stood in each of the two countries. The inscription is in the cornice of the attic Between Austria and Moravia. The castle was from w: Josef Poppelack built. Today the castle houses a restaurant and a hotel. |
| Svatý Hubert | Hubertus Chapel | 5 |  | The Hubertus Chapel between Valtice and the Middle pond has a triangular floor plan and shows the shape of the inside Saint Hubert. It was founded in 1855 by Hans Heindrich based on designs by w: Georg Wingelmüller built. |
| w: Janův Hrad | Hansenburg | 6 |  | The Hansenburg is one of the architects w: Joseph Hardtmuth Artificial castle ruins built in 1801. |
| Katzelsdorfský zámeček | w: Katzelsdorf hunting lodge | 7 |  | The castle of Joseph Kornhäusel was dragged when the Iron Curtain was built in the 1950s. The rest of the hunting motif can be seen in Valtice Castle. |
| Zámek Lednice | Eisgrub Castle | 8 |  | Erected from the 17th century in the baroque style, remodeling in the late 18th century in the classical style. |
| Lovecký Zámeček | Hunter's castle or Jagdschlösschen | 9 |  | The small hunting lodge was designed by w: Joseph Hardtmuth It was built in 1805 and 1806 and served as a keeper's house. It is on the way to Hansenburg and is now privately owned. |
| Lednický minaret | minaret | 10 | _garden.jpg/130px-Mosque_in_Lednice_(Czech_Republic)_garden.jpg) | Of w: Joseph Hardtmuth Erected in the years 1797–1804. With a height of 60 m, it was long considered the highest minaret outside an Islamic state, but never belonged to a mosque. To this day it has only had a decorative function, or you can climb onto the viewing platform. |
| Diana temple | Temple of Diana or Rendezvous | 11 |  | The Temple of Diana was from Hardtmuth designed and by Kornhäusel built in the years 1810–1812. The rendezvous, as it is also called, is in the middle of the forest and was held by the hunting parties Johanns I of Liechtenstein used for the hunting breakfast. |
| Kolonáda Reistna | Travel Colonnade | 12 |  | The colonnade named after the Reistenberg, was founded from 1810 to 1817 by w: Joseph Hardtmuth according to the pattern of Gloriette at Schönbrunn started in Vienna and from w: Joseph Kornhäusel completed. Was the client Johann I of Liechtenstein. Inscriptions indicate that the building was made in memory of his father and his siblings. |
| Rybniční zámeček | Pond castle | 13 |  | On the north bank of the Mitterteich (Prostředni rybník), 1814–1816 from Kornhäusel built. |
| Skleník | Glasshouse | 14 |  | The cast iron construction of the greenhouse with a length of 90 meters was designed by the English architect Peter Hubert Desvignes from the steel works of w: Klein brothers in Zöptau, North Moravia, built in the years 1843–1845. |
| Zámek Valtice | Feldsberg Castle | 15 |  | Mentioned as early as the 13th century, the castle was expanded in the Baroque style from the 17th century. Rich baroque wall paintings; are worth seeing i.a. the hall of mirrors, the picture gallery, the palace chapel and the small salon of Prince Karl. | |
| Vodárna | Waterworks | 16 |  | In the Moorish-looking structure, built according to plans by Josef Ueberlacher, there was a steam bath, the pumps for the park irrigation system and one turbine for electricity generation, one of the oldest preserved in the Czech Republic; it is today in the Technical Museum in Brno. |
activities
shop
- Valtice Castle. In the castle there is a wine cellar with wine sales.
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
- Autokemp Apollo. There is a campsite by the pond by the Temple of Apollo on the Lednice-B local roadřeclav, about halfway between the two places.
health
Practical advice
trips
literature
- : Joseph Hardtmuth, 1758-1816: architect and inventor. Böhlau Verl., 1990, ISBN 3205053230 .
Web links
- The Lednice and Valtice area
- Lednice-Valtice park area German, Czech
