History
History of Libochovice was always connected with the nearby Házmburk Castle.
History of Libochovice was always conected with the nearby Házmburk Castle
- 12th century
Old wooden fort, later owned by the Luxemburg family.
- 14th century
Zbyněk Zajíc of Valdek became the owner of Hasenburg Castle and Libochovice fortress. He rebuilt it in Gothic style.
- 1424–1558
Libochovice was burned by the Hussites and the fortress was ruined.
- 16th century
1558 Bought by Lobkowitz family. Rebuilding into a Renaissance chateau (castle).
- 1676–1858
Sold to an Austrian nobleman Gundakar Dietrichstein.
1682 – Italian architect Antonio della Porta authorized to rebuilt the Libochovice Castle in an Early Baroque Style – to its present form. The work finished in 1690.
The Dietrichsteins held the chateau until 1858.
Libochowitz, Waldemar Rau (1827–1889), 1851.
- 1858–1945
Libochovice Chateau in the possession of Herbersteins, till the WW II.
- 2002–2018
Since January 1, 2002, the Libochovice Chateau owns Czech Republic and its National Cultural Monument (2002).