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Zámek Kynžvart, 354 91 Lázně Kynžvart (
50°0'11.56"N 12°36'19.75"E
354 691 269
The history of Kynzvart starts in the latter half of the 13th century.
At that time, the Czech King Premysl Otakar II ordered here the erection of a borderland castle, called Kunigeswart, ruins of which can still be seen atop the steep rock above the township of Lazne Kynzvart. In the course of 340 years up to the Thirty Years' War, the castle experienced a rapid succession of 29 owners, descending from ten noble families (in particular, lords of Kynzvart, Osek, Plauen, Svamberk, Pluhs of Rabstejn, and lords of Cedvice and Libstejn). Between 1820 and 1833 Pietro Nobile conducted the remodelling of the castle in the style of Viennese Classicism. At the outset of the revolution in March 1848 and after having handed in his resignation, the Chancellor left for London to live there in voluntarily exile. Following his return three years later, he frequently stayed at Kynzvart until his death on 11 June 1859.
