Lednice (; german: Eisgrub) is a municipality and village in
Břeclav District in the
South Moravian Region
The South Moravian Region ( cs, Jihomoravský kraj; , ; sk, Juhomoravský kraj) is an administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the south-western part of its historical region of Moravia (an exception is Jobova Lhota which trad ...
of the
Czech Republic
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. It has about 2,100 inhabitants. It is known as part of
Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape
The Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape (also Lednice–Valtice Area or Lednice–Valtice Complex, cs, Lednicko-valtický areál) is a cultural-natural landscape complex of in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It comprises the mu ...
, a UNESCO
World Heritage Site
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.
Administrative parts
The village of Nejdek is an administrative part of Lednice.
History
The first written mention of Lednice is from 1222 under its Latin name ''Izgruobi'', as a property of the Sirotek family. In the mid-13th century it was passed into the hands of the
House of Liechtenstein
The House of Liechtenstein, from which the principality takes its name, is the family which reigns by hereditary right over the principality of Liechtenstein. Only dynastic members of the family are eligible to inherit the throne. The dynasty's m ...
and its fortunes had been tied inseparably to the members of this noble family.
Demographics
Sights
In 1996 the
Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape
The Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape (also Lednice–Valtice Area or Lednice–Valtice Complex, cs, Lednicko-valtický areál) is a cultural-natural landscape complex of in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It comprises the mu ...
was inscribed on the
UNESCO
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World Heritage List
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as ''"an exceptional example of the designed landscape that evolved in the
Enlightenment and afterwards under the care of a single family."'' Lednice contains a palace and the second largest castle park in the country, which covers .
The palace of Lednice was originally a Renaissance villa. In the 17th century it became a summer residence of the ruling Princes of Liechtenstein. The estate house, designed and furbished by baroque architects
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (20 July 1656 – 5 April 1723) was an Austrian architect, sculptor, engraver, and architectural historian whose Baroque architecture profoundly influenced and shaped the tastes of the Habsburg Empire. His infl ...
,
Domenico Martinelli
Domenico Martinelli (November 30, 1650 – September 11, 1718) was an Italian architect who worked for Carlo Fontana during 1678. He was an evident figure in the shaping of Baroque style in the North Alps. In 2010 a musical tribute called "Projec ...
, and Anton Johan Ospel, proclaimed rural luxury on the grandest scale. In 1846–58 it was extensively rebuilt in the
neo-Gothic
Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...
style under the supervision of Georg Wingelmüller.
[
The surrounding park is laid out in an ]English garden
The English landscape garden, also called English landscape park or simply the English garden (french: Jardin à l'anglaise, it, Giardino all'inglese, german: Englischer Landschaftsgarten, pt, Jardim inglês, es, Jardín inglés), is a sty ...
style and contains a range of Romantic follies
''Follies'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman.
The plot takes place in a crumbling Broadway theater, now scheduled for demolition, previously home to a musical revue (based on the ''Ziegfeld Fol ...
by Joseph Hardtmuth
Joseph Hardtmuth (13 February 1758, Asparn an der Zaya – 23 May 1816, Vienna) was an Austrian architect, inventor and entrepreneur.
Inventions
In 1789, he invented a new kind of earthenware with a lead-free glaze for tableware production, th ...
, including the solitary high minaret from 1802, which is the tallest outside the Muslim world.
Economy
Lednice lies in the Mikulovská wine
Mikulovská is one of four Czech wine regions within southern Moravia, Czech Republic. The Mikulovská wine region, containing 30 wine villages, is famed for producing white wines grown in the limestone soils, particularly in and around the area of ...
subregion and is known for its wine production.
Notable people
*Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein
Johann II (Johann Maria Franz Placidus; 5 October 1840 – 11 February 1929), nicknamed the Good (german: Johann II. der Gute), was Prince of Liechtenstein from 12 November 1858 until his death in 1929. His reign of 70 years and 91 days is the th ...
(1840–1929), monarch
References
External links
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World Heritage Site
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World Heritage Sites in the Czech Republic
Gothic Revival architecture in the Czech Republic
Palaces in the Czech Republic
House of Liechtenstein
Populated places in Břeclav District
Cities and towns in the Czech Republic
Territorial disputes of Czechoslovakia