Černá is a village and municipality (''
obec
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'') in
Žďár nad Sázavou District
Žďár nad Sázavou District ( cs, okres Žďár nad Sázavou) is a district ('' okres'') within the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. Its administrative center is the town of Žďár nad Sázavou.
Landscape
The district's landscape is ve ...
in the
Vysočina Region
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of the Czech Republic.
The municipality covers an area of and has a population of 326 (as of 2006).
Černá lies approximately south of
Žďár nad Sázavou
Žďár nad Sázavou (; german: Saar) is a town in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 20,000 inhabitants. It is situated on a major rail link between Prague and Brno. The town both industrial and tourist centre. It is known ...
, east of
Jihlava
Jihlava (; german: Iglau) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 50,000 inhabitants. Jihlava is the capital of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava River on the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia.
Historically, Jihlava i ...
, and south-east of
Prague
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.
History
The castle from the 16th century is part of the village. The castle was built in the Renaissance style by Jan Rafael Chroustenský of Malovary. Chroustenští lost his property in 1624 when the chateau was handed over to the Collalto family. The chateau underwent a Baroque reconstruction in the 18th century which mainly concerned interiors. Collaltos owned the castle until 1918, when the property was confiscated by the government.
After 1948 the chateau was owned by the municipality, and social and cultural events were held there. At the beginning of the 1990s the building underwent restitution but after a short time the castle was sold to the new owner. Since 1997 the chateau and adjacent grounds secured by a wall have been held as a place for sadomasochistic
femdom
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games under the name
Other World Kingdom. There is no access to the castle for public. The castle was offered for sale in 2008, but no sale took place.
References
Czech Statistical Office: Municipalities of Žďár nad Sázavou District
Villages in Žďár nad Sázavou District
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