Prince Henry's castle
In a small forest, on Grodno Hill (504 m above sea level), there is a hunting lodge built in 1806, named after its owner and founder, Prince Henry's Castle (German: Heinrichsburg).
The construction work took a long time - in 1818 a tower was erected more than 15 metres high with a 77-step staircase leading to the top. Construction was completed in 1841 and the building, topped by a gabled roof, housed the knights' Hunting Hall.
The palace's neo-Gothic form was extremely fashionable at the time, an expression of a sentimental predilection for composing atmospheric places full of poetic symbolism. The creation of the tower was probably due to the jealousy of Henrik von Reuss towards the ancestral Chojnik castle of the Schaffgotschs.
From the top of the tower, there is a breathtaking view of almost the entire Krkonoše range (from Sněžka to Snowy Cirques) and surrounding towns
Prince Henry's castle
In a small forest, on Grodno Hill (504 m above sea level), there is a hunting lodge built in 1806, named after its owner and founder, Prince Henry's Castle (German: Heinrichsburg).
The construction work took a long time - in 1818 a tower was erected more than 15 metres high with a 77-step staircase leading to the top. Construction was completed in 1841 and the building, topped by a gabled roof, housed the knights' Hunting Hall.
The palace's neo-Gothic form was extremely fashionable at the time, an expression of a sentimental predilection for composing atmospheric places full of poetic symbolism. The creation of the tower was probably due to the jealousy of Henrik von Reuss towards the ancestral Chojnik castle of the Schaffgotschs.
From the top of the tower, there is a breathtaking view of almost the entire Krkonoše range (from Sněžka to Snowy Cirques) and surrounding towns