Lipník nad Bečvou - Castle - Exterior 03 a
At the time when the estate of Lipník was owned by the House of Bruntálský of Vrbno (i.e.16th century), the nobility used to leave their castles and had new mansion houses built in more accessible places. Hynek Bruntálský first considered building the new administrative centre of his domain. He bought up some suburban grounds in a close vicinity of Moravian Brethren´s Congragarion. As he died soon, its construction was realized by his son Jiří Bruntálský of Vrbno thereafter, in 1609.
Besides the castle in Lipník, the House of Bruntálský of Vrbno started significant rebuilding of the mansion houses in Bruntál and Branná at the turn of the 16th and 17th century. As these buildings share many formal features, it is likely to have been made by the same ring of Italian and Silesian craftsmen which were hired by the builders from Italian bricklayers and stonemasons domiciliated both in Lipník and at the ancestral buildings in Silesia. According to the traditional design can be judged that the castle was certainly designed by one of the Italian masonry masters, as evidenced by the type of vaults with lunettes decorated with characteristic ornamental stucco. The Italian descent of the mansion house in Lipník is evidenced by the construction of the castle stairs, tucked into the interior of the building. According to sources known until now, any of the Italian craftsmen can not be identified with the author of the Lipník mansion house. The title „Baumeister“ consistently used at the name of Pietro Valmandria therefore certainly also is not sufficient enough and we must be content with the fact that the authorship of the mansion house still remains open.
Further bulding activity of Jiří Bruntálský of Vrbno finished after his involvement in the insurrection of Czech & Moravian Estates when – after its defeat in the Battle of White Mountain in 1620 - he was arrested and died in the Spielberg dungeon. His wealth passed to cardinal Francis of Dietrichstein in 1622. The lordship authorities were transferred from Helfštýn Castle to the mansion house in 1626, the adjacent Moravian Brethrens´congregation was confiscated in 1622 was passed to the Piarist Order in 1634.
The Renaissance-style mansion house was built up as a two-storey building with two wings. Double staircase was placed next to the entrance and it was entered from a large hall with entrance to the courtyard. No later than at the end of the 17th century, the mansion house also got the second floor. The remnants of sgraffito decoration, even after reconstruction of the facade in 2003, were left on approval next to the entrance of the mansion house and St. Francis Seraphic´s Church.
Under the rule of the Lords of Dietrichstein who owned the mansion in the direct line until 1858, the mansion house maintained its Renaissance style appearance. A radical historizing Neo-classistic rebuild of the mansion house and adjacent outbuildings occurred only in the 60´s of the 19th century. The mansion house received realtively high quality Noe-classistic front facade. According to the historizing aestetic opinions also the two side wings were adapted.The rebuild was carried out by master-builder Joseph Zürk. Several plans from 1863 signed by him is preserved in the archives of the Lipník estate in Janovice.
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Lipník nad Bečvou - Castle - Exterior 03 a
At the time when the estate of Lipník was owned by the House of Bruntálský of Vrbno (i.e.16th century), the nobility used to leave their castles and had new mansion houses built in more accessible places. Hynek Bruntálský first considered building the new administrative centre of his domain. He bought up some suburban grounds in a close vicinity of Moravian Brethren´s Congragarion. As he died soon, its construction was realized by his son Jiří Bruntálský of Vrbno thereafter, in 1609.
Besides the castle in Lipník, the House of Bruntálský of Vrbno started significant rebuilding of the mansion houses in Bruntál and Branná at the turn of the 16th and 17th century. As these buildings share many formal features, it is likely to have been made by the same ring of Italian and Silesian craftsmen which were hired by the builders from Italian bricklayers and stonemasons domiciliated both in Lipník and at the ancestral buildings in Silesia. According to the traditional design can be judged that the castle was certainly designed by one of the Italian masonry masters, as evidenced by the type of vaults with lunettes decorated with characteristic ornamental stucco. The Italian descent of the mansion house in Lipník is evidenced by the construction of the castle stairs, tucked into the interior of the building. According to sources known until now, any of the Italian craftsmen can not be identified with the author of the Lipník mansion house. The title „Baumeister“ consistently used at the name of Pietro Valmandria therefore certainly also is not sufficient enough and we must be content with the fact that the authorship of the mansion house still remains open.
Further bulding activity of Jiří Bruntálský of Vrbno finished after his involvement in the insurrection of Czech & Moravian Estates when – after its defeat in the Battle of White Mountain in 1620 - he was arrested and died in the Spielberg dungeon. His wealth passed to cardinal Francis of Dietrichstein in 1622. The lordship authorities were transferred from Helfštýn Castle to the mansion house in 1626, the adjacent Moravian Brethrens´congregation was confiscated in 1622 was passed to the Piarist Order in 1634.
The Renaissance-style mansion house was built up as a two-storey building with two wings. Double staircase was placed next to the entrance and it was entered from a large hall with entrance to the courtyard. No later than at the end of the 17th century, the mansion house also got the second floor. The remnants of sgraffito decoration, even after reconstruction of the facade in 2003, were left on approval next to the entrance of the mansion house and St. Francis Seraphic´s Church.
Under the rule of the Lords of Dietrichstein who owned the mansion in the direct line until 1858, the mansion house maintained its Renaissance style appearance. A radical historizing Neo-classistic rebuild of the mansion house and adjacent outbuildings occurred only in the 60´s of the 19th century. The mansion house received realtively high quality Noe-classistic front facade. According to the historizing aestetic opinions also the two side wings were adapted.The rebuild was carried out by master-builder Joseph Zürk. Several plans from 1863 signed by him is preserved in the archives of the Lipník estate in Janovice.
info.mesto-lipnik.cz/en/vismo/zobraz_dok.asp?id_org=20027...