"Lednice na Morave and surroundings" Lednice by budapest8

Lednice Travel Guide: 66 reviews and 132 photos

Moravian splendour

Just arrived back today from Czech Republic and
visited Lednice yesterday...lots of pictures and info to come.

Lednice (historical German name: Eisgrub) is a village
in the Czech Republic which was in 1996 inscribed on the
UNESCO World Heritage List (together with the twin manor
of Valtice) as "an exceptional example of the designed
landscape that evolved in the Enlightenment and afterwards
under the care of a single family." It contains a palace and the
largest park in the country, which covers 200 km².

Lednice Castle

Since Legnice first passed into the hands of the House of Liechtenstein
in the mid-13th century, its fortunes had been tied inseparably
to those of that noble family, one of the richest in Bohemia.
The palace of Lednice began its life as 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,
Domenico Martinelli,
and Anton Johan Ospel
— proclaimed rural luxury on the grandest scale.
In 1846-58 it was extensively rebuilt in a
Neo-Gothic style under the supervision of Georg Wingelmüller.

Great place to spend a day!
Plenty to do for all ages.

Czech car by a Czech Castle at Lednice

The surrounding park is laid out in an English garden
style and contains a range of Romantic follies by Joseph Hardtmuth,
including the artificial ruins of a medieval castle on the bank of the Dyje River
(1801) and a solitary sixty-metre minaret, reputedly the tallest outside the
Muslim world at the time of its construction (1797-1804).

Pros and Cons

Pros:Nice place to own if you were a noble Lord or Baron
Cons:Wouldn't fancy paying the gas and electric bills!
In a nutshell:Moravian Castle Lednice show us the splendour of archictecture

Last visit to Lednice: Aug 2006
Intro Updated Aug 28, 2006
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Reviews (14)

Lednice Castle Buffet Restaurants (1)

% got a bratwurst and a beer and Clara a langos with cheese, usual Central European standard at tourist prices! But I... more travel advice

Getting almost lost it's so big Off The Beaten Path (3)

Considering we visited in August and we walked down to the birds of prey area where they had a show going on at 4.30... more travel advice

Walking in the Lednice Castle grounds Things to Do (7)

There are so many beautiful things to see, but sad that one family should posess so much. more travel advice

Lednice Castle fish ponds at sunset - Lednice

Quite a big garden! Off The Beaten Path (3)

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Tourist Traps (2)
See All Star fish in Moravian Castles?

Transportation (1)
To Lednice by bus from Breclav

Comments (4)

Bwana_Brown Sep 8, 2006 at 12:35 AM Report Abuse

Those really are quite impressive gardens! The bird show looks like it must have been interesting to observe as well.
globetrott Sep 1, 2006 at 12:56 PM Report Abuse

Nice to see Lednice through your eyes, it reminds me of returning there and see the other tour that they offered, and I did not go there because the time was too short. Lednice needs a whole day or even more to explore it completely !
Skeptic-jr Aug 29, 2006 at 4:09 PM Report Abuse

Nice place. Hope it will remain open for the public even if the Liechtenstein House will be succesful and get Lednice-Valtice back for themselves.
kyoub Aug 28, 2006 at 3:12 AM Report Abuse

I agree, Tim. It is much better to see animals, birds, and fish in their own natural habitat.