Měšice Castle

Baroque Měšice Castle is situated in Tábor, South Bohemia, Czech Republic. About 2 km distance from "Infocenter Tábor" in the direction-route Chýnov - Pelhřimov.

History

Over its 450-year history, the design of Baroque Castle in Tábor-Měšice has changed and evolved according to the times, tastes, requirements and finances of successive aristocrats. The immediate environs of the castle is known as the Castle Park.

The Owners

In the year 1545, the knight Prokop of Hejlovec built a Renaissance style manor house in the village Měšice (today, this area is an outlying district of the South Bohemian town Tábor. During this time, the villages Měšice, Čekanice and Stoklasná Lhota all belonged to the family of Prokop of Hejlovec.

John Joseph Caretto, the Count of Mellisimo, rebuilt the manor house in 1699 as a Baroque Castle. In 1792, John Hannygar of Eberg built special water toilets in the Baroque Castle. These water toilets, still work today. In 1817, John Schmidgräber of Lusteneg enlarged the building and, in the Empire style, instaled an ostentation staircase and recreared the facade of the Baroque Castle.

After 1877, the Baroque Castle belonged to the family Nádherný barons of Borutín. Since 1997, the Baroque Castle has been the property of Jan Berwid-Buquoy.

Special Exhibitions

The Baroque Castle Tábor-Měšice is also the seat of the Czech Institute For International Meetings, which was founded in the year 2000 and its President Jan Berwid-Buquoy.

• "John F. Kennedy and His Times" - Policy, Economy (American historical shares belongs to well known personalities as for example Kennedy, Nixon, Presley, Dean...) and Social affairs of the 40is, 50is and 60is in the USA.
• "Konrad Adenauer - Politician, European and Humanist" - An exhibition about the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.
• "The Occupation of the Czechoslovakia truth the Sovietarmy at 21st August 1968" - Photos, storys and weapons.

Points of Interests

The castle Tábor-Měšice is open to the public from 11.00 o'clock a.m. to 05.00 o'clock p.m. every day for groups of 5 persons (minimum). The tour includes viewing, "Living, working and staying in the Baroque Castle of today". Visitors will also see the furniture that was owned by well-known personalities such Aristide Briand, Winston Churchill, Jan Masaryk, Pierre Trudeau, Jan Bervida and more.

Bibliography

• Cikhart, Roman: "Táborsko", Tábor 1921.
• Pourová, Renata: "Hrady, zámky a tvrze, které přežily rok 2000 - Jihočeský kraj" (Castles, Chateaux and Fortresses Extant in the Year 2000 - The Region of South Bohemia), ISBN 80-239-7724-5, České Budějovice 2006.

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