Zámek Zábřeh

1288 - FIRST WRITTEN MENTION OF ZÁBŘEH VILLAGE
On 14 April, 1288 the Bishop of Olomouc granted tenure to the Stange brothers, who also owned the nearby villages of Místek, Sviadnov and Kunčičky u Bašky. The name of the settlement at that time was Heinrichsdorf (probably after Heinrich Stange).

By the turn of the 16th century, Zábřeh had passed through the ownership of over 20 aristocratic families.

1529 - FIRST WRITTEN MENTION OF THE ZÁBŘEH FORTRESS
In the same year Ladislav of Kadaň took tenure of the fortress and Zábřeh village. When he died five years later, his son passed the ownership on to Hanuš of Petřvald. The Petřvalds were one of Moravia’s most important families, and they also owned the castle at Bouzov. At the end of the 16th century, they built the Renaissance chateaux in Račice and Buchlovice (in South Moravia) and in the nearby village of Stará Ves – where the chateau now houses the local authority offices. The Zábřeh fortress became the main seat of the wealthy knight Jan the Younger of Petřvald.

1576 - THE PRAKŠICKÝ OF ZÁSTŘIZL FAMILY AT ZÁBŘEH
In this year the chateau passed by marriage to the Prakšický ze Zástřizl family. The wife of one of the brothers Jan of Petřvald, Anna Marie, came from the prestigious Czech line of Rožmitál and Blatná, who after losing control of their assets in Bohemia, sought refuge in Moravia in the services of the Bishop.

1594 - CTIBOR SYRAKOVSKÝ OF PĚRKOV
The Zábřeh tenure was purchased by Ctibor Syrakovský of Pěrkov, a feudal court judge and the highest-ranked clerk in the Margraviate of Moravia. In place of the none-too-comfortable Gothic fortress, Bernard Barský of Bašť built a Renaissance-style chateau. At the end of the 16th century, Syrakovský carried out a number of small-scale changes to the building, probably imitating his other chateau at Stará Ves. When he died in 1600, the tenure passed on to his sons.

After the Battle of the White Mountain the Bishop of Olomouc confiscated the Zábřeh tenure from its Lutheran owners and granted ownership to a number of families from the Catholic nobility.

1639 - THE ORLÍK FAMILY AT ZÁBŘEH
In 1639 Zábřeh was purchased by the Canon of Olomouc Ondřej Orlík of Lažisko, later the Dean of the Olomouc Chapter. Although Ondřej came from a respected Polish line, the tenure of his descendants proved fateful for Zábřeh. In 1659 the village and chateau passed into the hands of his grandson Mikuláš Felix Orlík. According to local chronicles, Mikuláš was a sadist and sexual maniac, and his cruelty to his subjects was eventually punished by confiscation of his tenure.
 

1652 - THE OLOMOUC CHAPTER
In 1652 Zábřeh ceased to be feudal property and came permanently under the control of the Olomouc Chapter, which assigned Zábřeh – along with neighbouring Výškovice and Stará Bělá – to the Petřvald estate. The chateau provided premises for the estate’s maintenance division.

After the first land reform, the chateau remained under the control of the Olomouc Chapter.

 

The chateau was pressed into service as accommodation for local people. In 1921 it provided apartments for 10 households (a total of 50 people).

Life at the chateau faded and in buildings is located np Bytostav, plant machinery.

1989