Valdstejn Travel Guide

 globetrott Says:  The 2 big rooms under the terrace are used today by painters for exhibitions.You may walk down the spiral staircase and have a look around :You will also realize, these rooms were made absolutely strong and without any ornaments, so they might have given up completely in... 

 globetrott Says:  When you click on my picture, you may see this great construction from the perspective, a potential enemy would see it :On the left and on the right you see the natural rocks.The building in the middle has totally flat walls, and the rooms inside were of absolutely no use... 

 globetrott Says:  Here you see the terrace in front and the church in the back......and the lady on the left is going to the entrance of the spiral-stairs.When you click on the picture, you may also see the steep rocks on the right, that made the castle a rather safe place to live. 

 globetrott Says:  In order to get to the old castle, you have to walk back, through the gate on my picture and cross the small terrace, that wqas built on to of a building in order to combine these 2 rocks.When you click on my picture, you see a small tower on the right :It is a... 

 globetrott Says:  I could not find any explanantion for this life-sized Knight in front of the church.The sculpture is totally flat and just a silhouette, standing on a treasure-box .Maybe it was ment for donations by the pilgims ! 

 globetrott Says:  The church was built by the architects M.A.Canevalli OR by F.M.Kanka ( funny to read this in one of the written infos, I got at the entrance to the castle - so it is still not clear, who finally was the architect...)Have a look around in the church it really looks nice ! 

 globetrott Says:  In the 17th century the castle had been burned down, and was not any more comfortable and safe enough to live there, so the owners had the idea with a pilgrim church, also in order to show, that their origin was noble and firm in catholic faith. 

 globetrott Says:  The first bridge to the castle shows several sculptures of saints, as it was the intention of the Waldstejn family in 1722 to build a pilgrim-church inside their castle. 

 globetrott Says:  When leaving the castle again, take a closer look for the great sculptures on the bridge.All national saints of Bohemia have a statue there on the bridge. 

 globetrott Says:  Do not forget to walk down the spiral-stairs in the "bridge-building"Great paintings of local artists are on display there and may also be bought as a souvenir.And last, BUT not least, these big halls underneath the terrace are really cooool places, even in such a hot summer... 

 globetrott Says:  Waldstejn castle was the original castle of the Valdstejn-dynasty, also known better by their german name Wallenstein. This is a portait of Wallenstein, that you may see in one of the rooms that had been recently restored.Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallensteinwho lived... 

 globetrott Says:  Another trace of the Waldstejn / Wallenstein-family :These half-timbered buildings in the town of Liberec / Reichenau were built by them and are still called Wallenstein-houses, as they are the only remains of the buildings built in 1678-1681in the " new town " For more... 

 globetrott Says:  This is another palace once built and owned by the Waldstejn / Wallenstein-family.It is just underneath the Hradzin and includes a wonderful garden and great halls and ornaments. 

 globetrott Says:  Have a look for another castle of the Waldstejn-dynasty :Duchkov / Dux is about half-way from Prague to Germany , and the castle was the place, where CASANOVA lived the last 13 years of his life and was writing his memoires, while beeing librarian of his friend earl...