Location Opálka is south of the long river valley Ú hlava, near to the town of Janovice nad Ú hlavou (distance: about 4 kms), the castle Klenová (distance: 3 kms) and the municipality Strá € ov (2 kms). The region is hilly in the Bohemian mountain forest region and near the valley of the Jelenka and the Stráovsk ý Potok. Opálka has approximately 70 inhabitants. The distance to the former capital of Klatovy is approximately 14 kms, to N ý rsko it is 13 kms and to the border (Svatá Katerina) 21 kms. In Opálka the road 171 leads from Janovice nad Ú hlavou to Strá € ov which is also a route for several public buses. This property is on the northern border of the town of Opálka in an open, quiet location on a small hill. Directly below the foundation walls from the second half of the 14th century there is an economic building with manager's house (from the 19th century) with former brewery, distillery, stables and barns and other annexes, all of which come from the 17th to 19th centuries. In the center of the courtyard is a baroque chapel from the first half of the 18th century which is consecrated to St. Anna (all buildings are included in the offer). Object data Building / Built over surface / Effective area Main building: (the ground floor and + 1st upper floor) / approx. 460 m2 / approx. 650 m2 1) Manager's house (ground floor and 1st upepr floor) / approx. 180 m2 / approx. 300 m2 2) Brewery / approx. 170 m2 / approx. 150 m2 3) Stables / approx. 480 m2 / approx. 420 m2 4) Workshop / approx. 200 m2 / approx. 170 m2 5) Barn / approx. 980 m2 / approx. 930 m2 6) Barn / approx. 480 m2 / approx. 300 m2 7) Chapel / approx. 40 m2 / approx. 35 m2 8) Garages / approx. 90 m2 / approx. 80 m2 9) Milk cellar / approx. 30 m2 / approx. 22 m2 11) Stables / approx. 500 m2 / approx. 460 m2 12) Distillery (ground floor and upper floor) / approx. 140 m2 / approx. 250 m2 - Beer cellar (under the barn) / approx. 430 m2 Properties Field section number /Property type / Surface area 5 / built up surface and courtyard / 16365 m2 46 / Garden / 446 m2 47/1 / Garden / 3740 m2 47/2 / Garden / 4255 m2 47/3 / Garden / 4012 m2 47/4 / Garden / 2585 m2 48 / Garden / 1363 m2 49 / Meadow / 1597 m2 66/1 /Meadow / 6245 m2 306 / all surfaces / 162 m2 Total area: 40770 m2 History The Feste Opálka was likely built in the second half of the 14th century by Busek of Strázov who also named Busek of Opálka. It was first mentioned in 1392. After Buseks death, Buseks son, Busek II, probably came into possession of the object. Opálka traces its history back to between 1403 and 1415. Little is known about the history of the inhabitants in the first half of the 15th century. Since about 1450, Opálka belonged to the knights of Drazovice, which held the Feste until 1480. Between 1476 and 1480, Bedrich Skorne of Malonice somehow gained ownership of the object. He and his son were in control of Opálka until1540. From 1538 to 1540, it was attained by Elisabeth von Pacov and her husband, Jan Tunkl of Brnicko. After Elisabeth von Pacov'z death in 1549, ownership completely transferred to her husband. After 1557, the property was inherited by Margareta von Sternberk whose son and later her grandson lived there, probably until the late 1580s. These owners pledged Opálka would never be released from their possession. The dominion later fell to Johann the Elder of Lobkowitz. After his death in 1590, Opálka was taken over by the three brothers, Ladislav the Elder, Georg and Bohuslav Havel. Between 1595 and 1597, Opálka belonged to Elisabeth von Lobkowitz and Wolf Novohradsk ý until 1609. After their deaths in 1614, their son sold to Judith von Kolowrat, who had the Feste until 1630. After his death in 1653, the property was divided amongst his wife, Johanna (a born Gonzaga) and his brothers, Georg, Bernhard Ignaz and Maximilian Valentin. Soon afterward, in 1656, the object was sold into the hands of Maximilian von Waldstein. Soon afterward, the Feste Opálka was resold to Isabella Emilie von Schwihau who possessed it for only a few years and sold in 1669 to Ignaz Karl von Sternberk. Finally, in 1673, the Feste Pavel Graf bought it from Morzin. After this time, Opálka was not just a manor house, but was inhabited mostly by Castellians. The house was then sold by Morzin's son, Ferdinand Matthias von Morzin, in 1701 to Alois Bonaventura von Altersheim. The owners changed in rapid succession afterwards. In 1760, Karl Josef Graf of Palm-Gundelfingen acquired the house and united the property with that of Bystrice nad Ú hlavou. It stayed in this form until 1923. After 1760, ownership went to the Count von Trauttmansdorff, then to Václav Alexander Hildtprandt, knight of Ottenhausen, and afterwards to Karl Richard Josef, knight of Schmiedeln. Later it went to Karl Joachim Graf of Bredow, and since the middle of the 19th century, it was taken over by the monarch of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen Opálka. In the course of the land reform in the 1st Czechoslovak republic between 1923 and 1924, the owners at that time (Wilhelm von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen) lost the property. The family, Strouhalová, gained management of the property. They then lost their rights to the property because of nationalization after 1945 and the domestic offices of an agricultural cooperative gained control. The buildings remained partly unused and went visibly to ruin. In 1992, the family Strouhalová got the properties back by restitution. In 2001, the present owner acquired the property with the pertinent courtyard. Short overview of the construction history: The property currently consists of three building wings in the southern, western and northern areas. The wings run almost parallel to eachother. The buildings are grouped around a central living tower to which the northern and western wings are directly connected. The southern wing is separated from the tower by a courtyard. The ground floor is raised and is opposite the 1st upper floor of the tower. The tower opens outwardly into a broad stairway. The main entrance to the property is in the southern wing. Through an open archway in the facade, there is a gently rising stair directly under a dormer window which leads to the two-winged main hall. The Gothic house was built on the multi-story prismatic tower that was made in the late Gothic period and is approx. 12 m x 10 m. It's current exterior appearance still shows its essential structural character from the 14th century, although it has been altered. A hall with a high vault ceiling was installed as the ground floor and on to of it, a raised ground floor that was probably built in the 16th century. The subdivision of the floors was formed by wooden ceilings. This could be cleared away and the upper floors could be reconstructed with a hip roof. The brick-work of the tower is from quarrystones. There are some loopholes and original apertures, as well as the Gothic pointed arches in the entrance to the tower. In the east there is a stairway from the baroque time. The southern, northern and western parts of the building surrounding the tower appear to be from the Renaissance and the Baroque times, but they also appear to be constructed on top of the existing late-gothic material.

Region: Domazlice (Czech Republic)

Location Near to: Katovy (Klattau), orientation: south, location: town border, hilly, view: panoramic view
Distances Neighbors: 50 m from the village inn, shopping: 2 kms from all daily needs, school: 2 kms from an elementary school; 14 kms from a secondary school, provincial town: 14 kms Klatovy (Klattau), large city: 45 kms to Pilsen, 100 kms to Regensburg, mountains: Bohemian Forest, sea:-, attractions: national park Sumava
Property Total area of 40770 m2; big terraced garden with old stock of trees and big orchard with old fruit trees, ponds.
Utilities Electricity, water: connection, waste water: a simple quarry
Condition In need of restoration. Partly restored. New roofing with historic roof framework was restored in 2002.
Annex 1) manager's house (ground floor and upper floor) 2) Brewery See exposee
Possibilities of
utilization Private use
Assumption
conditions None
Disadvantages Needs some repairs.
Advantages Beautiful old buildings with a long history.
Conclusion This is a unique offer you won't want to pass up.

rooms: 18 living space app. 650m2 land surface/app. m2: 40.770m2

Price: 345.000,00 € 310.561,00 £ 512.456,00 $
Price plus additional 3.57% agency fee (incl. VAT) for the buyer.
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