Countess Colloredo-Mansfeld gained the chateau in restitution, but the Hradec Kralove, east Bohemia, Regional Court said last September that the chateau should Czech Health Minister fires Haematology Institute head Klener ...
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After 1945 the state became its owner under the decrees issued by then Czechoslovak president Edvard Benes. The Mansfelds took the case to court, but they emigrated to Austria in 1948 after the Communists seized power in Czechoslovakia. The Renaissance chateau is one of the most visited heritage sights in the Hradec Kralove Region. The Colloredo-Mansfelds heirs have sought the return of the family property since 1995. Besides the chateau, they also claim land, a valuable coach, a collection of paintings and several thousands of pieces of objects from the chateau. The National Heritage Institute estimates their value at more than one billion crowns. ($1=17.828 crowns)
(Ceske Noviny)
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