Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
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How it came to be
Lednice and Valtice in South Moravia, Czech Republic, belonged to the Liechtenstein family from the mid-13th century. Between the 17th and 20th centuries the family turned the two estates into one great designed park, and in 1715 an avenue about 7 kilometres long was laid out between the two castles.
Valtice castle took its Baroque form under Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and others. Lednice began as a Renaissance villa of around 1570 and was rebuilt in Gothic Revival style between 1846 and 1858. In the early 19th century a new channel was dug for the Dyje river, and small English-style parks were laid out around the ponds.
All this time Valtice lay in Austria and Lednice in Bohemia, with the border running through the park. The 1919 peace treaty gave Valtice to Czechoslovakia. The family moved to Vaduz in 1939, and after the war its property was confiscated. The landscape was inscribed in 1996.
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