BOSKOVICE - Touristic information
| Description | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Rodina Mensdorff - Pouilly / Jiří Mazal |
| Prevalent style | Renaissance |
| Short description | Originally a small Gothic keep from the 13th century, partially destroyed a few times. After yeah 1398 Herlat from Kunštát had a new and larger keep complex built near. Gothic and Renaissance modifications done in the 15th and 16th century. Had been wasting away and taking to pieces since the 18th century. Today it is mostly a ruin. |
| Expositions | District of the keep's ruins with remains of broad fortifications. Remains of palaces with a few halls in the keep's core. Exposition of the estate's history in the preserved part of the keep, by the main entrance. |
| Interesting detail | There is a legend about the origins of this keep and of its alleged forefather from Boskovics family. It is about bird catcher Velen who was gifted this landscape a feud by a moravian margrave. This legend has been noted in already in the 16th century. |
| Valuation | The keep is a very well preserved ruin, which documents the constructional development, especially of the fortification techniques. It is also a history of rebuilding a Gothick keep into a Renaissance mansion. |
| Present condition | Partially preserved |
| Open for public | Individually or with a guide |
| Touristic information | |
| Sightseeing tour | With a guide after a previous agreement. Sightseeing tour duration cca 45 mins., max. 40 persons. |
| Locations | |
| GPS coordinates | X: 36-20-552 Y: 54-84-620 |
| GPS string | 2084ZR |
| Country | Moravia (Morava) |
| Region | Jihomoravský kraj |
| District | Blansko |
| City | Boskovice |
| Street | Hradní 7 |
| Locations | 10 kms East from Kunštát. The keep is located on a hill, where is also a same-named castle, at the end of the town. A large forest park around the hill. A beuatiful view over the Boskovice region. |
| Contact | |
| City | Boskovice |
| Street | Hradní 7 |
| ZIP code | 680 01 |
| Phone | +420 516452043 |
| Access and localities | |
| Arrive | Car The best access is road 43 from Brno and then depart at signs to Boskovice onto road 18. You can park for free in Boskovice, cca 200 metres from square. A limited number of parking places on square. Public Transport Train station is right in Boskovice (track 262) between Moravská Třebová and Blansko. The keep with the castle are cca 1.1 kms far from the station. |
| Parking | 0.8 km |
| Bus | 2 km |
| Train | 2.5 km |
| Automapa SHOCART | SHOCART 1:100 000 (turistický), strana č. 122 b SHOCART 1:150 000, strana č. 61 c SHOCART 1:200 000, strana č. 33 d |
| Cyklo-turistická mapa SHOCART | SHOCART 1:200 000, strana č. 33 d |
| Other | SHOCART 1:200 000, strana č. 33 d |
| Turistická mapa SHOCART | SHOCART 1:200 000, strana č. 33 d SHOCART 1:200 000, strana č. 33 d |
| Touristic marks |  The blue mark starts at the square in Boskovice (cca 500 m), then continues to Šebetov (cca 7 kms), Drvalovice (cca 9 kms) and Letovice (cca 13 kms). The green mark starts at train station Boskovice (cca 1,1 km) and from square leads to Paprč (cca 2,5 kms) and then to Kuničky (cca 4,7 kms), Petrovice (cca 7 kms) and Blansko (cca 11,5 kms). The red mark starts at station in Skalice nad Svitavou (cca 4 kms) and leads to Valchov (cca 3 kms) around the keep and the castle, then continues to Žďárná (cca 5 kms) and Niva (cca10,5 kms). |
| Services | |
| Services |         |
| Barrierless access | 
No |
