Zámeček Ernestinum Příbram

Nice mansion with an exhibition of the third resistance where you can read a lot of interesting information, I also recommend to visit the nearby camp Vojna. Pleasant lady at the cash register will gladly give you some paper documents for the exhibition and a lot of information. Price 10 CZK per person. There are toilets in the castle

Nice, nice lady in IC

An absolute waste of time

Three beautiful exhibitions in one. Especially Vendula Chalankova.

An interesting place with a variety of tours

One of the important historical buildings in Příbram is the Ernestinum Castle, or as the locals call it "zameček". Initially, this place was a wooden fortress of the church owners of the estate. Acting as a fortified administrative residence of the feudal lords, the castle also provided the relatively most convenient access road to the city center in the northeast direction. According to the hypothesis put forward by a number of researchers, the castle existed in the 13th century. At least archaeological excavations confirm the existence of a settlement in these places at that time. In the middle of the 14th century, the wooden fortress was converted into a stone castle, which became the core of today's Ernestinum Castle. This global reconstruction is associated with the name of Archbishop Arnosht of Pardubice. At the end of the 14th century, Arnosht's successor, Archbishop Jan of Jenstein, ordered that the fortress be surrounded by a wall and a deep moat. Actually, the moat itself was completely filled in in 1841-1847, which was associated with the new development of the city. Therefore, the street formed on the site of the moat was called Na Przhikopeh ("On the moat"). The entrance gate to the castle courtyard was located from the south, from the side of the square, and was probably blocked by a drawbridge. However, the entrance to the main building originally ended in a courtyard from the western wing of the fortress, while today it is located in the southern wing of the castle. Under the castle, a vast basement was cut into the rock with a passage to the premises of the first floor of the building. The building had its own well, thus ensuring autonomy in the supply of drinking water. Starting from the 15th century, the castle began to undergo destructive processes. First, it suffered significantly during the Hussite wars, and then in the 16th century during the uprisings of the townspeople against the noble administration, as well as during the long 30-year war with the Swedes. As a result, after each successive restoration period, the castle building underwent significant changes. Therefore, only a few of the oldest architectural elements have survived to this day, in particular, on the eastern side, the Gothic bay window of the chapel with a ribbed vault has been preserved. Austrian emperors stayed in this castle three times: in 1673 and 1680 - Leopold I of Habsburg, in 1810 - Franz I of Habsburg. The year 1849 played a special role in the recent history of Zameczek-Ernestina, when, after a large-scale reconstruction, this building became the first residence of the Mining School, and then the Mining Academy and the Mining University, which existed here until 1946. In memory of this, on October 23, 1971, a memorial plaque was installed in the corridor at the main entrance to the building. It currently houses the František Drtikol Gallery with a permanent exhibition of the works of this world-famous photographer, artist and mystic, born in Příbram. In 2002, a statue of Archbishop Arnošt Pardubice was installed near the castle - the work of the academic sculptor Ivar Kodym.