Pictures of Bohemia

[Corvus]

Hrad Landštejn:

http://www.bbkult.net/img/x/600/address-12700433491751-0.jpg

Bechyne:

http://www.tbs.cz/obrazky/detail/bechyne.jpg

Blatná:

http://www.zamky-hrady.cz/1/img/blatna_let.jpg

Červená lhota:

http://www.boretin.cz/images/cervena_lhota.jpg

Český Krumlov:

http://leto.in-pocasi.cz/strediska/cesky-krumlov/cesky-krumlov2.jpg

Dacice:

http://www.zamky-hrady.cz/1/img/dacice_poz.jpg

DÍVČÍ KÁMEN:

http://napropasti.sweb.cz/okoli/divci_kamen.jpg

Hluboka:

http://www.ims-vienna.com/dmc-blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Hluboka.jpg

[Corvus]

Jindřichův Hradec:

http://www.zamky-hrady.cz/1/img/jin_hradec_pres_vodu.jpg

Kratochvile:

http://www.visitprachatice.cz/img/54b.jpg

Nove Hrady:

http://www.discoverczech.com/apictures/z_pardubice/nove-hrady/nove-hrady_v.jpg

Ohrada:

http://www.nzm.cz/files/branch4/21-ohrada01.jpg

Orlík:

http://www.zamky-hrady.cz/1/img/orlik_let_z_dalky.jpg

Pelhrimov:

http://img.radio.cz/pictures/r/mesta/pelhrimov4.jpg

Město Písek:

http://www.zlatybyk.cz/images/okoli/1.jpg

[Corvus]

Prachatice:

http://www.zamky-hrady.cz/3/img/prachatice_poz.jpg

Rožmberk:

http://www.hotel-amstel.eu/turista/img/rozmberk_big.jpg

Strakonice:

http://www.zamky-hrady.cz/2/img/strakonice_poz.jpg

Tabor:

http://www.legrestour.com/fotogalerie/ceska-republika/obce/tabor/detail/hrad-ve-meste-tabor.jpg

Klokoty:

http://www.taborsko.cz/docstore/pamatky/images/1119267938.jpg

Třeboň:

http://www.zamky-hrady.cz/3/img/trebon_namesti.jpg

Vimperk:

http://www.zamky-hrady.cz/4/img/vimperk_poz.jpg

Zlata Koruna:

http://www.ubytovna-jehlan.cz/data/user/koruna1.jpg

Zvikov:

http://www.icpisek.cz/img/200502089b.jpg

[Osprey]

simply beautiful...........

[Osprey]

Zlata Koruna:

http://www.ubytovna-jehlan.cz/data/user/koruna1.jpg

Zvikov:

http://www.icpisek.cz/img/200502089b.jpg




http://www.discoverczech.com/apictures/z_pardubice/nove-hrady/nove-hrady_v.jpg






http://www.zamky-hrady.cz/1/img/blatna_let.jpg



My favorites :thumb001:

[Osprey]

Well, the above post is invalidated.
All are very beautiful :thumbs

[Corvus]

The good thing is that all these castles and palaces are open for the general public
unlike in Austria where most of the castles are in private hands
I will add some self taken pics later.

[Ouistreham]

Typical South-German Austrian styles...


The good thing is that all these castles and palaces are open for the general public
unlike in Austria where most of the castles are in private hands.

Please no harsh words to the Austrians, keep in mind that without them those Bohemian wonders wouldn't exist!

I cannot but notice that most of them are located in formerly German regions, in which the original population has been deported or massacrated.

But contrary to the Poles, the Czech have allowed original German placenames to be preserved in some cases, only adapted to the Czech spelling — Rožmberk (Rosenberg), Landštejn (Landstein), Vimperk (Winterberg)...

[Corvus]

Typical South-German Austrian styles...



Please no harsh words to the Austrians, keep in mind that without them those Bohemian wonders wouldn't exist!

I cannot but notice that most of them are located in formerly German regions, in which the original population has been deported or massacrated.

But contrary to the Poles, the Czech have allowed original German placenames to be preserved in some cases, only adapted to the Czech spelling — Rožmberk (Rosenberg), Landštejn (Landstein), Vimperk (Winterberg)...

I do not intend to be harsh to the Austrians :p
You are right Habsburger lords in most cases built these masterpieces of architecture.
And yes they are situated in the South of Bohemia where many Sudetendeutsche used to live for centuries.
The names like you observed have often just been Slavicised.

[Corvus]

Some self taken pics:

http://www.bilder-space.de/show_img.php?img=7525e6-1344703443.jpg&size=thumb (http://www.bilder-space.de/bilder/7525e6-1344703443.jpg)

http://www.bilder-space.de/show_img.php?img=4c5110-1344703103.jpg&size=thumb (http://www.bilder-space.de/bilder/4c5110-1344703103.jpg)

http://www.bilder-space.de/show_img.php?img=f5790e-1344702928.jpg&size=thumb (http://www.bilder-space.de/bilder/f5790e-1344702928.jpg)

http://www.bilder-space.de/show_img.php?img=127f84-1344702723.jpg&size=thumb (http://www.bilder-space.de/bilder/127f84-1344702723.jpg)

http://www.bilder-space.de/show_img.php?img=99a026-1344702562.jpg&size=thumb (http://www.bilder-space.de/bilder/99a026-1344702562.jpg)

http://www.bilder-space.de/show_img.php?img=415882-1344702376.jpg&size=thumb (http://www.bilder-space.de/bilder/415882-1344702376.jpg)

http://www.bilder-space.de/show_img.php?img=ffca75-1344702051.jpg&size=thumb (http://www.bilder-space.de/bilder/ffca75-1344702051.jpg)

http://www.bilder-space.de/show_img.php?img=114c4d-1344701947.jpg&size=thumb (http://www.bilder-space.de/bilder/114c4d-1344701947.jpg)

[Corvus]

Some more:

http://www.bilder-space.de/show_img.php?img=5731f9-1345384603.jpg&size=thumb (http://www.bilder-space.de/bilder/5731f9-1345384603.jpg)

http://www.bilder-space.de/show_img.php?img=3fac20-1345384244.jpg&size=thumb (http://www.bilder-space.de/bilder/3fac20-1345384244.jpg)

http://www.bilder-space.de/show_img.php?img=89cfa6-1345384513.jpg&size=thumb (http://www.bilder-space.de/bilder/89cfa6-1345384513.jpg)[/IMG

[IMG]http://www.bilder-space.de/show_img.php?img=d254eb-1345384109.jpg&size=thumb (http://www.bilder-space.de/bilder/d254eb-1345384109.jpg)

[Blackout]

Nice!

[LouisFerdinand]

The Ardspach in Bohemia
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/546835579746954858

[Mikula]

Typical South-German Austrian styles...



Please no harsh words to the Austrians, keep in mind that without them those Bohemian wonders wouldn't exist!

I cannot but notice that most of them are located in formerly German regions, in which the original population has been deported or massacrated.

But contrary to the Poles, the Czech have allowed original German placenames to be preserved in some cases, only adapted to the Czech spelling — Rožmberk (Rosenberg), Landštejn (Landstein), Vimperk (Winterberg)...

It was a fashiopn in the middle ages to name catles by German names by its Czech noble owners.