Eltz Manor
{{short description|Baroque palace in Vukovar, Croatia}}
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| image = Vukovar Dvorac Eltz SK.jpg
| caption = Eltz Manor after renovation (2012)
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| current_tenants = Vukovar City Museum
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| address = Županijska 2
32000 Vukovar
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| start_date = 1749
| completion_date = 1751
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Eltz Manor ({{langx|hr|Dvorac Eltz}}, {{langx|de|Schloss Eltz}}) is a Baroque palace in Vukovar, Croatia. The 18th-century manor is the location of the Vukovar City Museum. The manor, as it previously appeared, was depicted on the reverse of the Croatian 20 kuna banknote, issued in 1993 and 2001.{{cite web|title=20 kuna - Nevažeće novčanice|url=http://www.hnb.hr/-/20-ku-1|website=Croatian National Bank|access-date=24 December 2016|language=hr|date=13 June 2015}}{{cite web|title=20 kuna - HNB|url=http://www.hnb.hr/novac/novcanice/apoeni/20-kuna|website=Croatian National Bank|access-date=24 December 2016|language=hr|date=31 January 2015|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303142032/http://www.hnb.hr/novac/novcanice/apoeni/20-kuna|url-status=dead}} The palace suffered substantial damages and destruction in 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence. However, after four years of restorations, it was completely restored to its pre-war appearance in October 2011.{{cite news | url = http://www.glas-slavonije.hr/vijest.asp?rub=4&ID_VIJESTI=150379 | newspaper = Glas Slavonije | language = hr | title = Obnovljeni dvorac Eltz vraća stare vizure Vukovara | date = 29 October 2011|access-date=30 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406035813/http://www.glas-slavonije.hr/vijest.asp?rub=4&ID_VIJESTI=150379|archive-date=6 April 2012}}
History
In 1736, Philipp Karl von Eltz-Kempenich (1665–1743), the Archchancellor of the Holy Roman Empire and Prince-Archbishop of Mainz, purchased a Vukovar manor in Syrmia, in the eastern Kingdom of Slavonia, then part of the Habsburg monarchy ruled by Emperor Charles VI. The palace was originally built between 1749 and 1751 by the Archchancellor's descendants of the German Catholic noble House of Eltz and was gradually extended over time. The Lordship of Vukovar estates near the Military Frontier were, however, exposed to raids by Ottoman troops and local Hajduk paramilitary forces.
After the Yugoslav Partisans gained control over the country in late World War II, the manor was confiscated by the communist administration of Yugoslavia in 1944, and the family of Jakob Graf zu Eltz was forced to leave Vukovar. In 1990, he returned from Eltville to the newly established state of Croatia and became a member of the Sabor parliament at Zagreb. Eltz Manor, however, suffered a great deal of damage during the Croatian War of Independence, when it was bombarded by the Yugoslav People's Army during the Battle of Vukovar.
Gallery
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|caption2= After renovation in 2011
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|caption1= The courtyard facade and the garden}}
Image:Castle Eltz, Vukovar3.JPG|Damaged right part of the Baroque palace before the renovation
Image:Castle Eltz Vukovar4.JPG|Damaged tower and destroyed Baroque palace, before renovation
Image:Castle Eltz1, Vukovar.JPG|Damaged main facade, before renovation
Image:Castle Eltz, Vukovar2.JPG|Statues of angels in a heraldic setting, with ruins in the background, before renovation
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.vukovar.hr/tvrtke-i-ustanove/gradske-ustanove/gradski-muzej-vukovar Vukovar City Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802020143/http://www.vukovar.hr/tvrtke-i-ustanove/gradske-ustanove/gradski-muzej-vukovar |date=2019-08-02 }}
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{{Castles in Croatia}}
Category:Houses completed in 1751
Category:Rebuilt buildings and structures in Croatia
Category:Buildings and structures in Vukovar-Syrmia County
Category:1751 establishments in the Habsburg monarchy
Category:Buildings and structures in Vukovar