Morzin Palace, Dolní Lukavice

History

It is the hereditary estate of Count Morzin, an aristocrat of the Austrian Empire during the 18th century. Morzin is remembered today as the first person to employ the composer Joseph Haydn as his Kapellmeister, or music director. The location of the Count's estate has been more precisely specified by Robbins Landon as German: Unter-Lukawitz (Czech: Dolní Lukavice), usually referred to as Lukavec. Robbins Landon, writing in 1988, adds "the castle, which still stands, is now used as a mental hospital." Jones (2009) says of the castle that is "still survives, though now empty and in a state of decay."