Boskovice Chateau in Moravia hosts wedding ceremonies, receptions and banquets for about 100 guests, and concerts for up to 150, in an Empire-style chateau and its park. It is a private monument of the Mensdorff-Pouilly family, open to visitors, and its rooms can be rented for commercial events.
Seminars and company events
The chateau does not describe meeting rooms or seminar layouts. Its events page speaks of ceremonies and various commercial events, and lists what is on offer: receptions and banquets, concerts, exhibitions, and add-ons. For a corporate dinner or a reception, the main hall in its historic installation and the Sala terrena are the spaces proposed. Both can seat about 100 people for a social gathering, and the Sala terrena can open onto the chateau garden.
Concerts and shows are possible inside for about 150 guests in the hall, or about 80 in the more intimate Sala terrena. In good weather, larger audiences can be placed in the courtyard or the garden. Exhibitions can use the Empire staircase with its covered arcades, or the Sala terrena on its own.
Extras listed by the chateau include costumed guided tours, fencing shows, catering and fireworks. Rental fees are set by contract according to the type of event.
Weddings and receptions
Civil ceremonies take place on the last Saturday of each month, after agreement with the registry office and the chateau administration. Three settings are offered. The Great Hall is the main room of the chateau, with illusionist painted decoration, period furniture and the original chequerboard floor. It holds 60 people in total, 14 of them seated. The Sala terrena, formerly a summer dining room with French windows to the garden and a stone mosaic floor, holds 80 people, 40 seated. The park has no capacity limit and offers three variants: the parterre, the lawn and the tree.
A ceremony includes photographs in four rooms of the historic installation for up to 30 minutes. For safety, only the couple and about 10 close relatives may join the photo session inside. A reception can follow in the main hall or the Sala terrena.
Rooms and capacities
Great Hall: ceremony 60 (14 seated), reception about 100. Sala terrena: ceremony 80 (40 seated), reception about 100, concert about 80. Hall concerts: about 150. Park: no stated limit.
Catering
Catering for receptions is provided by an outside caterer named on the chateau's website, and the chateau also lists catering among its services.
History and setting
The chateau was built in the Empire style between 1819 and 1826 on the site of a former Dominican monastery. It is counted among the finest Empire buildings in the Czech Republic. Visitors enter through a vestibule with Tuscan columns and a three-armed Empire staircase. The adjoining park holds many rare trees. The family also owns the hilltop castle (hrad) of Boskovice nearby.
Getting there
Hradní street, which leads to the chateau, is a no-stopping zone. Guests can use the car park behind the residence, on the left on arrival. Only the bride's car may drive up to the chateau. A car park lies below the gate, but its capacity is limited when ceremonies follow one another. The chateau is closed to regular visitors in November.
