Lednice (ˈlɛdɲɪtsɛ; ) is a village in South Moravia in the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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. In 1996 it was inscribed on the UNESCO

UNESCO

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 World Heritage List (together with the twin manor of Valtice

Valtice

The town of Valtice in the Czech Republic contains one of the most impressive Baroque residences of Central Europe. It was designed as the seat of the ruling princes of Liechtenstein by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach in the early 18th century. Construction was supervised by Domenico...

) as "an exceptional example of the designed landscape that evolved in the Enlightenment

Age of Enlightenment

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 and afterwards under the care of a single family." It contains a palace and the largest park

Park

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 in the country, which covers 200 km².

Since Lednice/Eisgrub first passed into the hands of the House of Liechtenstein in the mid-13th century, its fortunes had been tied inseparably to those of that noble family. The palace of Lednice began its life as a Renaissance

Renaissance

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 villa; in the 17th century it became a summer residence of the ruling Princes of Liechtenstein. The estate house — designed and furbished by baroque architects Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach

----Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, born Johann Bernhard Fischer was probably the most influential Austrian architect of the Baroque period....

, Domenico Martinelli

Domenico Martinelli

Domenico Martinelli was an Italian architect who worked for Carlo Fontana during 1678. He was an evident figure in the shaping of Baroque style in the North Alps. In 2010 a musical tribute called "Project Martinelli" was performed to him in Munich.-Biography:He was born in Lucca, Tuscany and...

, and Anton Johan Ospel — proclaimed rural luxury on the grandest scale. In 1846-58 it was extensively rebuilt in a Neo-Gothic style under the supervision of Georg Wingelmüller.

The surrounding park is laid out in an English garden

English garden

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 style and contains a range of Romantic follies

Folly

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 by Joseph Hardtmuth, including the artificial ruins of a medieval castle on the bank of the Thaya

Thaya

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/Dyje River (1801) and a solitary sixty-metre minaret

Minaret

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, reputedly the tallest outside the Muslim world at the time of its construction (1797–1804).

Population development

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Census year	Population	Ethnicity of inhabitants
year | German | Czechs | other
1793 | 1648 | - | - | -
1836 | 1954 | - | - | -
1869 | 2061 | - | - | -
1880 | 2387 | 2182 | 158 | 47
1890 | 2280 | 2072 | 176 | 32
1900 | 2377 | 2246 | 99 | 32
1910 | 2395 | 2204 | 168 | 23
1921 | 2501 | 1828 | 522 | 134
1930 | 2441 | 1704 | 628 | 109
1939 | 2103 | - | - | -