Static securing of the collapsed courtyard wall in Zákupy will begin this week

Zákupy - Work on the static stabilization of other parts of the collapsed wall of the northern wing of the dilapidated castle farmstead in Zákupy in the Česká Lípa region will begin this week. It will cost approximately 3.5 million crowns and will last until the end of May. Miloš Kadlec, the regional director of the National Heritage Institute in Sychrov, said this today. "The construction site has already been handed over, and scaffolding will begin to be erected by the end of this week," he added.

The farmstead is one of the most endangered national monuments in the Liberec region. According to heritage officials, the farmstead's historical value surpasses that of the adjacent Zákupy Castle. It was created in the second half of the 17th century. A part of the dilapidated wall collapsed at the beginning of January. No one was injured.

The farmstead has been owned by the state since 2003, and it was already in a dilapidated state at that time. In previous years, heritage officials spent about nine million crowns on basic static stabilization. According to estimates, a total of 600 to 700 million crowns is needed for the complete restoration of the farmstead. For the preservation of its most valuable part, namely the southern wing, where the stables used to be, heritage officials secured a European grant of over 95 million crowns two years ago. However, so far, it has not been possible to select a company to carry out the repairs in the tender process. Kadlec expects that a new tender will be announced by the end of April at the latest. Work estimated at 127 million crowns will therefore not begin until at least the autumn.