The villa in Borovina near Třebíč evokes a significant business family
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Třebíč - The villa in the Třebíč district of Borovina recalls the entrepreneurial Budischowsky family, who built a leather factory there, the largest of its kind in Austria-Hungary. The representative villa, which locals call the Borovina mansion, was constructed by the entrepreneurs on the hillside above the factory according to the design of the prominent Prague architect Max Spielmann. Modifications made in the following years did not fundamentally change the building, architect Lubor Herzán told visitors during today's tour on the occasion of the national Day of Architecture.
"It is a beautiful building, beyond any doubt," Herzán said. He added that the building has been included in a publication documenting the famous villas of Vysočina. Around 200 people came to see it today.
According to Herzán, the entrepreneurs were progressive in introducing new technologies; they even had the first car in Třebíč. However, they were conservative in architecture, which is reflected in their villa built in 1915. "It is interesting that at a time when other styles were already in vogue, such as waning Art Nouveau, modernism, cubism, and so on, it was done in a restrained neo-baroque style," he said.
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The Borovina factory was at the height of its prosperity during World War I, supplying the army with shoes and other leather products. "At the peak of prosperity, there were up to 6000 employees here," Herzán stated. However, the prosperous period ended with the collapse of the monarchy. Since 1931, the plant was part of Baťa's shoemaking empire, and during socialism, it operated as the Gustav Kliment Works. Since the 1990s, the factory was called Bopo. Production there ended in 2000.
In 1931, the villa was bought by the Waldstein-Wartenberg family, later it was nationalized and served various purposes, including a girls' home. The building has been in private hands on a nearly five-hectare plot since 2001 and has been offered for sale for a long time. The owner, painter Aleš Venhoda, told ČTK today that no serious interest has emerged so far, so he continues with repairs. He indicated that he would also be interested in having the villa classified as a cultural monument.
Architect Max Spielmann (1881 to 1970) died in Wiesbaden, Germany. According to information on the website, his most famous work is the Petschek Bank building in Prague, known as Pečkárna. During World War II, the Gestapo was based there.
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Tomáš Švejda
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