#Villa #Prachatice #1931
Nádražní 364
383 01
Prachatice,
Czechia
Public transport: Prachatice (train station/bus terminal)
Access: Public building, free entry during working hours
Today's use: Culture and exhibitions
Description
The southern facade is facing the garden and street. It is designed with a veranda as one of a few details. The rest of the house is designed very puristic. The roof of the veranda is used for a terrace, on the western facade is put a little balcony and the garage.
The former hung windows, giving the house a modern look, were replaced by casement windows.
The shared rooms were on the ground floor, such as the living room behind the veranda, used as winter garden. A wooden spiral staircase leads to the first floor with the bathroom and all bedrooms.
On the website of the association Živá vila are fantastic pictures of the villa with many details, as well as the built-in wardrobes in the bedrooms.
Description
The southern facade is facing the garden and street. It is designed with a veranda as one of a few details. The rest of the house is designed very puristic. The roof of the veranda is used for a terrace, on the western facade is put a little balcony and the garage.
The former hung windows, giving the house a modern look, were replaced by casement windows.
The shared rooms were on the ground floor, such as the living room behind the veranda, used as winter garden. A wooden spiral staircase leads to the first floor with the bathroom and all bedrooms.
On the website of the association Živá vila are fantastic pictures of the villa with many details, as well as the built-in wardrobes in the bedrooms.
History
Built between 1931 and 1932 by Fritz Reichl, this villa is the only building from the 1930s with reference to modernism in the town of Prachatice in the the Šumava Mountains with its more conservative mood. The works contracts are a typical case within Czechoslovakia in the 1920s and 1930s. The German-speaking client chose a German-speaking (Jewish) architect from Vienna to have this villa built. It is still not known, how Kral and Reichl got in contact. Most probably they met through a merchant from České Budějovice, for whom Reichl was already working.
The owners were expropriated after World War II. The villa was then used as a kindergarten and after-school club, a very typical course for villas in socialist countries.
At the beginning of the 21st century, the Živá vila association (Czech: The living villa) is campaigning to ensure that the villa does not fall into total disrepair and, above all, that it is not demolished, since a new road is planned in this place already since the 1970s. An effective measure was taken to list the villa as a national monument in 2016. The city of Prachatice appealed the decision, which is why the building lost the protection status in 2018.
The association Živá vila uses the house occasionally for events such as exhibitions and concerts and they provide commented tours to ensure the preservation of the house.
History
Built between 1931 and 1932 by Fritz Reichl, this villa is the only building from the 1930s with reference to modernism in the town of Prachatice in the the Šumava Mountains with its more conservative mood. The works contracts are a typical case within Czechoslovakia in the 1920s and 1930s. The German-speaking client chose a German-speaking (Jewish) architect from Vienna to have this villa built. It is still not known, how Kral and Reichl got in contact. Most probably they met through a merchant from České Budějovice, for whom Reichl was already working.
The owners were expropriated after World War II. The villa was then used as a kindergarten and after-school club, a very typical course for villas in socialist countries.
At the beginning of the 21st century, the Živá vila association (Czech: The living villa) is campaigning to ensure that the villa does not fall into total disrepair and, above all, that it is not demolished, since a new road is planned in this place already since the 1970s. An effective measure was taken to list the villa as a national monument in 2016. The city of Prachatice appealed the decision, which is why the building lost the protection status in 2018.
The association Živá vila uses the house occasionally for events such as exhibitions and concerts and they provide commented tours to ensure the preservation of the house.
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