Final buildings belonging to historic Koloděje chateau restituted

A week after the government was ordered to return the Baroque Koloděje chateau to its pre-war owners, the Kumpera family, a regional council has been told to hand back the chateau’s outbuildings. The chateau and surrounding land were confiscated under the Beneš decrees at the end of the Second World War, and were subsequently carved up between different owners. In January, a Prague court ruled that the decrees had been misused in the case of the chateau. On Monday, another Prague court ruled that the same was the case with the chateau’s various outbuildings. The main residence was used by the Czech state until recently for ceremonial events and meetings, while the outbuildings were in the care of Koloděje Town Hall.