Prague court rules in favour of descendent regarding Koloděje Chateau

A Prague district court has ruled that the Prague-Koloděje Chateau, used by the Czech government for sessions as well as events, is to be returned to a descendant of the original owners, the Kumpera family. The Czechoslovak state confiscated the chateau under the controversial post-war Beneš Decrees in 1948. But in 2007 the Land Register decided that the chateau as well as surrounding land, owned by Prague City Hall, should be returned to the former owners under the country’s restitution law, granting the rights to Vítězslav Kumpera. The government took the matter to court; Friday’s decision can be appealed.