Dietrichstein family tomb in Mikulov to be returned to descendants

The Regional Court in Brno has ruled that the Dietrichstein family tomb in Mikulov, South Moravia, belongs to the descendants of this noble family and should be returned to them. Mercedes Dietrichstein has thus won a long-standing court battle for the property. However, her attempts to regain other properties and land that belonged to her father, Alexander Dietrichstein failed. Dietrichstein’s  property was confiscated by the Czechoslovak state immediately after the Second World War on the basis of the Beneš decrees on account of the fact that he was a member of Henlein's Sudeten German Party. Dietrichstein never actively opposed the confiscation of his property.