1898 - Chateau Vidim tower / Vež zámku Vidim - Horní Vidim (Central Bohemia) - Dated Buildings and Cornerstones on Waymarking.com

On the facade of the tower of Chateau Vidim (Zámek Vidim), located in village Horní Vidim, you can find depicted date 1898 marking the chateau's principal neo-Baroque extension and reconstruction.

The exact date of the Chateau Vidim (also known under name "Hubertus Chateau") construction is uncertain, but we have some dates on the Chateau' buildings (1696 and 1635). The second one is connected with change of the Vidim demesne owner, when it was given into hands of General Johann Böck, betrayer of Albrecht of Wallenstein... But nowadays we skeptically assume, that the pictoresque Baroque complex was built in the first half of the 18th century together with adjoining English park. The demesne changed owners several times and finally it was in a possesion of German-Bohemian textile enterpreneur Theodor Grahmann. He extended the Chateau (western wing) in neo-Baroque style in 1898 and also erected in the Chateau' grounds vast homestead with sawmill. He also reconstructed Chateau' park and completed it by distinctive Gloriet, many bridges and cast statues of Classical heroes and gods. Later, after WWII, it was nationalized and nowadays, after partial reconstruction, it serves as retirement home (Domov senioru Vidim).

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