ENG:
The sculptures were created as copies of the original statues from the castle in Bad Muskau. Both castles are connected by Baron Henry Strousberg Bethel, who bought Zbiroh Castle in 1868. Strousberg saw the statues on his visit in Bad Muskau, where lions were placed. He liked it and bought the molds for casting his own statues, which were placed in Zbiroh Castle.
Original Bad Muskau statues disappeared during World War II. Russians believed that the gilded statues are gold and melted them.
Saxony government expressed interest in casting new sculptures for Bad Muskau. The molds should be created from the Zbiroh originals.
Both lions were renovated in 2007.
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CZE:
Sochy vznikly jako kopie originalnich soch ze zamku Bad Muskau. Oba zamky pojí jméno barona Bethela Henryho Strousberga, který v roce 1868 koupil zbirozský zámek. Strousberg spatril sochy pri navsteve v Bad Muskau, kde byli lvi umísteni. Zalíbili se mu a tak koupil formy na odlití svých vlastních soch.Ty pak umistil prave na zbirozskem zamku.
Puvodní originály v Bad Muskau zmizely behem druhé svetové války. Pozlacene sochy udajne Rusové povazovali za zlate a roztavili je.
Saska vlada projevila zajem o odliti novych soch pro Bad Muskau prave podle zbirozskych.
Zbirožsti lvi byli restarovani v roce 2007.
