A SOCIETY FOR THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 2129, sig. 109-8/12

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Transcript. Rinnebach Station Prague IV, 1 June 1943. Subject: Inventory of the cultural treasures of the castle in Bohemia and Moravia. t ge Up to 3l. All the locks which have been designated by my staff under the compulsory administration of the Land Office for inventory purposes have been inventoryed in accordance with the guidelines given by Mr Oberst-Gruppeführer. These are the following locks, which are in some cases already intended for certain uses. already handed over which are: Doberschisch - S bi row- Liblin - Konop ischt - Adler - K o s t e l e t z - Melnik- Horschin - Saar- Dimokur - Holleschau- Grünberg -pachlunetz + Chastolowitz - Sasmuk - Opotschno. In the attached special card, according to order, all the castles abandoned by the Land Office are marked and signed according to various points of view, from which it is readily apparent which castles have already been inventoryed and used for other purposes, as well as those castles which are to remain as untouched as possible on the proposal of the Denlmalamt, the Schulministeriun and the Museunsverwaltung and have to be placed under extended monument protection by special decree. In my opinion, this monument protection has not only been based on the building, i.e. its layout, its structure, its connection with the surroundings and the landscape, but also on the entire castle furnishings, as far as it is historically and artistically important and with the building a historical and conservation unit