Since 1868 Jemniště Castle is associated with the Stenberg family. The present owner Jiří Sternberg lives in the residence together with his wife Petra, son Vojtěch Václav and daughter Isabel.
The castle burnt down in 1754 and only of St. Joseph’s Chapel with decorations by a painter Václav Vavřinec Reiner and sculptor Matyáš Bernard Braun was spared. After a devastating fire, the count Francis Adam Trauttmansdorff rebuilt and newly furnished the entire castle. The appearance of aristocratic residence hasn‘t changed much since then. Only the garden has changed into a beautifully maintained romantic English park.
Not even one hour drive from Prague, directly in the heart of the former manor of archduke Frantisek Ferdinand d´Este, there is the unique baroque estate Benice, the seat of the biggest private breeder of Kladruby horses both in our country and in the world, the stud FAVORY.
Prak Manor is located nearby Český Šternberk in a place which according to a legend suggests that Jiří z Poděbrad had once slung cannons from this known Central Bohemian castle.