The center of the study is an outline of the cultural image of the chateau residences in Slezské Rudoltice, Velké Hoštice and Jánský Vrch. Attention is paid not only to the cultural activities of Albert Josef Hodice, Dominik Skrbenský and Filip Gotthard Schaffgotsch, but also to the mutual cultural interconnectedness of the mentioned estates. Karel Ditters von Dittersdorf in particular became the central figure in the cultural life of the above-mentioned castles, whose musical work was

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... ed by performances in the castle theaters in Slezské Rudoltice and Velké Hoštice and at castle Jánský Vrch. Although cultural life in western Silesia developed in the shadow of the Seven Years' War, it flourished significantly. The literary and cultural panorama of the chateau in Westsilesia reflected not only the impulses of Baroque culture, but also received stimuli from literature, philosophy and lifestyle of Enlightenment.