The Polish alchemist's residence

Around the turn of the 17th century the château belonged to the Polish nobleman and famous alchemist Michael Sendivogius of Skorsko (1566–1646). In Germany he met the Scottish adept Alexander Seton, called Cosmopolita, who gave him manuscripts and some projection powder before dying. With it Sendivogius later performed a transmutation before Rudolf II, commemorated by the emperor in a plaque: ‘Faciat hoc quispiam alius, quod fecit Sendziwogius Polonus’—Let someone else do what Sendivogius the Pole has done. Appointed court councillor, he gained renown. In Prague he published Cosmopolita's New Chemical Light and lived at the Three Feathers house on Uhelný trh. On a journey to Kraków a nobleman owning Kravaře captured and imprisoned him. He escaped and complained to the emperor; the offender had to surrender the château as compensation. Sendivogius stayed there frequently. After White Mountain he entered Emperor Ferdinand III's service and received a fixed pension. Until his death he welcomed renowned hermetic thinkers from across Europe at Kravaře. He gave the château as dowry to his daughter Veronika Marie when she married Jakub of Eichendorf. Their descendants held it until the early 19th century.