18.3 The Sztáray mansion in Michalovce

Pencil, watercolour on paper, 342 x 480 mm
Inscribed at bottom left: 71; at bottom middle: Schloß Nad Mihaly der Gfin Stáray; at bottom right: 75
Inscribed on the backing at bottom left: Nagy Mihályi kastély
MTA Könyvtára, Kézirattár, Ms 4409/200

Map: IV

Michalovce / Nagymihály / Großmichel lies in the valley of the Laborec river. In the 1850s it was a market town with ca. 2000 inhabitants. The Sztáray mansion was built on the site of the old castle of the Nagymihályi family. Although in the past it was rebuilt many times, its fundamental reconstruction took place only in 1809, according to plans drafted by Heinrich Koch the Elder (1781-1861). It was considered one of the most beautiful and most comfortable mansions in that area. - Bibliography: Izakovičová, Nagymihály, Zemplén