Libraries of Dietrichstein house in Mikulov, their history and discoveries of Dietrichstein's manuscripts in the National Library in Prague

Dietrichstein family built up two libraries in Mikulov chateau; both belonged to the greatest noble libraries not only in Moravia but in the Central Europe. The first one was founded by Adam Dietrichstein (+ 1590); it culminated during the rule of his son Franz, archbishop of Olomouc. After his death the library came as a war plunder in the royal library in Stockholm, and the queen Kristine carried away its part to Rome (now in the Vatican library). The core of the 2nd library was gained from bibliophile Hofman von Grünbüchl; it had to be, however, sold out in an auction in 1933. The Czechoslovak Republic bought 117 manuscripts then, today preserved in the Moravian Provincial Library in Brno. 24 manuscripts were deposited in the Library of the National Museum in Prague in 1950s and 1960s. 9 manuscripts were identified in the National Library in Prague in the last time; they get there from the auction and later also thanks to purchases from Prague second-hand bookshops