Zichy Hunting Castle, Gheghie
Castelul de vânătoare Zichy (Gheghie) · Zichy-kastély (Körösgyéres)
sat Gheghie; comuna Aușeu, Bihor · 64
⚠ The price was checked more than a month ago: the property may already be sold or re-priced.
View listing ↗about 10 ha total property according to the sale listing; the extent of land included is not specified
main building, about 1,000 m2 according to the sale listing; type of area not specified
Summary
A hunting castle in Gheghie (Aușeu commune, Bihor County) built in 1860 by the Zichy family and converted to a hunting lodge in 1904. After nationalisation it was a preventorium until 2006; in February 2026 it was advertised for sale at 1 million EUR with about 10 ha, according to a press report on a sale listing.
Legal status
Inheritance of the Mateescu estate still contested among his relatives in 2012 ↗
History
Count Domokos Zichy built the castle in 1860; in 1904 Ödön Zichy converted it into a hunting lodge. The Zichys were forced to sell in 1918 to the Wallachian boyar Gheorghe Mateescu, an oil investor who funded a village school and church land. Mateescu died in 1952. After nationalisation the building was emptied and looted, and it served as a preventorium (tuberculosis sanatorium) until 2006, from 1950 according to Castle in Transylvania and from 1956 according to Romanian Wikipedia. The inheritance among Mateescu's relatives was still contested in 2012. The castle is a listed monument. According to a G4Media report on a sale listing, it was advertised in February 2026 for 1 million EUR.
Transactions & prices
| Date | Type | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Sale | — | Zichy family forced to sell to boyar Gheorghe Mateescu ↗ |
| Nationalisation | — | After nationalisation turned into a preventorium (operated until 2006) ↗ | |
| 2026-02 | Asking price | €1,000,000 | Advertised for sale at 1 million EUR (about 10 ha, ~1,000 m2 main building) according to a sale listing reported by the press ↗ |
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