Salbek Castle, Petriș
Castelul Salbek · Szalbek-kastély (Marospetres)
sat Petriș; comuna Petriș, Arad · 83
park, 16.7 ha as reported by Adevărul (ZF mentions 17 ha of forest)
approx. 'livable' (usable) area, 24 rooms, as reported by press
Hungarian Wikipedia lists it as visitable
Summary
A Neoclassical class A monument at Petriș (Arad County) with a colonnaded facade and a park of about 17 ha, built in the first half of the 19th century by the Salbek family. Restituted in 2009, it changed hands several times and, according to a 2023 interview, was bought by a private buyer who plans a well-being centre.
Legal status
Nationalised under communism; restituted to the former owners' heirs in 2009 ↗
History
The manor was built by the Salbek family, of German origin; Matei Salbek added the upper floor around 1811, giving it its Neoclassical look. Manorial courts once sat under the park's old oaks. Nationalised under communism, it served as a special school, an asylum and, until 2009, a pneumo-phthisiology sanatorium. It was returned to the former owners' heirs in 2009 and bought at auction in 2016 by the London firm OMC Investments (linked to the Botnar family) for a reported 350,000 EUR start price and about 700,000 EUR final, which planned a hotel and foundation seat. A 2023 ZF interview says a private buyer bought it for about half a million euros from a UK foundation and plans a 12 million euro restoration.
Transactions & prices
Listed components
- Castelul Salbek — 1800 - 1850 (AR-II-m-A-00642.01)
- Parc — 1802 - 1850 (AR-II-m-A-00642.02)
Sources & links
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