 After his death and long quarrels, his heirs sold many precious pieces of art from the castle and then, on 25 February 1939, sold the castle, the health spa, and the surrounding land to Czech entrepreneur Jan Antonín Baťa (owner the shoe company Bata).After 1945, when Baťa's property was confiscated by the Czechoslovak government, the castle became the seat of several state institutions.On 9 May 1950, a fire broke out in the castle, but it was rebuilt at government expense.