Court disputes in Brno with the former tenant of the Muzejka have progressed, from three down to one

Brno – The legal disputes of the city of Brno with the former tenant of the craft bakery in the Bergl Palace on Moravian Square, known as Muzejka, have progressed. From the original three, one remains. It concerns unpaid rent, with the expectation that the proceedings will be resumed. CTK was informed by Radka Loukotová from the press office of the Brno magistrate.

The tenant of the former bakery in the Bergl Palace, the company Gattamelata, received a notice of termination of lease in May 2023. The city justified this by stating long-term problems with paying rent and energy deposits or unauthorized modifications to the interiors without respect for their historical value. In response to the termination on Instagram, the company described its eight years of operation in city premises as incredibly difficult, and the city leadership as despotic and arrogant.

The city conducted three disputes with the company. The first one, regarding the evacuation of premises, ended after the company vacated the premises on its own. The magistrate subsequently began preparing them for new rentals.

Last week, the council also closed the second dispute, in which the company sued Brno for unauthorized service charges. Gattamelata demanded 1.2 million CZK from the city for this. However, the regional court in Brno confirmed the judgment stating that the city must pay the company 231,000 CZK. "The council agreed that they would not file a complaint against this judgment to the Supreme Court and that the city would comply with what the court imposed," Loukotová stated.

The last unresolved matter is the dispute in which Brno is, on the contrary, claiming the payment of rent from Gattamelata. The court initially issued a payment order for 1.2 million CZK, but the company filed an objection against it. The court subsequently suspended the proceedings until the final resolution of the dispute over services. Therefore, the resumption of the proceedings can be expected.

The Bergl Palace, also known as Bergler Palace, Bergl Villa, or Muzejka, was built in the 1860s as a Neo-Renaissance house with a Neo-Gothic facade. The building was designed by Vienna architect Heinrich Ferstel, the author of the nearby Red Church and several other buildings in Brno. The name Muzejka was given to the building in the 1920s when it belonged to the Agricultural Museum and had a Café Museum on the ground floor. The museum was abolished in 1943, but the name remained with the building. It has been a protected monument since 1964.