Dvorac Prandau

After liberation from Turkish rule in 1687, Donji Miholjac came under the administration of the Court Chamber. The imperial court sold off and handed out large estates in Slavonia, mostly to foreigners (military commanders and those who had distinguished themselves fighting the Turks). Emperor Charles VI gave the estate known as the Valpovo Seigniory (Donji Miholjac and Valpovo) to Antun Petar Hilleprand von Prandau, an adviser to the Vienna Chamber. From then on Donji Miholjac became a manorial town, and it developed socially, culturally, economically and as a transport hub.

After the death of the last male heir of the Prandau family, the estate was divided among his daughters. His daughter Štefanija received the Miholjac part, rich in oak forests, hunting grounds and fertile land. When Štefanija von Prandau married Count Đuro Mailath von Szakhely, a state judge, ambassador and founder of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, in 1852, the estate passed to Count Mailath.

After the tragic death of Count Đuro, who was killed in a robbery, the estate was run by Countess Štefanija, who often organised charity and humanitarian events. In 1923 the estate was sold to the Schlesinger brothers, who fled the German occupation in 1941, and from then until today the palace has been the seat of the local town authorities.