Czechia · Partial ruin
Castle Rožmitál pod Třemšínem
Rožmitál pod Třemšínem Castle is a three-winged castle in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, founded in the 13th century and rebuilt in the Renaissance in the mid-16th century. The present fabric preserves an asymmetrical oval courtyard, a tall square tower and a Great Palace added during the 1559–1564 reconstruction; the site is a protected cultural monument and is currently managed by volunteers.
First raised
1230
Its prime
1564
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1564
The shape it held in its prime.
A compact, three-winged, two-storey castle built around an asymmetrical, oval courtyard, dominated by a tall square tower with a steep pyramidal roof and projecting bay windows. The wings have steep, dark shingle roofs and façades of pale lime plaster revealing patches of red brick below. The main approach passes through a centred arched gateway into the open yard; ancillary low-roofed brewery/bakery wings sit against the curtain wall.
Its story
The story of Castle Rožmitál pod Třemšínem.
Rožmitál Castle was founded in the 13th century in Gothic style, sited in muddy terrain where water played an important part in its defence. It was the seat of the Lords of Rožmitál, whose most famous member was Joanna of Rožmitál, Czech queen and wife of King George of Poděbrady; the Prague archbishops owned half the estate until the beginning of the Hussite Wars, after which the Lords of Rožmitál regained it and held the reunited estate until 1545.
During the late Gothic reconstruction a large tower was built, and probably under Zdeněk Lev of Rožmitál — supreme hofmeister of the Bohemian Kingdom — a large four-room palace, the tower gaining bay windows. In 1550–1555 the estate was gradually bought from its creditors by Florián Gryspek of Gryspach, a nobleman of Bavarian-Austrian origin, and the Renaissance reconstruction of 1559–1564 gave the castle its Great Palace, tall square tower and asymmetrical oval courtyard.
The Gryspeks held Rožmitál until 1622, when Emperor Ferdinand II confiscated all their property for their participation in the Estates Revolt; the castle then belonged to the Archbishopric of Prague until 1948, serving latterly only as a summer residence. A three-winged, two-storey building with 1670s sgraffiti and rosette window frames on its tower, it has been a protected cultural monument since 1958 and since 2018 has been managed by a group of volunteers.
Step inside
8 places to explore in 1564.
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Clans who held Castle Rožmitál pod Třemšínem.
The families that held Castle Rožmitál pod Třemšínem for a decade or more across its history — follow a name to its clan.
Rožmitál
Seat of the Lords of Rožmitál, who held the reunited estate until 1545.
Gryspek
Bought 1550–1555 by Florián Gryspek of Gryspach; held until confiscated by Ferdinand II in 1622.
