A stronghold was established in the place probably in the 1570s. The founder was Jan z Boskovic. After The Battle of White Mountain, the Bludov Manor was confiscated and given to Kryštof Pavel z Lichtenštejna who rebuilt the stronghold as a late Renaissance château. Later, the château was baroquely modified.
In 1710, Bludovský zámek was sold to the House of Žerotín, who owns the château till today. Bludovský zámek became Žerotín’s permanent residence when Karel Ludvík, the house member, sold Velké Losiny château in 1802 because of financial problems. Žerotin’s library, picture gallery, archives, and a collection of weapons were moved as well.
Although House of Žerotin was Czech noble, they registered as Germans during the Nazi occupation, therefore the castle was confiscated in 1945, but in 1950, the then Regional national committee in Brno returned Czech citizenship to Helena Zerotinova, arguing that she acted under the pressure of occupation during the war.
Château rooms were used as a post office, library and municipal office during the communist dictatorship, therefore some rooms were reconstructed to fit more its new purpose; unfortunately reconstructions did not respect late Renaissance and baroque character of building.
The château was returned to Slovak stem of house of Žerotín during the 1990s. The Slovak stem is called the house of Mornstein-Zierotin.
The public library was moved to a Bludov School, the municipal office was moved to another school’s building. The post office was moved to a local shopping centre.

Bludov Chateau

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Originally a castle (already mentioned in 1447), which was later rebuilt into a chateau by the Tunkls of Brníčka. Its interior was offered for the meeting of Moravian lords, who gathered here on 4.6.1490 with the representatives of Silesian order, in order to make a decision on the joint election of Vladislav Jagellonsky for the Czech throne.
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Šumperk Chateau

Gothic castle built in 1330. In the 14th and 15th century it belonged to the Lords of Slavoňov, during the Husite Wars the Tunkls owned it. It was seized by Matyáš Korvín, in 1513 it was torn down and abandoned.
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Brníčko Castle

Baroqu chateau with a mansard roof, which is topped with a prismal tower. Built under the Hnáteks of Wegfurt. After a fire in 1172, it was reconstructed by the Chorynský family of Ledská. It received its present day form after reconstruction in the 1960s.
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Skalička Chateau

Built from 1581-1589 on the site of an earlier Gothic fortress by Jan the Younger of Žerotín, the château and its estates remained in the possession of the ancient Moravian dynasty of Žerotín for more than 300 years. The château consists of three wings overlooking the courtyard with three floors of arcade galleries and is crowned by a narrow octagonal tower. Although Jan was infamous for his ruthlessness towards his subjects, bullying them into woring using methods that were exceptionally cruel even for those days, his descendant Přemek II was worse; in 1662 he had the three ringleaders of a peasant rebellion beheaded. At the turn of the 18th century the Renaissance buildings were extended with a further three, also arcaded, Barroque-style wings, to which were added a Baroque-style garden featuring romantic little structures and statues.
At the end of the 18th century the Žerotíns fell into debt and began selling their estates. In 1802 they had to sell the family seat in Velké Losiny to the Princely Family of Liechtenstein, in whose possession it remained until 1945.
According to unfounded reports the Austrian poet Franz Grillparzer stayed in the château in the 19th century; he was supposed to have based his tragedy The Matriarch on the sad romantic story of the ghostly Žerotín protectoress. The château interiors are among the most remarkable Renaissance spaces in the Czech Republic and most beautiful of all is the banqueting hall with panelled ceiling. The picture gallery houses an outstanding collection of Italian, Dutch and Flemish paintings from the 17th and 18th centuries. The Žerotín armoury contains a collection of pistols and guns made by master gunsmiths at home and abroad from the 17-19th centuries.

Velké Losiny Chateau

Ancestral seat of the entrepreneurial Klein-Wiesenberg clan. The chateau was built in the spirit of Romantic Historicism in the mid-19th century; its romantic park with rare woods is therefore one of its integral parts. Today the chateau functions as a hotel.
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Sobotín Chateau

It is one of the oldest North Moravian castles built in the style of a French castel. It was partly rebuilt into a chateau at the end of the 17th century. In 1898, the original owners of the castle, the family of Lichtenstein, founded a Museum for Forestry and Hunting, which contains a unique collection of its kind in Central Europe.
At the museum you can see a collection of trophies from the Liechtenstein’s African expeditions. A collection of trophies of local birds and mammals can be seen as well.
Other attractions include a collection of quaint poachers' guns and hunting rifles. Paintings by an academic painter Lubomír Bartoš are on display in the Gallery. Exhibitions take place in the exhibition spaces during the main season.
http://tourism.olomouc.eu/

Úsov Chateau

The castle was transformed into a prison in the mid-16th century, and beginning 1750 it served as a clerical penitentiary. Later, the castle was purchased by the state and now serves as a highsecurity penitentiary. The interiors of the building are not open to the public.
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Mírov Castle

The chateau was built by Přemek of Žerotín on the site of a former wooden hunting chateau. The Klien brothers (iron mongery entrepreneurs) acquired the chateau in 1844. They founded a nature park here.
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Loučná nad Desnou Chateau

Late renaissance hunting chateau. Previously a fortress, which was situated on the site of today's eastern wing of the chateau, where extensive barrel vaulted cellars are preserved , was reconstructed in 1606 by Ladislav Velen of Žerotín into a chateau. After Ladislav was forced to depart, the chateau came into the ownership of the Liechtensteins, who sold it to a local landowner. In 1798 the chateau burned down. After 1945 the chateau served as a storehouse and fell into disrepeair. In the mid 1980s an overall reconstruction of the chateau was completed.
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Tatenice Chateau

The oldest part of the Lanškroun Chateau is the wing adjacent to the Church of St. Wenceslas. This was the eastern wing of the monastery, built by the Augustinians after 1393. The structure was named a chateau as early as 1507, when it was acquired by the Pernštein family. The building underwent numerous reconstructions over the subsequent centuries, and these substantially changed the chateau’s appearance. A ceremony hall is now located in the newly altered Gothic spaces of the chateau’s west wing; the south wing holds the town museum and cultural centre. Allegedly there is an underground passage that leads from the Lanškroun Chateau to the New Chateau at Rudoltice. In 1940 the Germans searched for this underground passageway, without success.
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