When the eldest owner Ješek from Brandlín died, Brandýs castle was still originally a manor with a fort. The next important owners were Olbramové Brandlínští from Štěkř who rebuilt the fort to the Renaissance style in early 16th century. Another ownrs were for examples Hozlauerové z Hozlau and Černínové z Chudenic. Later the fort was rebuilt again to the castle in Baroque style. In 18th century Brandlín castle belonged to Zlatá Koruna monastery, family of barons Nádherných and Baroque adjustments were on the order of the day. Last adjustments are known from years 1934 and 1958 of the 20th century.
In the lower part of the Castle is situated The Castle Pub, where you can sit-down in a pleasant enviroment with a great view on beautiful arches and escutcheons of all previous owners.
On the first floor is arising new exposition of the knight´s hall. Here you can find historical artefacts and their replicas, including old castle clocks.
Outdoor you can see well-preserved Renaissance frescoes and we recommend remarkable soulution of the east facade too.
Brandlín Castle lies in South Bohemia Region in the middle of Brandlín village which is located about 8 km north-east of Soběslav and 8 km north-west of Planá nad Lužnicí. Same far is Červená Lhota Castle and is also possible to visit well-known castle ruins of Choustník which are only 5 km away and Kozí Hrádek Castle is in the distance of 10 km from Brandlín Castle.
http://zamekbrandlin.cz/

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This mighty castle was founded in the mid-13th century and only ruins of walls and two towers have remained of it. The ruins boast an unusual layout (it is a rare example of a double castle). The castle was owned by the Rožmberks from 1355 till 1597 when Petr Vok sold it; in 1614 the castle was abandoned. The core of the castle is situated on a steep rock; visitors who climb up the stairs in one of the towers are rewarded with a beautiful view from a height of 18 metres; weather permitting one can see as far as the Šumava Mountains or the Brdy Hills.
http://taborcz.eu/

Choustník Castle

Medieval fortress mentioned the year 1363 in connection with the death of noblemen Mikoláš z Radenína, rebuilt in the early 17th century into a Renaissance castle and extended with a new wing. Later rebuiled into Empire chateau, last time changed the look in 1845, when rebuiled in Neo- Renaissance style.
http://waymarking.com/

Radenín Chateau

The existence of an original fortress on the site of today's château is assumed from sometime around the middle of the 14th century. It was built on a rocky granite outcrop, which, after the damming of a stream and the filling up of a fishpond, became an island. The first written source is an entry into the land records from 1465, mentioning the division of the property of deceased Ctibor of Zásmuk between his two sons Petr and Václav. The fortress then might have been sold into the ownership of Diviš Boubínský of Újezd, who sold it to the knightly family of Káb of Rybňan sometime around 1530. The family had the original Gothic castle rebuilt and the basic Renaissance remodelling carried out between 1542-1555, and the château acquired the name Nová Lhota.In 1597, the château was sold to Vilém Růt of Dírná who had the building rendered with red plaster, from which it got its name Červená Lhota. The last of the Ruts, Bohuslav, had to leave the Bohemian lands as an Utraquist after the Battle of White Mountain.
In 1621, Červená Lhota was inhabited by Antonio Bruccio, who died in 1639 without an heir. With his death, Lhota lost its function as a residence and it was used by his successors as occasional cottage. In 1641, it was acquired by aristocrat Vilém Slavat of Chlum and Košumberk and later it passed into the hands of the Windischgrätz family. Bedřich Arnošt Windischgrätz and his son Leopold dragged the dominion into great debts due to their out-dated style of economics, so the custodian of his under-aged successor Josef recommended the sale of the dominion. In 1755 the château then was obtained by the free lords of Gudenus. Franz de Paul, free lord of Gudenus, shortly afterwards initiated several constructions, which were brought to an abrupt halt in 1774 by a great fire, which destroyed essentially all agricultural buildings.
In 1776, Červená Lhota welcomed a new owner, Baron Ignác Stillfried, a progressive aristocrat of Prussian Silesia whose son sold the dominion to Jakub Veith in 1820. His daughter Terezie sold the château again in 1835, this time into the princely hands of Heinrich Eduard Schönburg-Hartenstein who gave the castle to his son Josef Alexandr Schönburg-Hartenstein. He died in 1937 and was buried into the newly built tomb, and thus spared the destructive events of the new war, which drew the curtains closed for the entire aristocratic history of Červená Lhota château.
After the confiscation of the château by the Czechoslovak state in 1946, a children's clinic was established here. However, a year later, the château was granted to a National Culture Commission, and in 1949 it was opened to the public.

Červená Lhota Castle

This is a chateau, which, in many aspects, kept its original appearance of a Gothic fortress built in 13th century.  In 1717 it was reconstructed in Baroque style.  There are arcades on the eastern side of the groundfloor, on the southern side there is a gallery on cantilevers.  On the walls there are remains of sgraffiti, and above the arch there is a wall painting of Holy Trinity made by M. Resche jr. from  1718. It is currently being extensively reconstructed.  Organization of exhibitions, a museum of traditional crafts and a monument of the family of Edvard Beneš are being considered to take place there in the furure. 
https://infocentrum.jh.cz/

Pluhův Žďár Chateau

Měšice Castle is situated in Tábor, Southern Bohemia, Czech Republic, about 2 km from the "Tábor Infocenter" along the Chýnov - Pelhřimov road.
Over its 450-year history, the design of the castle has changed and evolved according to the times, tastes, requirements and finances of successive aristocrats. The immediate environs of the castle is known as the Castle Park.
In 1545, the knight Prokop of Hejlovec built a Renaissance style manor house in the village of Měšice (today, this area is an outlying district of Tábor). During this time, the villages of Měšice, Čekanice and Stoklasná Lhota all belonged to the Prokop family of Hejlovec.
John Joseph Caretto, the Count of Mellisimo, rebuilt the manor house in 1699 as a Baroque Castle. In 1792, John Hannygar of Eberg built special water toilets in the Baroque Castle. These water toilets, still work today. In 1817, John Schmidgräber of Lusteneg enlarged the building and, in the Empire style, installed an ostentatious staircase and recreated the facade of the castle.
After 1877, the castle belonged to the Nádherný family (barons) of Borutín. Since 1997, the castle has been the property of Jan Berwid-Buquoy.

Měšice Castle

Built by the former owner of the estate of Martin Jindřich Paradis de la Saga. It acquired its present day appearance during the times of Prince Schönburg.
https://czecot.com/

Černovice Chateau

The Baroque chateau stands in the village of Chotoviny. The three-winged building with the polygonal tower was built between 1770 - 1780. The frontage of the chateau has the Pseudo-Renaissance appearance from the reconstruction in the 1870's. Hundreds of years old oak trees can be found in the park around the chateau.
http://yellowchateau.com/

Chotoviny Chateau

A stone - or rather an inaccessible granite rock was an ideal place for founding of a manor of the same name (in Czech "Kámen" means "The Stone"). Its older, Gothic section, from which only a palace remained, was founded probably in the 13th century. Newer buildings of the chateau date back to Baroque of the 17th century, in the 19th century it was influenced by the wave of romanticism. Following its restoration in 1970s, the castle and its imposing grounds house the Museum of Single-track Vehicles.
https://czecot.com/

Kámen Castle

Kamenice nad Lipou lies in the northwestern region of the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands, some twenty kilometres north of Jindřichův Hradec, in Pelhřimov District.
The chateau acquired its present Neo-classical appearance in the early 19th century.
In 1580–1583, the original 13th-century castle was converted into a Renaissance mansion graced by a courtyard with arcades and a garden. The Baroque entrance tower was built in 1744. The chateau is surrounded by an English landscape garden featuring a linden tree estimated to be 700–800 years old. Kamenice nad Lipou derives its name from the tree. In 1998, the chateau came under the management of the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague (UPM). Following extensive restoration work carried out between 1998 and 2004, permanent collections were installed on the ground floor of the Renaissance north wing, where the Museum also holds short-term exhibitions. The south wing of the chateau houses exhibition installations administered by the Municipal Museum, and the Ceremonial Hall. The cellars with their Gothic Hall are also open to visitors.

Kamenice nad Lipou Chateau

About 6 kilometres north-east of Bechyně, on a hilly rock above the river Lužnice, there is a Gothic castle originating from the early 14th century.

The most significant owners of the castle were the Rožmberks who had it expanded at the beginning of the 16th century. Later on the castle was used as a summer residence for the Jesuit College of St. Kliment from the Old Town of Prague, but after the Jesuits left the castle in 1727, it fell into disrepair. Nowadays you find romantic ruins of walls and a dominant round tower on the site. The tower is visible from far away and in its shadow there is a camping site where canoeists floating down the Lužnice River or hikers tramping through the region can stay overnight.
https://visittabor.eu/