Cesky Rudolec chateau is called Mala Hluboka. It is situated by the road No. 409 in the southeastern corner of Cesky Rudolec village near Dacice in Ceska Kanada nature park. This area was settled for the purposes of iron, silver, and precious metal mining. This perhaps explains the name of the village – Rudolec.

The first written evidence on the existence of the chateau originates in 1351. The chateau was a stronghold. Its one side borders with water, the other side was defended by a water moat. The Vladykove of Rudolce were the first known owners of the stronghold. The owners would change frequently in the following centuries.

A draft available at the Nürnberg archive shows a Renaissance renovation (without exact dates). A research done before the reconstruction and many archeological findings brought proof to the thesis that the current structure was only the core of the original stronghold. The space between the chateau and the place where now stand the inn, and visitors' center was a water moat before. The area of today's visitors' center, the inn, and homestead buildings used to be covered by fortification walls and the outer bailey - "outer ward".

The residence had been abandoning its defense capabilities during the Renaissance era. The moat was filled with dirt. The stronghold transformed to a chateau. The latter saw the addition of arcades. The courtyard had been gradually enclosed. The fortification walls were demolished. Surrounding buildings seem as if they were separated from the original (almost united) compound of the original stronghold. The homestead expanded. A distillery was set up. A brewery was established in 1539.

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