This originally Gothic stronghold with a moat was built in the 14th century by the Lords of Janovice, an important Bohemian noble family. It was converted in the 16th century into a Renaissance chateau, and in the late 19th century Counts Vratislav of Mitrovice made the final alterations in Romantic-Neogothic style.

A large nature-landscape chateau park was also completed at that time. Vrchotovy Janovice is linked with the name of Baroness Sidonie Nádherná of Borutín, an art-loving noble lady and a friend of many Czech and European artists that she often hosted at her summer residency. Today, the chateau holds exhibitions dedicated to Rainer Maria Rilke, the Austrian writer Karl Kraus, Czech society of the 19th century, as well as to Czech bell making.

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