- Type
- Castle
- Origins
- 1250 · 13th century per Wikidata: founding, first mention or construction
- Location
- South Bohemian, Czechia
- Visiting
- probably – Wikidata lists it as a museum or gives tickets, opening hours or visitor numbers; check before you go
- Coordinates
- 48.6560°, 14.3651°
History
The castle on a promontory wrapped on three sides by the Vltava was founded in the first half of the 13th century by Vítek of Prčice or his son Vok, who took the name 'of Rožmberk' from it – it is first recorded in 1253. The Upper Castle with its round Jakobínka tower came first, and after 1330 Jindřich of Rožmberk built the Lower Castle. The family soon moved to Český Krumlov, and Rožmberk became one of its many estates. The Upper Castle burned in 1522 and was never rebuilt. In the early 17th century Johann Zrinski remodelled the Lower Castle in Renaissance style, and after the Battle of White Mountain Emperor Ferdinand II granted it to Count Buquoy. The Buquoys rebuilt it in Romantic Neo-Gothic style in 1840–1857 and opened it as a museum.
What to see
Visitors tour the Lower Castle, with its Renaissance Knights' Hall and painted 'musical niche', Neo-Gothic rooms furnished with Buquoy-era furniture and paintings, and a collection of arms. The façades are decorated with Renaissance sgraffito. Above the castle rises the Jakobínka tower – the last remnant of the Upper Castle – looking out over the Vltava's meander and the small town of Rožmberk nad Vltavou.
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