UNESCO World Heritage ranks among the most important European sights.
Situated in Krumlov town. Accommodation can be arranged at:
Hotel Růže 5 Star or the Hotel Old Inn 4 Star.
enjoy a gala dinner in the hall of Mirrors
Hall of Mirrors
Hall of Mirrors
Or in the Lapidarium
Lapidarium
Lapidarium
History of Český Krumlov Castle
The tall rock cliffs jutting out over the Vltava river was populated long before the oldest parts of today\'s castle and church were founded. The first settlement of the castle promontory dates back to the Bronze Age.
The original Gothic castle was founded by the Lords of Krumlov some time before 1250. They represented a branch of the powerful family of the Witigonen with the five-petalled rose in their coat-of-arms. When the Lords of Krumlov died out in 1302, their relatives the Rosenbergs inherited the castle. The Rosenbergs family had their seat there up till 1602. Their name as well as the three centuries of their rule is connected with the greatest era of flourish of the town and castle. In the second half of the 16th century the castle acquired the form of a mighty and splendid Renaissance residence. At that time the rulers of the Rosenberg dominion represented eminent personalities among Bohemian aristocracy, educated humanists, patrons of the culture and arts, and prominent politicians all filling the highest posts within Bohemian Kingdom.
