Sights of Český Krumlov

Český Krumlov State Castle
Český Krumlov State Castle with its architectural standard, cultural tradition, and expanse ranks among the most important historic sights in the central European region. Originally Gothic castle from 13th century was enlarged in 14th century and it was rebuit in the Renaissance style in 16th century. In 17th and 18th centuries the castle was modified in the Baroque and the Rococo style.After the castle tour, but also after the visitor sees the garden and the whole area of the castle he or she can feel like in the Middle Ages when the nobility walked through the corridors.

Rožmberk nad Vltavou Castle
One of the oldest castles in South Bohemia was built by the Family of Vítek around the mid 13th century. The medieval disposition of the castle consisted of the Lower and Upper Castle.

State chateau Hluboká
Hluboká and Vltavou Chateau are unquestionably one of the true pearls of the Czech Republic. It is situated on a hill above the Vltava river about 10 km north of České Budějovice.

Museum Fotoatelier Seidel
Welcome in the Museum Fotoatelier Seidel! In unique place where tradition of photography sprang up in the 19th century, in place where Time stood still.

Červený Dvůr Castle
Červený Dvůr Castle - Rococo chateau, surrounded by English gardens - presently the Chateau houses a psychiatric rehabilitative center

Český Krumlov Card
The Český Krumlov Card is ready to show you the town and lead you to four of its doors. Want to see the best that Český Krumlov has to offer while taking your time to do it at your own pace? Then the Český Krumlov Card is just for you.

Chlumeček Fortress
Today the fortress no longer exists. It was situated on the place of today's residential building from 18th century and its adjacent yard. The cellars underneath the residential building are the only remains of that fortress.

Dívčí Kámen Castle
Dívčí Kámen castle is one of the castles in Bohemia of which the foundation charter was preserved. Today Dívčí Kámen castle with its 210 metres of length and 45 metres of width is one of the largest castle ruins in Bohemia.

Fortified Settlement of Benešov nad Černou
Benešov nad Černou was founded in the second half of 13th century by Beneš of Michalovice as a settlement nearby the stronghold.

Fortified Settlement of Chlum
The fortified settlement of Chlum founded in the 13th century was reconstructed several times during its existence. Those reconstruction led to the fact that the settlement was changed into the farm yard in the 17th century.

Fortified Settlement of Štěkře
The buildings of the fortified settlement are a remarkably valuable example of the Renaissance style of the 16th and the 17th centuries.

Fortified Settlement of Tichá
Only the torso of the sizeable residential tower was preserved. The tower had a square plan and the length of the sides was 9 metres.

Fountains and Watering Places in Český Krumlov
The need for clean water was the main reason why from 15th century the citizens of Český Krumlov continually built a system of ducts to supply the town with water.

Kladenské Rovné Fortress
A building resembling a grange was built on the place of the former fortress.

Little Castle "Vítkův Hrádek"
From the time the castle was established by Vítek z Krumlova (1220 - 1272) in the 13th century, it performed the function of a fortress and an administrative centre of the estates that were part of the growing dominion of the members of the Witigonen family. Their estates were spread on the both sides of today's border between the Czech Republic and Austria.

Pasovary Fortress
The two-floor prismatic tower in the middle of the decaying yard was preserved until today from the original village and the medieval fortress.

Saint Jan Nepomucký´s Sculpture - Rožmitál na Šumavě
Baroque sculpture with the heads of angels, images of Christ and Saint Florian´s, Saint Sebastian and Saint Jan Nepomucký´s Sculpture. It is situated on the common. It was built in the second half of 18th century after the plague epidemic.

Slavkov Fortress
Slavkov Fortress is one of a few buildings where the original connections of individual elements of a manor were preserved.

Small Castle of Louzek
Small castle of Louzek is located as a river tear on a wide spit of the fiercely flowing Malše river.

Small Castle of Pořešín
The small castle of Pořešín is a very interesting rarity of the South Bohemian castle architecture of 14th century.

St. Jan Nepomucký´s Statue - Benešov nad Černou
St. Jan Nepomucký´s Statue created in 1726 is located on a three-sided column with reliefs of St. Dominik, St. Leonard, and St. Václav, and statues of St. Donát, St. Florián, and St. Roch.

The fountain on the main square in Český Krumlov
In 1843,because of the rusty condition the fountain was abolished, and a new one was built by the Plague Column in the upper part of the square.

Velešín Castle
Only the ruins of the castle's fortification, fragments of the semicylindrical bastion and vigorous cylindrical tower situated on a narrow rocky spit above the Malše river were preserved to the present day.

Castle and Monastery of Kuklov
Originally royal castle from 14th century which was damaged by Jindřich of Rosenberg in 1395. In 1495 Peter IV. of Rosenberg invited there friary of St. Frank of Pauly to establish there paulanic monastery. Monastery with single-aisle church of St. Andrew never was finished and about 1530 wholly abandoned.

Chapel on the Mountain of the Cross in Český Krumlov
This eight-nave chapel of Our Lady Dolorous and the Holy Cross built in 1710 is vaulted by an eight-part arch and covered with a tent-like roof topped with a lantern and a double cross.
Church of St. Bartholemew - Frymburk
Church of St. Bartholemew founded before 1277, reconstructed in late gothic style around 1530, and again from 1649-52 and in 1735. The tower was raised or newly built in neogothic style in 1870.
Church of St. Bartholemew - Malonty
Church of St. Bartholemew - originally the gothic chapel of St. Kateřina founded in the early 14th century.
Church of St. Jakub Větší - Světlík
Church of St. Jakub Větší - originally from the mid 13th century, damaged in 1423, expanded in 1663, completely romanized from 1872 to 1874.

Church of St. Jiří - Blansko
First mention about the church of St. Jiří is from 1359, in 1735 Gothic church was rebuilt and modified in Baroque style. In 1857 was built large vicarage next to the church. School was finished in 1858.
Church of St. Kateřina in Hořice na Šumavě
Church of St. Kateřina - originally early gothic, founded in 13th century, completely rebuilt at the turn of the 15th to 16th century.
Church of St. Markéta - Horní Planá
Church of St. Markéta - first mention in 1374. Originally Gothic structure from the late 13th century, reconstructed in 1694 - 1696 and in 1708.

Church of St. Martin in Polná na Šumavě
Church of St. Martin in Polná na Šumavě - original structure from the end of the 13th century. The presbytary, nave, and tower come from this time. The northern side chapel, used as a sacristy, came about during repairs from 1488, when the church was finished in late Gothic style. The church underwent a Renaissance reconstruction in 1653, when the tower was added.

Church of St. Mary Magdalena - Černice
Early Gothic church of St. Mary Magdalena was gothically rebuilt in 1483-1491 and the church tower was modified in 1818.
Church of St. Mikuláš - Soběnov
Originally a Gothic church is the first-cited in 1339 Probably it is haunted, as one of the bells The year 1313th.

Church of St. Mikuláš- Rožmberk nad Vltavou
First mention is from 1271. Late Gothic structure from late 1400's on older foundations.
Church of St. Simon and Jude - Brloh
Church of St. Simon and Jude, originally of the Holy Mary Magdalena, established around 1340; baroque reconstruction from 1697 - 1704 by G. Caneval. Interior furnishings from 19th century.

Church of St. Vavřinec - Přídolí
Church of St. Vavřinec - Gothic building from the 14th century. Later reconstructed, then regothicized in 1870.

Church of the Archangel Michael - Křemže
Church of the Archangel Michael - the oldest original part is a Romanic sacristy, where the original vaults were replaced by a new one, and a Gothic presbytary was added in the 14th century. On the site of the destroyed Častolár church from 1557 a new three-knaved church was built in pseudogothic style in 1887.
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary - Rožmitál na Šumavě
First mention from 1259, main altar from 1770. Originally Gothic with preserved presbytary and tower walls. Remaining parts built in 1909 by František Schiffhaler.

Church of the birth of the Virgin Mary - Cetviny
Cetviny - gothic church of the birth of the Virgin Mary, first mentioned in 1384.

Church of the Holy Mary Magdalena
Church of the Holy Mary Magdalena in late gothic style, built from 1487-1507 on the site of an older church. Significant example of Rosenberg late Gothic.

Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary - Černá v Pošumaví
Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary erected 1799-1800 on the site of a former wooden chapel; 1901-1904 modified in new romanesque, tower added.

Jewish cemeterys in Rožmberk nad Vltavou
Southeast house number 102 located the remains of "old" cemetery. From the data indicate that the cemetery was established before the year 1480 Were buried here, and all the Jews in Linz until 1863 until the establishment of a Jewish cemetery in Linz.

Minorite Monastery in Český Krumlov
The construction of the Monastery started after its foundation, exactly in the mid-14th century. The temple Body of Christ arose probably as soon as in the 14th century, but the cloister of the monks was apparently finished only one and a half century later, toward the end of the 15th century.

Parish church of St. Bartoloměj in Vyšší Brod
Dean church of St. Bortholemew - originally early Gothic, founded in 1259, modified in the 16th century, reconstructed in the 17th century.

Parish church of St. Jiljí - Dolní Dvořiště
Parish church of St. Jiljí - originally founded in 1279, today's building from around 1400. The main period of the building took place in the second half of the 15th century (finished in 1507). One of the best examples of South Bohemian late gothic.

Pilgrimage church of the Virgin Mary - Kájov
Pilgrimage church of the Virgin Mary - the original church structure is from the late 13th century. The church was destroyed during the Hussite wars in 1422 and 1469, when the militia destroyed a school as well. Today's church was built in late Gothic style from 1471 to 1488. In 1670 the physician Ondřej Volkshofer from Krumlov commissioned an altar to be built.

St. Filip and Jakub parish church in Přední Výtoň
Originally it has been since 1385 a church of hermits from the Pavlans order, founded by Jan and Petr of Rožmberk.

St. Jošt Church in Český Krumlov
Formerly on the site was a chapel or little church of St. Jošt. The church was established before 1334 by Peter I. von Rosenberg, and was a part of the Rosenbergs´ hospital (Latrán No. 13). The building remains with the preserved Gothic constructions and details.

St. Martin Chapel in Český Krumlov
A one-nave oblong building with a three-sided presbytery and an axial eastern sacristy. Three-axial western facade with rounded corners is topped by a shield gable with volutes and niches cut inside the round corners.

St. Michael's parochial church in Horní Dvořiště
St. Michael archangel church in Horní Dvořiště is first mentioned in year 1252. It had been founded by Vok of Rožmberk and it has been presented as a parochial church till 1384.

St. Vitus Church in Český Krumlov
Architectural gem, the neo-Gothic octagonal tower became the second dominant Český Krumlov. The church occasionally becomes a venue for concerts of classical music

St. Voršila's chapel in Křemže
The first stone for chapel was laid down on 19. June 1550. Its founder Jan Častolar dedicated it to St. Voršila, patroness of his daughter.

Stations of the Cross in Frymburk
The first and decisive impulse to build the Stations of the Cross in Frymburk parish gave landowner from Lipno Adalbert Donauer, who at the beginning of ninetieths of 19th century paid six hundred of golds „for granitiform Stations of the Cross“. Chapel was solemnly consecrated on 13. October 1898.

Svatý Kámen Pilgrimage Church
Svatý Kámen Pilgrimage Church - church of the White Virgin Mary resting on a stone - originally a baroque monastery with church and chapel from 1653.

Synagogue in Český Krumlov
Built in Nouveau-Romanesque style in 1909 by the local Jewish community, the Cesky Krumlov Synagogue features an eight-sided tower with Torah-shaped windows.

The chapel and the Way of the Cross Studenec
The locality of Studenec near Rožmberk nad Vltavou is called after a well with miraculous water. There was a supported document issued in 1679 proving that it is allowed to celebrate masses in the newly built chapel. The chapel was given the name of St. Anna.

The Church of St. Jan Baptist in Zátoň
The Vltava Basin situated on the mild knoll is dominated by the late Gothic church. It is probably one of the oldest sacred buildings in South Bohemia.
The Church of the Holy Christ´s Heart in the community of Malšín
Originally known as the Church of St. Markéta. In 1339 it was mentioned as the branch of the Rožmberk Parish Church. Nikolaus of Malšín was a rector. The sacristy of our days used to be a chapel consisting of two square fields dating from the second half of the 13th century.

Vicarage church of St. Peter and Paul - Kaplice
Vicarage church of St. Peter and Paul - first mention in 1257. After a blaze in 1507 rebuilt in late Gothic style. The church is furnished in pseudogothic.

Vyšší Brod monastery
The monastery was founded by Wok von Rosenberg in 1259. He called the Cistercians from Wilhering in Austria to there. On a wish of the founder the monastery became the monastery of the family. Together ten generations of the family were buried there.

Zlatá Koruna Monastery
The former abbey in Zlatá Koruna is the best preserved Cistercian monastery in Bohemia. The area of the monastery was in 1995 announced as the national cultural treasure.

Budweiser Budvar N.C.
Budweiser Budvar brewery is one of the most successful food-production enterprises for many years in the Czech Republic. Almost half of the production is successfully exported into more than 50 countries in the world.

Excursion of the Eggenberg brewery in Český Krumlov
The tradition of brewing beer in Český Krumlov goes back to the very beginnings of the town. The first written documentation is a deed from the reeve Michal from 1336. The increasing rate of beer consumption seemed to be reason enough to utilize the former estates of Anna of Roggendorf, mother of Wilhelm and Peter Wok von Rosenberg (Wilhelm von Rosenberg, Petr Wok von Rosenberg), for a new brewery. The estates, which since 1594 had been used for the Rožmberk armoury, were reconstructed from 1625-30 by townsman Václav Vlach into the new buildings of today's brewery. The new owner of Krumlov's castle and dominion, Johann Ulriich von Eggenberg, heralded the brewery into operation in 1630. The Czech Eggenberg property was inherited by the Schwarzenberg family in 1719, which meant a very significant age for the history of the brewery in that it was expanded to the form which we know today.

Graphite Mine
Are you interested in the graphite mining? Do you want to know more about mining work? Are you ready to underground excursion to the graphite mine at Český Krumlov?

Horse-drawn Railway
The main reason for the building of the railway from Linz to České Budějovice was the transport of salt from Salzburg to Bohemia.

Hydro plant Lipno
Aquatic work consists since 1960 of two dams, artificial water reservoirs and two hydro plants called Lipno I and Lipno II. This work was built mostly for water and energy purposes. Aim of construction was utilization of 160m slopeas source of top and controllable electric energy.

Muckovské vápencové lomy
Isolated forest with a small pit, quarry 0.5 km west of the village Muckov, 2.5 km east of the Black community in the drab Černá v Pošumaví hill, which is a few meters a powerful cartridge granulated limestone and dolomite limestone.

Museum Fotoatelier Seidel
Welcome in the Museum Fotoatelier Seidel! In unique place where tradition of photography sprang up in the 19th century, in place where Time stood still.

Schwarzenberg Navigational Canal
The thought of connecting the Vltava river with the Dunaj river, the flow of two rivers which lead into different seas, came about in the middle of the 14th century, during the reign of emperor Karel IV. The actualisation of this project only came towards the 18th century.

Blanský Forest Nature Reserve
The Blanský Forest Nature Reserve was declared in 1990. It has an area of 212,35 km2. There are 15 natural preserves (Vyšenské kopce, Kleť, Dívčí Kámen, Kalamandra, Bořinka, Holubovské hadce, Jaronínská bučina, Vysoká Běta, Šimečkova stráň, Dobročovské hadce, Na stráži, Horní Luka, Mokřad u Borského rybníka, Malá skála, Ptačí stěna).
Lake Olšina
Artificial lake Olšina was probably founded in the beginning of 15th century and the first written mention is from 1458.

Mt. Plechý and Lake Plešné
Lake Plešné is one of five glacial lakes on Czech side of Šumava. It has elliptical shape with length 540 m and width 150 m, area is 7,48 hectares and maximal depth 18,3 m. About 200 meters from the lake dike is situated 6 hectare stone sea with glacial origin.

Olšina v Novolhotském lese
The protected area is formed under wet woods and wet meadows in the forest complex. The reason protection is an extensive set of natural spruce and alder on springs along small watercourses and peat meadow communities with characteristic floristic composition.

Rock Formations Čertova stěna and Luč
The Protected Area lies on both sides of the Vltava River, on the steep rocky slopes of the river canyon valley.The steep rock full of large stones which is also called the stony see was created by the devil according to the legend. The visitors are attracted to make a romantic trip there but they should not climb up the stony sea.

Ševcova hora
The protected area consists of mixed forest on steep southwest slope of Mount shoemaker.

The lime tree in the community of Běleň
A lime tree in the community of Běleň not far away from Malšín has a very interesting fate. The lime tree is said to be the oldest lime tree in the South Bohemia. It was planted around the year 1200. In 1951 the lime tree / girth 12,5 metres / seemed to die after it had been thunderstruck. However, something very surprising happened. While the community of Běleň became extinct, the lime tree is still alive.

Vysoký kámen
The protected area consists of mixed forest on the eastern slope debris high stone (865 m), 1.2 km southwest of the village Klení.

Žofín Primaeval Forest
The Preotected area of Žofín Primaeval Forest ranks among the highest possible protection category - National Park. It is situated in the middle part of the Novohradské Mountains.

Český Krumlov State Castle
Český Krumlov State Castle with its architectural standard, cultural tradition, and expanse ranks among the most important historic sights in the central European region. Originally Gothic castle from 13th century was enlarged in 14th century and it was rebuit in the Renaissance style in 16th century. In 17th and 18th centuries the castle was modified in the Baroque and the Rococo style.After the castle tour, but also after the visitor sees the garden and the whole area of the castle he or she can feel like in the Middle Ages when the nobility walked through the corridors.

Adalbert Stifter´s Monument in Horní Planá
Adalbert Stifter´s Monument is situated in the writer's natal house. The building can be characterized as a small-town ground floor cottage with the farming estate. In archival documentation it was mentioned for the first time as early as the beginning of 17th century.

Castle Museum
Come join us for a trip through time! The new Castle Museum bring you to the times of the Lords of Krumlov, Rosenbergs and other noble houses residing in Český Krumlov over the centuries and transforming its appearance. You can see a number of precious artifacts from the Castle depositories and you can see films from the beginning of the 20th century in the cinema.

Castle Riding School
This is a unique building built in Viennese Rococo stzle with a pleasant restaurant and historic hall that is ideal for concerts and large social events.

Český Krumlov Card
The Český Krumlov Card is ready to show you the town and lead you to four of its doors. Want to see the best that Český Krumlov has to offer while taking your time to do it at your own pace? Then the Český Krumlov Card is just for you.

ČESKÝ KRUMLOV MUSEUM OF ARCHITECTURE AND CRAFT
The aim of the museum exhibition in the ground floor of a house at the mill flume in the center of the town is to present documentation of the restoration of the city, which is detected by the development of interiors and facades of the building and some details of various local crafts townhouses.

Cinema J&K Český Krumlov
Telephone: +420 380 711 892
Mobile phone: +420 602 425 192
E-mail: kinojk@ckrumlov.cz

Czech Ceramic Design Agency
This is the only existing Art Agency in the Czech Republic committed to a permanent presentation of ceramic artworks by professional Czech and Moravan artist.

Fotogallery - Town Teatre
The mission of the gallery is mainly to present fine art photography.

Galerie Art M
Telephone: +420 773 565 827
Mobile phone: +420 602 646 548
E-mail: galerieartm@centrum.cz

Galerie Metal Design
Telephone: +420 380 743 608
E-mail: jan.odvarka@metal-design.cz

House of photography
The gallery here presents annual expositions which mostly focus on Czech authors.

Marionette Museum
Complete baroque puppet theater, including the Baroque machinery. Occasional marionette production of the group and a puppet opera Don Giovanni, Magic Flute, Baroque opera Orfeo ed Euridice.

Museum Fotoatelier Seidel
Welcome in the Museum Fotoatelier Seidel! In unique place where tradition of photography sprang up in the 19th century, in place where Time stood still.

Museum of Horse-drawn Railway in Bujanov
This small museum was founded thanks to the Village Authority in Bujanov, in cooperation with the Society for the Maintenace of the Horse-drawn Railway, and the South Bohemian Museum in České Budějovice.

Museum of passion plays and Museum of Radios
Exposition is installed in two ground floor rooms. The first room introduces history of village Hořice na Šumavě and surrounding municipalities.

Museum of Schwarzenberk's channel in Chvalšiny
Unique technical monument, as Schvarzenberk's channel surely deserves its own museum.

Museum of torture instruments
A unique exposition of criminal punishment and instruments of torture, spread throughout the newly-reconstructed 15th cellars below the Český Krumlov town Hall on the town square.

Postal museum Vyšší Brod
In ex-abbay is located history of the post since the 16th Century till today.

Puppet Museum - Fairytale house
Fairy Tale House in Český Krumlov - Puppet Cabinet of the National Museum - The puppets have been borrowed from the Theatre Department of the National Museum and from the Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures in Prague.

Regional Museum in Český Krumlov
At the present time the Regional Museum administers 22 000 registered items of the collection fund, i.e. next to 34 000 objects. The museum library contains a set of 5 000 books, more than 1/5 has a collection character.

The Italian Courtyard
The Italian Courtyard is one of the most remarkable buildings in the historical centre of the city. The building was given its present appearance in the 16th century, when several Gothic houses were joined together.

Town Theatre Český Krumlov
Municipal Theater Czech Krumlov builds on the rich, more than five hundred year old theater tradition in Czech Krumlov.

Wax museum
Below the town square, at Kájovská ulice no.68 in a newly reconstructed Renaissance house, a new wax museum was opened in May of 2001.
Military monuments, militaria
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Little Castle "Ptačí Hrádek" - Český Krumlov
It is an unfinished monument built in commemoration of the victory of the united army of Russia, Austria and Prussia over Napoleon Bonaparte in the battle of Leipzig in 1813.

Memorial to the victims of the Nazi
Omlenice - memorial to the victims of the Nazi death trains.
Monument to the victims of the Second World War
At the settlement of Kaplice-nádraží is a monument to the victims of the Second World War - on the site is a mass grave of 44 prisoners of the „Train of Death" of January 1945.
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