Bruntál Castle, Baroque château in Bruntál, Czech Republic

Bruntál Castle is a baroque manor house in the city of Bruntál with multiple wings and symmetrical layout. The rooms are furnished with pieces from different periods and the outer walls display decorative details.

A late Gothic town castle stood here from the end of the 15th century. In the second half of the 16th century the lords of Vrbno rebuilt it in Northern Renaissance style, and after the Battle of White Mountain in 1620 it passed as confiscated property to the Teutonic Order. Swedish troops damaged it in the Thirty Years' War, demolition was considered in the mid-18th century, and the rebuilding of 1766–1769 gave the castle its present form, joining Renaissance and Baroque elements.

The castle houses a museum founded in 1898, when a museum society was established in Bruntál; its first exhibition opened in 1913 for the town's 700th anniversary. Today the displays cover the castle interiors, the nature of the Bruntál region, and local crafts and trades.

You can see the interior on guided tours that run Tuesday through Sunday. Opening hours are longer during the warmer months, especially from April to October.

Inside there is a whole room filled with hunting trophies that shows how much the former owners enjoyed the hunt. This collection gives an unusual look at the hobbies of the nobility from that time.