Hrad Návarov, Gothic castle ruin in Železný Brod, Czech Republic

Hrad Návarov is a ruin of a Gothic castle on a rock above the confluence of the Kamenice and Zlatník streams. Its core consists of a massive perimeter wall with a gate slot on the south side, two building wings on the courtyard, and a bailey with a bastion-like projection. The western building retains two vaulted rooms.

The castle was probably built in the mid-14th century, first mentioned in 1365 in connection with Heřman of Heřmanice. In 1469 it was conquered by the army of King George of Poděbrady, and in 1643 it was taken by the Swedes. After their departure in 1644, the castle was demolished by order of the Prague governors, and its stone was later used to build the nearby Návarov chateau.

The name Návarov first appears in 1365 in connection with Heřman z Heřmanic. The Smiřický family held the castle through the 16th century and enlarged it; their rule ended with the confiscation of 1622. A green-marked trail from the hamlet of Návarov now leads visitors to the ruin.

The ruins are reached by a green-marked hiking trail from the Návarov settlement down to the Kamenice valley, where it joins the blue-marked Palacký Trail between Plavy and Držkov. The site is open from the first week of April to the end of October. The path climbs to the rock spur, so sturdy footwear helps.

The stone from the demolished castle was reused about twenty years later to build the nearby Návarov chateau, a Baroque residence with the Chapel of the Ascension commissioned by Marie Angelika Lamottová of Frintropp. The ruin itself was conserved in 2019.