Vildštejn Castle, Romanesque castle in Skalná, Czech Republic.

Vildštejn Castle is a Romanesque castle rebuilt into a chateau on a rocky spur above the Sázek stream in Skalná. Its core comprises a Romanesque chapel, a bergfried flanking the gate, and a Gothic cross-vaulted hall; a Baroque-classicist two-winged chateau stands in the forecourt.

Vildštejn was founded around 1200 by the Notthafft family and first mentioned in writing in 1224, when Gerold and Albert Nothaft appear in records. The Nothaffts held it until 1299, after which it passed to Jan Rabe of Mechelsgrün, then to the Frankengrüner family of Cheb in 1349 and the Gumerauers in 1439. From 1843 the castle served as a malt house.

The name Vildštejn, German Wildstein, likely refers to the castle's position at the edge of settled land. The first floor holds a pseudo-Romanesque hall used for weddings and conferences, while the whole second floor is given over to a firefighting museum with historic exhibits. In the Romanesque chapel rest the remains of a woman found walled up in a chimney shaft in 1987.

The castle stands on a rock spur above the Sázek stream in Skalná, with the forecourt and the 1783 chateau reached first and the core castle beyond a former moat. The Romanesque chapel, the knights' halls with the restaurant and the firefighting museum on the second floor are all inside. The site has been open to the public since 2001.

A working medieval restaurant called Hodovna serves traditional Czech dishes in a historic dining hall within the castle walls. This gives visitors the chance to experience local food while seated among medieval architecture.