Kravaře Castle, Baroque castle in Kravaře, Czech Republic

Kravaře Castle is a four-winged Baroque château with a closed inner courtyard, rebuilt in 1721–1728 for Johann Rudolf von Eichendorff on the plan of an earlier 17th-century building. The south wing holds the Chapel of Archangel Michael, whose ceiling was painted by František Řehoř Ignác Eckstein by 1731. The courtyard has arcaded loggias on three sides, glazed today.

Kravaře was held by the Eichendorff family from 1636, and they built an early Baroque château after the Thirty Years' War. Under Johann Rudolf von Eichendorff it was radically rebuilt into a grand Baroque residence between 1721 and 1728, probably by a designer from the circle of Johann L. von Hildebrandt, with construction led by Georg Gabriel Gans.

The castle houses a museum exhibition on the Eichendorff family, complemented by Baroque furniture from Opava. The ceremonial hall hosts cultural events and wedding ceremonies, which also take place in the castle park. On the courtyard stands a bust of the writer Josef von Eichendorff (1788–1857), born after Kravaře had already passed from his family.

The castle stands on the southeastern edge of Kravaře, and its park borders the Opava River to the south and southwest. The grounds cover 19 hectares, most of it now a golf course, so walkers should keep to paths outside the fairways. The courtyard is enclosed by four wings with arcaded loggias on three sides, glazed rather than open.

The castle courtyard holds a bust of the German writer Josef von Eichendorff (1788–1857), though he was born after Kravaře had already passed out of the family's hands in 1782. In the south wing, the mosaic floor of the first floor still bears the coat of arms of Countess Eufemie Renard, one of the few interior elements to survive the fire of 21 January 1937.