Zámek v Dolních Kounicích, Renaissance and Gothic château in Dolní Kounice, Czech Republic

The château in Dolní Kounice sits on a hilltop, combining Gothic and Renaissance elements with thick stone walls and ornate windows. It contains multiple levels, including underground sections that visitors can explore during tours.

The Premonstratensian convent built a Gothic castle on the site of an earlier fortification in the 1320s, completed in 1330. After the convent was dissolved in the 16th century, Ferdinand I sold the castle in 1537 to Jiří Žabka of Limberk, who had it rebuilt in Renaissance style. A further Renaissance rebuilding followed around 1600 under the Drnovský family.

The château is open to the public while its owner, the Brno company L.V.P., carries out a gradual reconstruction begun in 2006. It is hired for weddings, company and private events, and school programmes for children, and the owner has announced a project to convert it into a tourist resort.

The château is open to the public while restoration by its owner, the company L.V.P., continues; the grounds also host weddings, company and private events and school programmes. The underground areas and the Žabka staircase are among the historic parts kept during the work. In August 2022 the owners offered the whole estate for sale.

The castle was returned to the Edl family in 1992 restitution and immediately sold to the Brno firm L.V.P., which still owns it. In August 2022 the owners offered the whole complex for sale, with its value estimated at half a billion Czech crowns.