Hostačov, Renaissance château in Hostačov, Czech Republic.
Hostačov is a château in the village of Hostačov, part of Skryje in the Havlíčkův Brod district. It has three wings built around a closed courtyard, with arcades on the ground floor and double windows replacing the walled-up first-floor arcades. A landscape park surrounds it, and a disc golf course now occupies part of the grounds.
The building was originally constructed in 1297 as a defensive structure along a trade route to Vilémov Abbey. It was later transformed into a Renaissance château during the 16th century.
The château's name comes from the village of Hostačov, first recorded in 1297 as a fortress. The four wings enclose a courtyard that was closed in the 17th century when Marie Magdalena Goltzová had the arcades walled up and replaced with double windows. A disc golf course now occupies the landscape park.
No marked hiking trail leads around the château; the village is crossed by the road from Stupárovice to Zvěstovice. The château was a hotel from 2010 to 2022, so visitors should not count on accommodation there now. A disc golf course of world format has been opened in the château park.
The clock tower above the entrance was removed in 1927; its clock now stands in the village of Chrastice. The pond beside the château began as a water source for the 1846 sugar factory and today forms part of the landscaped park, which holds a disc golf course.
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