Křtiny, Château in Křtiny, Blansko District, Czech Republic

Křtiny is a former Premonstratensian residence from the mid-17th century, part of the pilgrimage complex around the Church of the Name of the Virgin Mary, a national cultural monument since 2008. The château now belongs to the School Forest Enterprise Masaryk's Forest Křtiny of Mendel University in Brno and serves as a hotel and restaurant.

The château was the residence of Premonstratensian canons from Zábrdovice near Brno, built in the mid-17th century. After Emperor Joseph II dissolved the monastery, the property passed to the Ditrichštejn, Bubna z Litic and Tauber families, and in 1894 to Johann II of Liechtenstein. In 1923 it came to the Brno agricultural university, and since the 1950s it has served the school forest estate.

The château's name Křtiny is linked to the arrival of Cyril and Methodius in the 9th century, as the place name derives from baptism. After the monastery was dissolved under Joseph II, the estate passed to the Ditrichštejn, Bubna z Litic and Tauber families, and in 1894 Jan II of Liechtenstein bought it, intending to donate it to the village as a school or hospital; the village declined, fearing the costs.

The château houses a hotel with 23 double rooms for 50 guests, open year-round, and a restaurant with 88 seats across three connected rooms including a winter-garden terrace. A lift gives step-free access to both upper floors, and one room has a specially adapted bathroom. It is the seat of the School Forest Enterprise Masaryk's Forest Křtiny of Mendel University.

In 1894 Jan II of Liechtenstein bought the château and planned to repair it and give it to the village as a school or hospital. Křtiny refused, fearing the running costs, so only a doctor lived there. During World War II the German army used its accommodation capacity.