Starý Berštejn, Gothic castle ruin in Vrchovany, Czech Republic.

Starý Berštejn is a ruin of a 15th-century castle on basalt Berkovský Hill near Dubá in the Česká Lípa district, not in central Bohemia. Its core is dominated by a residential tower with two-metre-thick walls and an interior of 4.07 by 5.25 metres; only terrain relics and a fragment of a round bastion remain of the outer ward.

Jindřich Hlaváč of Dubá built the castle shortly after 1400 during a division of the family estate; in 1407 he also inherited Jestřebí. In the mid-15th century it passed to the Vartenberks, later to the knights of Šebířov, and around 1500 back to the Berkas. Adam Berka moved to Nový Berštejn, and by 1592 the old castle was no longer mentioned.

The ruin has been a protected cultural monument since 1965. Since 1972, tenant Miloš Novák has cared for and renovated the site. The name Berštejn derives from the Berka family, who held the estate around 1500.

The hill, Berkovský kopec, rises 481 metres above sea level, and the ruin stands 140 metres above its foot. A yellow hiking trail leads from Dubá, and a road reaches the foot of the hill. The tower room offers a distant view.

Adam Berka of Dubá and Lipá, who inherited the castle in 1547, chose to build himself a new residence, Nový Berštejn, and stopped maintaining the old castle. Villagers then carried away part of its building stone for their own houses, and by the 1592 division of property the castle was no longer mentioned at all.