Trčka Castle, Medieval castle in Želiv, Czech Republic

Trčka Castle is a two-winged late Gothic building in the Želiv Monastery grounds, with a narrower single-storey east wing and a wider two-storey west wing. Its ground floor is rough-faced unplastered masonry, and the upper floors carry Renaissance sgraffiti of letters and soldiers from the second half of the 16th century, restored in 1910. A bastion adjoins the abbey on the north side.

The late Gothic castle was built after 1468, incorporating monastery buildings used by the abbot. After confiscation by King George of Poděbrady it passed to Burian Trčka of Lípa, who had it remodelled in Renaissance style; the Trčkas held it until it returned to the monastery in the 17th century. A fire in 1907 was followed by restoration in 1907–1914.

The castle takes its name from the Trčka of Lípa family, who held it from the late 15th century until the end of the 16th. In the first floor of the eastern wing, the coffered hall displays all Czech Madonnas painted by Antonín Häusler in 1914, dominated by a Nativity fresco by Bóža Dvořák after designs by Mikoláš Aleš.

The castle is best visited during fair weather since pathways across the grounds can be uneven and sturdy footwear is advisable for safe walking. Local tourism offices can provide details about opening hours and the availability of guided tours through the site.

The castle's first floor holds a hall with a coffered ceiling painted in 1914 by Antonín Häusler with all the Czech Madonnas, dominated by a Nativity fresco by Bóža Dvořák after designs by Mikoláš Aleš. The chapel of the Finding of the Holy Cross lost its furnishings in the 1907 fire; only its cross and barrel vaults, lunettes and 17th-century stucco survive.