Stekník Castle, Rococo château in Stekník, Czech Republic.

Stekník Castle is a Rococo residence on a hilltop near Žatec with ornamental exterior details and richly decorated rooms inside. The grounds include terraced gardens on the southern slope that descend from the building in a structured layout.

A fortress at Stekník is documented in writing only from the confiscation of 1623. In 1681 the Žatec burgher Jan Jiří Kulhánek had the old buildings demolished and a Baroque château built on their site. His grandson Jan František z Klaudensteina, owner from 1760, had it remodelled in Rococo style, adding the south wing, the great hall and the Chapel of the Visitation.

The castle displays its character through ornate Rococo interiors with frescoes and stucco details that visitors see in each room. Walking through the decorated spaces with period furniture gives a sense of 18th-century elegance and how nobility lived here.

The castle is managed by the National Heritage Institute and opened to the public in 1997. The visitor route through the west wing, presenting the private apartments of the last owner Gerold Déteindre, opened on 17 July 2019. The grounds stand on the edge of the Ohře valley, about six kilometres east of Žatec.

The garden layout follows a central path that splits into multiple terraces, creating the effect of a grand staircase. This stepped system blends directly with the surrounding hop fields that characterize the region.