Jetřichovice Castle, Baroque château in Jetřichovice, Czech Republic

Jetřichovice Castle is a château in the village of Jetřichovice, part of Sedlec-Prčice in the Příbram region. Its core is a baroque building to which Jan Nepomuk Kaňka added an English Gothic wing with an octagonal crenellated tower in 1857–1859. It stands on the site of an older fortress and is protected as a cultural monument.

The castle grew out of a fortress first recorded in the first half of the 15th century, seat of the Opršalové z Jetřichovic. After Bohuslav Mitrovský z Nemyšle bought the estate in 1541, his family rebuilt the fortress as a baroque château. In 1857–1859 Jan Nepomuk Kaňka added a neo-Gothic wing with an octagonal crenellated tower, and was buried here after his death in 1865.

The village and castle are named after the Opršalové z Jetřichovic, the family that held the fortress in the first half of the 15th century. Composer Jan Nepomuk Kaňka, who added the neo-Gothic wing in 1857–1859, was buried here after his death in 1865.

The castle stands in the village of Jetřichovice, part of Sedlec-Prčice in the Příbram district, and is protected as a cultural monument but listed as endangered. It served as a special boarding school from 1950 to 2006, so interior access is not normally available. View the baroque and neo-Gothic exterior and the octagonal tower from the village street.

Composer Jan Nepomuk Kaňka, who had the neo-Gothic wing with its octagonal tower built in 1857–1859, was buried here after his death in 1865. From 1950 to 2006 the castle served as a special boarding school.