Castle Bezdružice, Baroque castle in Bezdružice, Czech Republic

Castle Bezdružice is a Baroque château in the town of Bezdružice, Czech Republic, set on a hill on the western side of the main square. The building combines Gothic and Baroque elements that were brought together over several centuries of construction and rebuilding.

A castle existed before 1330, when Vyšemír of Bezdružice sold land to the Teplá monastery. From 1390 it belonged to Purkart of Kolovrat, founder of the Bezdružice branch of the family. Swedish troops plundered it during the Thirty Years' War, and in 1680 rebels stormed it. The present form comes from a Neoclassical rebuilding of 1772–1776.

The castle's name and that of the town come from the Bezdružice family, whose branch of the Kolovrat line was founded here when Purkart of Kolovrat bought the castle in 1390. In 1454 King George of Poděbrady raised the settlement to a market town. Since 1952 the building has served as a recreation centre and health retreat, and from 1972 it was adapted for that purpose.

The grounds stand on the site of a medieval castle, and a 1909 water tower now occupies the boundary between the former core and the outer bailey, so the medieval layout is hard to read. The last major repair ran from 1999 to 2015. The castle was adapted in 1972 for use as a recreation and health centre.

The castle has been put up for sale five times by 2026, but every auction failed because no bidder registered, even as the price fell. The Löwenstein family held the estate until 1945, and Prince Karel Thomas of Löwenstein gave the building to the town in 1848 for district court and tax office use.