Bolatice Castle, Baroque château in Bolatice, Czech Republic

Bolatice Castle is a Baroque château in Bolatice, its present form completed in 1729 after a reconstruction begun in the 1720s. The building stands within the village, surrounded on its north, east and south sides by the Lanex company, whose facilities combine new buildings with structures of the former farmyard.

The village and its farmyard belonged, with interruptions, to the Cistercian Velehrad monastery until 1784. The present château took shape in a rebuilding completed in 1729, with construction running from 1724 to 1748. After the monastery was dissolved under the Josephine reforms in 1784, Bolatice passed to the Kingdom of Prussia, which soon sold it to the Henneberg family; the Lichnovský family of Voštice held it from the early 19th century until 1926.

The castle has housed the Bolatice municipal office since after 1945, when it passed from private owners to the local national committee and was repaired. The village and its farmyard belonged to the Cistercian Velehrad monastery until 1784, and the château later passed through the Henneberg and Lichnovský families before Václav Bochýnek bought it in 1926.

The castle stands in the built-up centre of Bolatice, surrounded on its north, east and south sides by the Lanex a. s. company, whose grounds mix new buildings with the old farmyard that once served the residence. Visitors approach through the village core rather than open countryside.

The castle stands enclosed on its north, east and south sides by the buildings and new structures of the Lanex a. s. company, which occupies part of the former estate farmyard. The 1927 renovation by owner Václav Bochýnek destroyed many valuable architectural elements, including wall paintings in the interiors.