Otín Castle, Cultural monument in Otín, Czech Republic

Otín Castle is a former manor house with two wings and a gable roof, structured across multiple levels and featuring a garden pavilion in the southeast corner. The entire complex includes numerous rooms and was historically used for residential and administrative purposes.

A Gothic fortress called Šabat, probably from the second half of the 15th century, was the first manor seat in Otín. In the second half of the 16th century one of the owners built a new Renaissance fortress, and Jiří Kanický z Čachrova, who held Otín after 1589, had it extended in Baroque style. Around 1800 Ferdinand ze Sternfeldu had the old castle rebuilt, and the Prague lawyer Jan Měchura completed the work after 1809, adding the Empire wing. The complex has been a protected cultural monument since 1964.

František Palacký often stayed at the castle while writing his Dějiny národu českého v Čechách a v Moravě, and in 1827 he married in the nearby Předslav church of Saint James. The castle belonged to the Měchura family, who bought it in 1809 and completed its reconstruction.

The castle stands in the village of Otín northeast of Klatovy, in the Plzeň Region. The grounds, protected as a cultural monument since 1964, include a park and a perimeter wall with gates. The site was offered for sale in summer 2024 and has been under reconstruction, so access is not guaranteed; arrange a visit in advance.

In the southeast corner of the park stands a two-storey gloriet with a square plan, two small annexes with bevelled corners and an onion-shaped roof. The castle park and the boundary wall with its gates are part of the protected monument area.