Radenín Castle, Renaissance château in Radenín, Czech Republic
Radenín Castle is a château with a rectangular layout, four wings arranged around a central courtyard, situated on elevated terrain above the village. The nearby Church of Saint Margaret stands close by, creating a distinctive architectural grouping visible across the surrounding landscape.
A fortress in Radenín is documented in the 14th century, when it belonged to Mikuláš of Radenín during the reign of Charles IV. In 1599 Jiří Homut of Harasov bought the estate and rebuilt the fortress as a Renaissance château. The Černín family added a wing in 1640–1641, and the château was later remodelled in Neoclassical and Neo-Renaissance styles.
The village church of Saint Margaret held the patronage right tied to the estate; in 1414 Václav Konopě of Heřmanice sold the fortress, the farm, that patronage right and five and a half lánů of land to Chval of Žďár and Ondřej of Nemyšl for 200 kop grošů. Oldřich Smrček of Mnich, who had the old fortress rebuilt as a late Gothic two-winged palace, lies buried in the church at Hroby.
Radenín lies in the Tábor District of the South Bohemian Region, and the château stands in the village of the same name. The building is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic. The village is reached by road from Tábor; the château is the main landmark to orient by once there.
The Kolovrat family owned the estate until Jindřich Kolovrat died in 1878; his daughter Jindřiška inherited it, and her marriage brought it to Count Josef Baillet de Latour on 20 October 1846. His grandson René Josef Baillet de Latour held the château until the Czechoslovak state confiscated it in June 1950.
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