Dřevohostice Castle, Renaissance château in Dřevohostice, Czech Republic.

Dřevohostice Castle is a four-winged Renaissance water château built from 1595 on the site of a water fortress first mentioned in 1386. Its wings enclose a courtyard with arcades, and a tall entrance tower dominates the western façade. A forecourt wall with four cylindrical bastions, built in 1649–1662, surrounds the castle.

A water fortress stood at Dřevohostice before 1368 and is first mentioned in 1386. Karel starší ze Žerotína bought the estate in 1590 and began building the four-winged Renaissance château with arcades and a tall entrance tower in 1595. In debt, he sold it in 1614 to Jan starší Skrbenský z Hříště, who made the last interior changes in 1618–1619.

The castle hosts the annual Výtvarné léto Dřevohostice art symposium and a regular meeting of brass bands. Cardinal Lev Skrbenský of Hříště, later Archbishop of Prague, spent part of his childhood here; his mother Leonie Čejková owned the estate from 1864 and sold it to the village in 1897. Local legend tells of a White Lady who walks the castle at night, as recorded by priest František Přikryl in the Záhorská kronika of 1891.

The château is run as a cultural centre of the small town, with guided tours of the building and, in summer, a cinema. Each year it hosts a meeting of brass bands and the Výtvarné léto Dřevohostice art symposium. Confirm current opening times before travelling, as access depends on the events being held.

The castle holds two White Lady legends recorded by Záhoří priest František Přikryl in the first edition of the Záhorská kronika in 1891. In one, a peasant who saw the figure with fire from her mouth and a key between her teeth fled instead of pulling the key out, and she was condemned to wander another fifty years.