Řepice, Fortified house in Řepice, Czech Republic

Řepice is a partly vanished fortress in the village of the same name northeast of Strakonice. Of the former noble residence only fragments survive: a Renaissance granary in the village centre, a garden with a western wall and two attached bastions, a two-metre-high torso of a third bastion, and the site of a fourth that disappeared entirely.

Řepice fortress was founded in the 14th century; Purkart of Řepice is recorded as village owner in 1298–1342. Jan Řepický of Sudoměř had it extensively rebuilt around 1500, and a 1528 division record mentions newly built vaulted chambers. In 1552 Kateřina of Šternberk sold it to Jan the Elder Hodějovský of Hodějov, who resided there from 1555 and had the old fortress rebuilt in Renaissance style. Imperial troops under Martin de Hoeff-Huerta captured and burned it in 1620.

The fortress's name comes from the village of Řepice, whose owners used the title Řepický ze Sudoměře from the 15th century. Jan starší Hodějovský z Hodějova, resident from 1555, gathered a large library and received poets at the residence, making it a centre of Czech humanism. The garden enclosure with bastions is protected as a cultural monument.

The site lies in the village of Řepice, northeast of Strakonice in the South Bohemian Region. The Renaissance granary stands in the centre of the village, while the garden wall with two bastions and a two-metre fragment of a third survive on the outskirts. The remains are freely visible from the surrounding lanes; the granary itself is not open as a museum.

Of the four corner bastions that once strengthened the fortress walls, only two survive; a third is a two-metre wall stump and the fourth vanished entirely, its site now occupied by houses. The garden enclosure and bastions are protected as a cultural monument.