Horní Jelení Castle, Château in Horní Jelení, Czech Republic

Horní Jelení Castle is a plain one-storey rectangular building from 1865, standing east of the town centre on the site called "na Sádkách". Its main north façade faces the street, with a balcony above the entrance and a short central wing at the rear; a triangular gable carries a sculpture of a stag's head.

A fortress stood on the northern corner of today's square perhaps from the 10th century; stone cellars in nearby houses are its traces. Jiří z Poděbrad is considered the first known holder of the Jelení estate. In 1573 the knight Heřman z Bubna acquired it, and the Bubna family kept it until 1948; after restitution in 1994 the building returned to them.

The building was never a noble residence; it served as the administrative centre of the Jelení estates, and possibly as a hunting lodge. The Bubna family kept their residence at Doudleby Castle. The deer head sculpture on the triangular gable above the main entrance refers to the estate's name, Jelení meaning deer.

The building stands on the east side of Horní Jelení's centre, on the street 5. května, facing the Church of the Holy Trinity across the road. It is a private property of the Bubna family, not a museum, so it can be viewed from the street; the deer head on the gable is the detail to look for.

The building called a zámek was never a noble residence; it served as the administrative centre of the Jelení estates. Its triangular gable carries a sculpture of a stag's head, a reference to the town's name. The Bubnů family recovered the building in restitution in 1994.