Rochňovec Castle, Hunting lodge in Chotěboř, Czech Republic

Rochňovec is a simple hunting lodge built in 1812 by Josef Jáchym Vančura near an older mill and sawmill on the Doubrava river, about 2.5 km from Chotěboř. The small chateau later served as a villa and recreation centre; today it belongs to STATEK DOUBRAVKA s.r.o. and a caretaker lives on site.

A mill with a saw is documented on the site of the vanished settlement of Rochňov as early as 1787. In 1812 Josef Jáchym Vančura of Řehnice had a simple hunting lodge built near the mill. From 1892 it belonged to Ludvík Dobřenský, and in 1928 it was recorded under the entrepreneur Rudolf Janeček, when it became a villa.

The name Rochňovec comes from the vanished settlement of Rochňov, recorded at the site as early as 1787 together with a mill and saw. The Dobřenský family held the estate from 1892, when Ludvík Dobřenský of Dobřenice acquired it, until the mid-20th century; his nephew Jan Josef inherited it in 1898. Jan Nepomuk Dobrzenský, a descendant of the family, is active in the company that owns the site today.

Rochňovec lies by the Doubrava river near the Stavenov pond, about 2.5 km from Chotěboř toward Hranice. The former hunting lodge and mill stand together with the surrounding buildings on the land of STATEK DOUBRAVKA s.r.o. The site is private and not open as a visitor attraction; at most a caretaker stays on the premises.

A mill with a saw is recorded at the vanished settlement of Rochňov as early as 1787, and the hunting lodge was built beside it only in 1812 by Josef Jáchym Vančura of Řehnice. In July 2012 burglars broke in during reconstruction and damaged the Baroque fireplace decoration and a table from the 1860s.