Rychmburk Castle - Předhradí 17

A small castle, with paid entrance you can freely walk through the rooms where you have signs with information. Access to the cellar, interior, courtyard and confectionery. Rather young to the tower, there are dangerous stairs. There is nothing inside the castle and I was disappointed that there were a lot of unusual repairs, which do not fit there completely. It looks like in ordinary old elementary school. The castle does not offend, but does not inspire. For me, plus that you just pay the entrance fee, but you can have fun as you like.

The beautiful castle from the 13th century is located on a rocky promontory formed by the valleys of the river Krounka and Lešanský stream. In the courtyard there is a cafe with ice cream, good coffee, Rohozec beer and other refreshments ...

Newly opened castle, until last year a home for the elderly. There isn't much to look at yet, it's just getting ready. It is possible to climb the tower and see the cellars. Refreshments available directly at the castle.

This year, for the first time open to the public. The fact that the institute for the sick was in it recently is very well preserved and you can see it without a guide and with a cellar. The main view from the castle tower is worth it.

According to the site, the castle is in pilot operation. It is definitely good, because the castle has been inaccessible for a long time and is gradually being restored. Don't expect standard guided tours like other castles. You walk through the castle yourself. The rooms are equipped with information panels that show the history of the castle and its owner. There is a small pub in the castle where you can have a snack. If you include a visit to the castle in your cycling trip, or you go to Šilinkovo ​​dol together with the nearby lookout towers, sandstone dwellings and a walk around Krounka.

Beautiful place, newly renovated, children's playroom, mysterious cellars výstavy, exhibitions and much more ? Be sure to visit ????

Rychmburk Castle is a historic building, originally a feudal seat probably dating from the turn of the 13th and 14th centuries, situated on a rocky promontory above the river Krounka in the cadastral area of ​​Předhradí u Skutče (municipality of Předhradí) in the Pardubice region, which owns the building. The administration of the castle is entrusted to the Regional Museum in Chrudim, the castle and related buildings in the village of Předhradí have been an immovable cultural monument protected in the Czech Republic since May 3, 1958. The construction of the castle was separated by a deep moat, today a bridged bridge, along which the access road leads to the castle complex of buildings from the center of the village of Předhradí. The dominant feature of the castle is a huge and 30 m high round tower, which in case of attack by enemies served the defenders of the castle as the last refuge (so-called bergrift). The exact time of construction of the castle is not documented by archaeological research, the first written mention appears in 1325, the co-owners were Tas of Rychmburk and Heřman of Mrdice, the record mentions "Tas's Castle", part of which is transferred by Heřman to his sons . The owners of the castle lived in the castle palace accessible from a small courtyard, from which the cellars can now be entered, and over the years the castle buildings have been modified and rebuilt. Historically, one of the largest building interventions was carried out by Jindřich Šťastný of Wallenstein in the 1920s and 1930s, the plaster was also provided with so-called outlaw sgraffito (the remains are visible on the castle tower). The Vladštejn family owned the castle from 1500 to 1552, later a castle chapel was built in the castle tower during the reign of the Berk family from Dubá (1555 to 1706), in 1802 it was renovated by Filip Kinský (a castle owned by the family from 1718 to 1823). sold in 1823 to the Thurn-Taxis family, which he owned until the so-called expropriation by the Czechoslovak state in 1945. The castle chapel is accessible without a guide as part of a tour. In modern history, until the beginning of 1950, the castle served as the seat of the so-called Rychmburk farm, there were also apartments for forest administration employees, and since 1953 the building has served as a retirement home with many interior design. The nurses were cared for by nuns from the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy of St. Vincence de Paul until 1991, civilian staff until 2007, in which the castle became part of the social services of the Pardubice region until January 2021. During 2021, the castle was opened to the public and at the same time interior modifications were started as part of the concept of rebuilding the castle complex into a cultural institution, including exhibitions relating to the Middle Gothic period, etc., the main tower of the castle is accessible to a wide area. The ascent to the castle tower is more physically demanding, the staircase is narrow, I do not recommend it to small children and people with reduced mobility, the castle moat is also accessible on both sides of the bridge (see photo). Kap Street leads to the castle. Svatoně from the road II / 358 in the section Skuteč - Předhradí, in the village near the church of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows there is a marked parking lot for motor vehicles, opposite the entrance to the Manor Garden (park, restaurant), through to the castle. Reconstruction is still underway in the castle grounds (opening hours for 2022 have not yet been set, see the castle's website). The castle was exceptionally accessible for participants in the start of the tourist season on March 26, 2022 in the Pardubice Region. The castle is located on the edge of the natural area of ​​the Iron Mountains in the Skuteč Hills, attractive under the castle is the deep valley of the river Krounka (see place on the map). A marked tourist route of the Czech Tourists' Club runs along the river, from which the castle is accessible from the Pod Rychmburkem signpost along the local road with cycle route 4024, the marked tourist route does not lead to the castle, only with local signposts. CZ220408

Again, one of the types for a trip and the castle definitely has something to offer, despite the fact that until recently there was a social institution. And they have a delicious homemade ice cream, which the castle lord is said to personally prepare