Castle Pirkštejn

The castle was built in the first half of the 14th century by Henry of Lipá and named Pirkštejn in 1366 in memory of the original family seat of the Lords of Lipá and Dubá. Today the interiors of the castle are inaccessible to visitors.

In the first half of the 15th century it was in the possession of the prominent politician Hynek Ptáček of Pirkštejn. At the end of the 15th and during the 16th century in the possession of the Lords of Švamberk and Malešický of Černožice. It was devastated during the Peasants' Revolt in 1627. From 1636 the castle was in the possession of the Lords of Talmberk. At the beginning of the 18th century, Václav Oktavian Kinský converted the deserted castle into a parsonage and the tower into a bell tower. Today it is a unique example of a castle with a shell wall, which has been preserved almost in its entirety. A cylindrical tower looms up against the town of Rataje nad Sázavou - its walls are 4 m thick. The castle includes a three-storey palace with rounded corners in the southern part, and at the end of the promontory you will find a parkland with a battlement with loopholes.

The interior of the castle is not open to the public.