Top 6 Castles around okres Nový Jičín

It won't be Helfštýn but Starý Jičín

The castle, whose current, late Baroque appearance dates from around 1780, was probably built in the 1720s on the site of a medieval fortress by Josef Viktorin of Harasov. In addition to the castle building, the former nobleman's court with the so-called "Chateau" has also been preserved, which served as a building for officials of the former administrative estate. Adjacent to the castle is a partially preserved natural landscape park from the 19th century. It includes a castle pond, which probably formed a natural protection within the fortifications of the former fortress. https://www.trnavka.cz/zivot-v-obci/turista/barokni-zamek-trnavka/

The beautiful Štramberk Castle. Definitely worth a visit

Originally a baroque palace from the middle of the 18th century, it was rebuilt in the second half of the 19th century and given neo-Gothic elements. From its construction until 1945, it belonged to the Vetter von der Lilie family. An English-style park was laid out around the palace.

Šostýn Castle was built at the end of the 13th century. In the 15th century it was besieged and conquered. It was burned and demolished and left abandoned. In the middle of the 19th century the chateau was owned by the Rašk family. A mansion and a pottery workshop were built from the remains. Today the ruin consists of two curtain walls with moats, the foundations of a cylindrical tower, the remains of a massive palace and its partially reconstructed cellars.

STRAMBERK CASTLE It is not known by whom and when the castle was founded, but in the middle of the 14th century. she was sovereign property. In 1380 the Lords of Kravaře owned the castle, later the owners quickly changed hands. The core of the castle was formed by a small courtyard with a keep that was 40 m high. At that time there was a large residential building here (today there is a wooden hut of MUDr. A. Hrstka on this place). The building was rebuilt as a Renaissance chateau by the lords of Žerotín. In the memorandum of 1787 we can read: Around 1782 the Štramberk Castle began to be destroyed and demolished, beautiful and large rooms and walls were damaged". And so today we have only a part of the castle walls and the Trúba Tower, which was expanded in 1903 as a lookout tower.

History of the castle: Starý Jičín Castle stands on the Starojický hill near Nové Jičín. At the top of this hill, a Gothic castle was built at the beginning of the 13th century on the site of the original wooden fortress, whose founder is Arnold. from Hückeswagen. At the beginning of the 14th century, the family of lords Z Kravař became the owners of the castle. After several changes of owners after the Hussite Wars, the castle and estate was acquired by a powerful family of lords from Žerotín at the beginning of the 16th century. After the Thirty Years' War, the importance of the castle as a fortress declined. Nor the efforts of Count Dr. Bedřich Deyma at the beginning of the 20th century did not prevent the gnawing teeth of time and the once mighty castle became a ruin.e In 1996 the castle tower was reconstructed by the Municipality of Starý Jič. There is a stylish restaurant on the ground floor of the tower. An exhibition of armor and documents about the castle and estate of Starý Jičín was installed on the floors.

The chateau in Kunín is one of the most important baroque chateaux in North Moravia and Silesia. It was built in 1726-1734 by the famous Austrian builder Jan Lukáš Hildebrandt for the Counts of Harrach. In 1998, the destroyed chateau became the property of the Kunín Municipality, which, in cooperation with the Novojičínská Museum, began a comprehensive restoration of the entire building. Today the chateau is one of the most richly furnished chateaus in Moravia, and the rooms furnished with original collections and tools offer a unique insight into a small country estate connected with the interesting fates of the people who once inhabited it.