Červená Lhota Castle Červená Lhota is a château situated about 20 km north - west of Jindřichův Hradec in south Bohemia , Czech Republic . It stands at the middle of a lake on a rocky island . Its picturesque Renaissance building is a destination of thousands of tourists every year . Its name Červená Lhota meaning " red " lhota " " can be explained by the colour of the château ' s bright - red roof tiles . There is also a park , where the Chapel of Holly Trinity ( ) is located . History . The existence of an original fortress on the site of today ' s château is assumed from sometime around the middle of the 14th century . It was built on a rocky granite outcrop , which , after the damming of a stream and the filling up of a fishpond , became an island . The first written source is an entry into the land records from 1465 , mentioning the division of the property of deceased Ctibor of Zásmuk between his two sons Petr and Václav . The fortress then might have been sold into the ownership of Diviš Boubínský of Újezd , who sold it to the knightly family of Káb of Rybňan sometime around 1530 . The family had the original Gothic castle rebuilt and the basic Renaissance remodelling carried out between 1542 - 1555 , and the château acquired the name Nová Lhota . In 1597 , the château was sold to Vilém Růt of Dírná who had the building rendered with red plaster , from which it got its name Červená Lhota . The last of the Ruts , Bohuslav , had to leave the Bohemian lands as an Utraquist after the Battle of White Mountain . In 1621 , Červená Lhota was inhabited by Antonio Bruccio , who died in 1639 without an heir . With his death , Lhota lost its function as a residence and it was used by his successors as occasional cottage . In 1641 , it was acquired by aristocrat Vilém Slavat of Chlum and Košumberk and later it passed into the hands of the Windischgrätz family . Bedřich Arnošt Windischgrätz and his son Leopold dragged the dominion into great debts due to their out - dated style of economics , so the custodian of his under - aged successor Josef recommended the sale of the dominion . In 1755 the château then was obtained by the free lords of Gudenus . Franz de Paul , free lord of Gudenus , shortly afterwards initiated several constructions , which were brought to an abrupt halt in 1774 by a great fire , which destroyed essentially all agricultural buildings . In 1776 , Červená Lhota welcomed a new owner , Baron Ignác Stillfried , a progressive aristocrat of Prussia n Silesia whose son sold the dominion to Jakub Veith in 1820 . His daughter Terezie sold the château again in 1835 , this time into the princely hands of Heinrich Eduard Schönburg - Hartenstein who gave the castle to his son Josef Alexandr Schönburg - Hartenstein . He died in 1937 and was buried into the newly built tomb , and thus spared the destructive events of the new war , which drew the curtains closed for the entire aristocratic history of Červená Lhota château . After the confiscation of the château by the Czechoslovak state in 1946 , a children ' s clinic was established here . However , a year later , the château was granted to a National Culture Commission , and in 1949 it was opened to the public . Description . The four - winged two - storey château , with a small coutyard in the center , occupies the whole rock and juts into the fishpond . A stone bridge , built in 1622 , links the château with the banks of the pond , replacing the original drawbridge . The interiors have an extensive collection of historic furniture , tiled stoves , pictures , porcelain and other items . The southern edge of the fishpond is covered in thick forest , which forms a backdrop to the château . On the northern side is a landscaped park where the Renaissance Chapel of the Holy Trinity is situated . A marked circular path tretches around the fishpond . Rowing across the fishpond is a pleasant diversion on a hot summer day , and boats can be hired near the château .