Červená Lhota Castle

Červená Lhota (German: Roth-Lhotta) is a Renaissance castle in the South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic.

It lies in the village of Červená Lhota in the Pluhův Žďár municipality, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Jindřichův Hradec.

The first written source is an entry into the land records from 1465, mentioning the division of the property of the deceased Ctibor of Zásmuk between his two sons, Petr and Václav.

[4] In 1597, it was sold to Vilém Růt of Dírná, who had the building rendered with red plaster, from which it got its name Červená Lhota.

Franz de Paul, Baron of Gudenus, shortly afterwards initiated several constructions, which were brought to an abrupt halt in 1774 by a great fire, which destroyed most of the agricultural buildings.

In 1776, Červená Lhota welcomed a new owner, Baron Ignác Stillfried, a progressive aristocrat of Prussian Silesia, who from 1796 accommodated the composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf at the castle.

He died in 1937 and was buried in the newly built tomb, and thus spared the destructive events of the new war, which ended the castle's aristocratic history.

Červená Lhota
Červená Lhota