Hostouň (German: Hostau) is a town in Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic.

When the reign of the noble families of Wolfstein and Rabenstein came to an end, the Hostouň estate was taken over by the Lords of Guttenstein.

In 1587 the Emperor Rudolf II awarded Hostouň the rank of a town and a coat of arms.

[4] In 1914, an imperial military horse breeding operation of Galicia and Bukowina was transferred to Hostouň.

During World War II, parts of the famous Lipizzaner horses of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna were located in Hostouň.

Hostouň is located on the railway line of local importance from Domažlice to Bělá nad Radbuzou.

It includes a copy of a wood carved Madonna, which was adored as the "Shrine of the Sorrowful Mother of God of Hostouň".