Hrotovice

Hrotovice is a town in Třebíč District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic.

The village was named after Dětřich Theodoricus Hrut, who was its probable founder.

The first written mention of Hrotovice is in a deed of King Ottokar I from 1228.

For the longest time, Hrotovice was the property of the Osovský of Doubravice family, who owned it from 1420 until the end of the 16th century.

It was a Renaissance castle on medieval foundations, rebuilt in the current Baroque form.

Town square with the castle