Lock Hluboká nad

Vltavou
• Is located 9 km from České Budějovice

• One of the most visited locks in the Czech

Republic

• There are plenty of ornamental gardens

and an English park

• Began to build in the 13th century

• Was founded by Czech kings

• In the 16th century, the originally Gothic castle, was

rebuilt into a Renaissance lock

• For the longest time, the Schwarzenbergs owned the

castle

• From the 17th to the 20th century

• Between 1840 and 1871, construction work was

carried out in the Tudor Gothic style, and these

buildings still stand today

• The interiors are very decorated

• The lock has 140 rooms and 11 towers

• Is open all year round

• Tour routes: • Representative rooms
• Private apartments
• Kitchen
• Tower
• Guest rooms
• Winter tour
• Several fairy tales were filmed
at the lock

• Proud Princess

• Queen of the Lake

• It is also a popular venue for

holding weddings