The Kokořín castle

The original castle was probably founded after 1320 by the Prague purgrave Hynek Berka of Dubá. In the following century it was destroyed by the Hussites, but it was rebuilt. After the end of the Thirty Years' War, it was no longer maintained because it was classified as a castle whose advantageous location could attract the ruler's enemies. In the 19th century, it was just a ruin that caught the heart of many a painter and also K. H. Mácha. The castle acquired its present appearance in 1918 thanks to extensive reconstruction by Jan Špaček.