THE FERTILE LANDS OF TŘEBEŠICE BELONGED SINCE THE XII CENTURY, AS MOST OF THE COUNTY, TO THE NEARBY ABBEY OF SEDLEC. A GOTHIC WATER FORTESS, SMALLER THAN THE RENAISSANCE BUILDING WE SEE TODAY, MUST HAVE STOOD HERE DURING THE XIII CENTURY, WHEN THE ESTATE PASSED FOR THE FIRST TIME INTO PRIVATE HANDS.

THE FIRST WRITTEN MENTION OF A FORTRESS IN „TREBESIZ“ DATES BACK TO THE YEAR 1309, WHEN ITS OWNER WAS KONRAD KUTNER, A WEALTHY BURGER FROM KUTNÁ HORA.

THE FORTRESS AND ESTATE OF TŘEBEŠICE WERE SOLD FROM SEDLEC ABBEY TO VACLAV HUR IN 1415, THEN THEY PASSED THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT OWNERS, ESPECIALLY IN THE STORMY YEARS OF THE HUSSITE WARS.

IN 1530 ZIKMUND MATERNA FROM KVĚTNICE ACQUIRED THE ESTATE AND THE FORTRESS UNDERWENT A RADICAL RENOVATION, ALMOST A NEW CONSTRUCTION. FROM THIS PERIOD DATES BACK MOST OF THE BUILDING AS WE SEE IT TODAY, WITH ITS 3 WINGS AROUND A SQUARE COURTYARD, WITH ARCADES ON STONE COLUMNS IN THE INSIDE AND 2 SMALL CORNER TOWERS ON THE OUTSIDE. POSSIBLY ITALIAN CRAFTSMEN, STONE CUTTERS AND STUCCO WORKERS, MAY HAVE BEEN ACTIVE HERE, AS THE BUILDING PRESENTS A MODEST, BUT DISTINCTLY ITALIAN FEELING, BOTH IN THE LAYOUT AND IN SOME DETAILS.

AT THIS STAGE THE CASTLE WAS CERTAINLY STILL SURROUNDED BY A WATER MOAT, ALIMENTED BY THE SMALL STREAM NEARBY, OF APROXIMATELY THE SAME EXTENSION AS THE PRESENT ONE, BUT ALREADY IN THE XVII CENTURY THE MOAT HAD BEEN DRIED AND FILLED UP.

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