Třeboň Region
The Třeboň Region is pond country — literally. Hundreds of fishponds cover the landscape south of Prague, the largest of them, Rožmberk, stretching across 489 hectares and holding the title of the world's largest fishpond. Carp have been raised here since the 16th century, and the water still shapes everything: the light, the cycling routes, the menus.
The town of Třeboň sits on the shore of Svět pond, its Renaissance square intact, its castle park quiet on weekday mornings. It also functions as a spa town — peat-based treatments have been offered since 1883 — which gives it an unhurried pace that feels earned rather than engineered.
How Třeboň Region came to be
Třeboň was founded around the mid-12th century and gained royal town privileges in 1376, but its defining chapter came under the Rosenberg family, who took ownership of the estate in 1366. In the 16th and early 17th centuries, their estate manager Jakub Krčín oversaw the construction of an extraordinary network of fishponds — including Rožmberk pond, built between 1584 and 1590 — fed by the Zlatá stoka, a canal still in use today. The Augustinian monastery, founded by the Rosenbergs in 1367, anchored the town's spiritual life.
The Schwarzenberg family acquired Třeboň in 1660 and held it until the collapse of Austria-Hungary in 1918. The Renaissance castle dates in its current form to a reconstruction completed by 1575, and the town's main square still carries facades from that same era.
Who and what shaped it
People who shaped it
Landmark buildings
Plan your visit
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When to go
Summers are mild and green, ideal for cycling the pond circuit, though July and August draw the most visitors. Spring and September offer the same landscape with fewer people and sharper light over the water; winters are cold and quiet, the ponds sometimes frozen.
Right now
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