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At the beginning of the 12th century, a market settlement was founded on the trade route leading from Hungary to Bavaria and in 1366 this settlement was transferred by means og purchase to the Lords of Rosenberg. They established a monastery in Trebon and raised the original settlement to a tributary town.
In the mid 15th century, under Oldrich of Rosenberg, a gradual reconstruction of the castle was carried out, which culminated in the 16th century by completing the eastern and western wings. The fire in the town in 1562 hit the castle, too, which was gradually rebuilt into a Renaissance chateau on the order of Vilem of Rosenberg and under rhe management of the Italians Jan and Antonin Ericer.
When Petr Vok, as the last ruler of the House of Rosenberg, moved to Trebon eith his entire court in 1602, the chateau was enlarged by the outer courtyard. Led by Domenico Cometa, the construction of the Courtier Room, the building of the Rosenberg library and armoury were built and the garden was remodelled. After demolishing the Brilice Gate and building the new Budejovice Gate, Cometa linked the chateau with monastery by means of the Long Corridor, which is used by the archives today. The interiors of the chateau were decorated with paintings, most of which were made by the Rosenberg painter Tomas Trebechovsky. After Petr Vok died in 1611, Trebon was inherited by the Lords of Svamberg. The entire Svamberg property being confiscated, Trebon remained in the administration of the Imperial Chamber until 1660, when the domain was bought by Jan Adolf I. Schwarzenberg. Apart from partial remodelling, the new owners built a Baroque house for the domain clerks in the outer courtyard. In the courtyard, they added a fountain bearing the Schwarzenberg coat-of-arms - a raven pecking on the heads of the fallen Turks.
