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The chateau park
A Renaissance garden was laid out by Petr Vok of Rožmberk on the site of the present park at the beginning of the 17th century. However, during the Thirty Year's War, it was twice completely destroyed. After 1660, soon after gaining the Třeboň estate, Jan Adolf Swarzenberg ordered the wet soil to be drained and the chateau garden renovated. The restored garden consisted mostly of fruit trees, with some vegetable plots. After 1804, on the orders of the Dutchess Paulína Swarzenberg, the park underwent its biggest change when it was altered into the fashionable style of an English flower park, as it is today. She decided to abolish the former character of the fruit garden and to plant large groups of trees. The park was further enriched with the addition of various exotic plants, flower beds, and a pond with a fountain during the ownership of the castle by Duke Jan Adolf Swarzenberg and Dutchess Eleonora.
In 1903, a tennis court was built in the park with the permission of Adolf Josef Swarzenberg. It was used by the officers of the local foot regiments and the Swarzenberg clerks. The park was not open to the public before 1945, however, the insensitive treatment of the park during the socialist period, when 'everything belonged to everyone', resulted in much necessary restoration work during the years 1986 and 1999. Nowadays, the park is a favourite rest area for the Třeboň citizens, tourists, and spa-guests, and has an important position in the representation of the chateau and the spa town.
