Escape Boredom This Weekend: Dive into the Excitement of Bouzovský Mumraj!
Bouzovsky mummery is happening on Saturday and Sunday, August 2 and 3, 2025, to celebrate Margrave Jost, who is the nephew of Charles IV. Both days will feature fun activities for kids, including fencing displays, medieval music, dance, and theater. The program on Saturday begins at 10:30 AM with a fencing show by the Badriere e spade fencing group. Following this, historical dances will be performed by Porta temporis, and throughout the day, there will be numerous skirmishes among the knights. Expect performances from various swordsmanship and knight groups like Duet, Mohelnicka sebranka, Buhurt, and Servus Bellum. All of this will be accompanied by the historical music of the Grail group.
At 2:00 PM on Saturday, you can enjoy a medieval horse riding tournament organized by the Traken Theatre in the castle park. There will also be a fun trail through the castle moat with exciting challenges for children on both days. On Saturday, August 2, starting at 3:30 PM, a masquerade carnival will take place in the courtyard alongside an exhibition celebrating the 130th anniversary of the castle’s renovations. You can find this exhibition in the first courtyard. The weekend will also feature a popular craft fair. The outdoor events in front of the castle are free on Saturday from 10:30 AM to 6:30 PM and on Sunday from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM. However, for the Knights’ Tournament below the castle, you will need to buy a ticket priced at 320 CZK, while children’s tickets cost 220 CZK.
Majestic Castle of German knights and SS troops
Bouzov Castle is among the most popular attractions in the Czech Republic, and rightfully so. This imposing medieval castle, standing in the lovely landscape of Mohelnice, looks as if it hasn’t aged at all despite being around for hundreds of years. However, that’s not entirely the case. The castle got its current look only between 1895 and 1910 when Archduke Eugene of Habsburg, who was the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, remodeled it into a contemporary romantic style complete with battlements, bay windows, and gargoyles. The renovation of the 14th-century castle was done by the architect Georg von Hauberrisser, who added many German features to the originally Czech design.
At the beginning of World War II, the castle was taken over by the Germans. Its beauty particularly caught the eye of SS leader Heinrich Himmler, who intended to convert the romantic castle into one of his troops’ bases. German troops operated from here during the last months of the war and executed nearly forty men in the nearby village of Javoříček for supposedly resisting the Nazis. Today, however, you won’t find any evidence of this dark history at the castle. Bouzov now serves mainly as a cultural hub for the local area, with events happening all the time.
