Kwidzyn Castle

Kwidzyn Castle

Kwidzyn Castle
Location Kwidzyn, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in Poland
Coordinates 53°44′10″N 18°55′16″E / 53.73611°N 18.92111°E / 53.73611; 18.92111Coordinates: 53°44′10″N 18°55′16″E / 53.73611°N 18.92111°E / 53.73611; 18.92111
Built 1233
Rebuilt 1855-1875
Architectural style(s) Gothic
Location of the Kwidzyn Castle in Poland

Kwidzyn Castle - a castle housing the Pomesanians in Kwidzyn (former German Name: Marienwerder), based on the architecture of Teutonic Knights' castles. The castle is located in Kwidzyn, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship; in Poland.[1]

Description

Kwidzyn Castle from the western side at night

The castle is located by Gdańska Street (Ulica Gdańska, Polish) in Kwidzyn. The castle was used as a chapter house for the Pomesanians, built at the beginning of the fourteenth century - in a square formation with a courtyard and square keeps in the corners of the castle's square formation; and a dansker supported by five arcades. King Władysław II Jagiełło took over the castle, while heading battles against the Teutonic Knights in 1410. The Second Peace of Toruń seeded the castle to the Teutonic Knights. The Swedes, during The Deluge had partially devastated the castle. The Prussian authorities had ordered to partially deconstruct the castle in the eighteenth century. In between 1855-1875 the castle had undergone reconstruction. Currently, the preserved north-western and western wing houses the Branch of the Castle Museum in Malbork (Oddział Muzeum Zamkowego w Malborku, Polish). The largest dansker and well with a porch have also been preserved.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Main Page". Zamek Kwidzyn. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "Kwidzyn Zamek". Zamki. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Kwidzyn Castle Statistics". Zamki Net. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
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