Borysławice Zamkowe is a village in greater Poland Voivodeship, Koło County, Gmina Grzegorzew, over Rgielewką. In the years 1975-1998 the village has a population of 918.

Access to the ruins There should begin to make larger problems, Borysławice Zamkowe-road is a village in Poznań, a few kilometres to the West of the salt Klodava. Following the Warsaw route from Klodava at a height of standing to the left of the wooden church should turn in his direction and then a few hundred metres further on turn right this time, reflecting the way dirt road, that will take us straight to the ruins.

History

The castle was built in the Gothic style, the kępa is surrounded by waters of Rgielewki. The construction of the Castle began in the beginning of the (about 1425 r) The 15th century. The construction was started Archbishop Wojciech Jastrzębiec (Ok. 1362-1436), Archbishop of Gniezno. Wojciech Jastrzębiec coat of arms was a courtier of Queen Jadwiga, Bishop of Poznań, Archbishop of Gniezno and Kraków, as well as the Chancellor of the Grand Chancellor of the Crown. He was a representative of the Polish side during the negotiations with the Teutonic Knights in which he or she has committed a number of serious errors and the 1420 year caught him ostracism on the part of the Polish nobility and King. Possible, that just this event accelerated the decision to build its own fortifications, where could if necessary as far as safely repel the anger of his political opponents.

From the year 1426 comes the mention of the castle chapel, What can indicate, the construction was then end. Perhaps it was already inhabited.

Hieracium have vast as for those times the revenue estimated at more than kosztownościach alone 40 thousand. fines, i.e.. the equivalent 8 tons of silver. they originated from the salaries of the Archbishopric and allowed him during a 40-year career on the creation of a vast financial Empire. Part of the Bishop hid in Borysławicach but zoatł him he is stolen by his great-uncle Dziersława grandson of Rytwian.

The Castle from the 16th century it belonged to Russockich family, then Gębickich and Szczawińskich the coat of arms of Prawdzic shield, the owners of Besiekier. Within its walls was Jakub Szczawiński, wojewoda brzesko-kujawski, that during the reign of Jan Kazimierz on the meeting of the Sejm 1652 the year strongly condemned the Act of kresowego warchoła Member Vladislav Sicińskiego with Upity, When for the first time in the history of Polish put liberum veto.

In 1656 r. stronghold has fallen victim to criminal activities of the Swedish army – These first occupied it, and then burn. Subsequent attempts to rebuild her misguided and robbed, destroyed it quickly turned into disrepair, what they preserved 18th-century inventories: empty Castle, by the enemy down…. Even in the 19th century, the monument was documented as ancient times national, However, over time, used as a source of free brick walls to the NSI, the extent to which you can now watch.

The legend associated with the Castle

The zamczyskiem are remarkable stories of ghosts that appear in the ruins. The popular character of these konfabulacji is a Virgin in white, that night wanders silently among the remnants of the walls, If something or someone was looking for. However, it does not appear every night, just before important events. In the area of warownią Besiekierach in the neighbouring it connect, belonging to Szczawińskich years ago. Spook in life was their daughter, that she would not marry imposed her admirer introvert and in accordance with the customary punishment had sczeźć in some Tower – for disobedience exported it to the Borysławic Castle and imprisoned on the top floor of the Tower bramnej. Before the young lady, however, has zsyłką to make valuable contacts and so one of her new friends, Perhaps time lover, the promised, that will release her from this cruel and unjust punishment. By przekupionego guardian przemycił to her cell string, after which our hapless heroine had to slide the window after the wall. String, however, was poorly attached and the girl fell through on-the-spot death. They say, that so far waiting for his wybawcę…

Architecture

The castle was shaped in the course of the four stages of construction, originally consisted of two parallel located, three levels of residential buildings. In the created by not narrow, cobblestone courtyard, She ran from the South East entrance gate. In the corner there was a wieloboczna turret. The Castle as was a characteristic example of the headquarters of the Knights of the first half of the 15th century. In the second half of the century it became an external low circuit walls, creating a międzymurze with a width of approx.. 7 FT. Was a new przedbramie. As a result of this reconstruction of Castle borysławicka the Bishop presented the type characteristic of Czech small and comfortable dwudomowego Castle, that about the same time was carried out in Sieraków Knight, Łowicz podkonińskich or Gosławicach. Visited the castle was built of brick in the Gothic story (one brick and one across the, again and again, across, etc.), and about the wealth and importance of the owner were ornamental decorations, made using zendrówki (Dark brick) Arcade and friezes. Defence of the fortress Earth underlined shafts, perhaps also częstokół, and powered by the nearby river moat.

At the beginning of the 16th century, its walls stood three-storey, czworoboczna Tower topped with a krenelażem and reinforced at the corners skarpami, and the front of her low przedbramie reinforced skarpami. Tower, Unlike the older elements of the ensemble of brick in kładzionej thread wendyjskim (twice the length and once across), and the development of the bramnego was probably aimed at the adaptation of the castle to the active defense of using firearms.

At the beginning of the 17th century combines two residential buildings third, the House is situated opposite the gate and possibly liquidated wooden porches, replacing them with arcades, thereby reducing the area of the courtyard.

Current status

To us today are preserved on a small kępie and still surrounded by a moat remains peripheral walls of brick, residential building with traces of vaults and best preserved ruin of the Tower bramnej with przedbramiem. Whole hides behind the wianuszkiem chestnut, by the summer of what might be visible from further distances.

Article based on Wikipedia and www.zamkipolskie.com

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