Firstly castle was wooden stronghold, Duke Bolesław the Tall built here stone Tower house
The castle has been a seat of both the Piast dynasty and the Duchy of Jawor-Świdnica. Several politically significant events took place in the castle during the Middle Ages. In 1648, the castle saw damage when it was besieged by soldiers loyal to the Holy Roman Empire, but it was renovated later during the same century (1663-65). Another renovation was carried out in 1705, when the clock tower was repaired.
Later during the 18th century, Frederick the Great converted the castle into a prison, a role which it would keep until 1956. Until 1821, it also housed an asylum for mentally ill. After 1888, the hitherto all-male prison became an all-female prison, and stayed in this capacity until 1945. During World War II, it was used as such also by the German authorities who among others imprisoned several French women here. A memorial commemorating them has been erected in the castle courtyard. After 1945, it housed political prisoners and former soldiers of the Home Army.

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Legends say that the castle erected here first representatives of the family already Mumps in 900 years. Closer to the truth seems to be the hypothesis that at the time of the Piast dynasty in the eleventh century the ducal castle here which castellany. First time lock Zuini in Polonia exchanged Czech chronicler Kosmas in 1125 years. From the description of the chronicler tells us that in 1108 years Mutina with his uncle held in Zuini in Polonia secret meeting to discuss the plan to overthrow the Czech prince Svatopluk. 
The castle had to guard the route connecting Bohemia with the Polish Pass Lubawska. In the thirteenth century the castle were castellans: Tader since 1230, Jaksa since 1242 and since 1248 years Petrico de Swyn (with Peter of pigs), which Bolek I handed the castle on the property. Świna remained in the hands of the family Mumps until 1713 years. In the beginning of the fourteenth century, they built preserved to this day residential tower, and then built the walls surrounded the castle courtyard. The tower has four floors above the courtyard, and deep dungeons. On the ground floor there was a knights' hall, where the remains of decoration can be seen in the window niches, is also preserved Gothic portal at the entrance. At the turn of the fourteenth and fifteenth century the castle was enlarged with a new wing housing the tower. 
In the seventeenth century Gothic fortress was rebuilt in Renaissance style - Jan Zygmunt Guinea has created a new comprehensive mansion with towers at the corners. The original buildings expanded and decorated the windows, and the castle was surrounded by a fortified bastion. 
After the death of the last male representative of the family Mumps Ernest George in 1713 the castle was sold to the husband of his daughter - Sebastian Heinrich von Schweinitz. During the Seven Years' War, the castle was completely looted by the stationed in the vicinity of the Russian army. After the death of the then owner of Baron Hans Friedrich von Schweinitz mired in debt the family had to sell the castle and manor in the forced auction in 1769. The new owner changed the lock on the grain and straw, through which the object began to deteriorate. In 1840, the storm broke roof residential tower, in 1868, again a hurricane damaged the roof and slowly all the ceilings collapsed. A fire in 1876 completed the ruin. 
First job security have been taken at the beginning of the twentieth century. Tenant of the castle was Bolkowego Association of Friends of the Grove, who took care of strengthening the walls and restored the castle tower by covering it with a new roof. 
During World War II, the castle guarded a small branch of the Wehrmacht stored here aircraft engines. In the sixties, completely renovated property. Since 1991 he has been in private hands. 
From a castle in the Świny are related to a number of myths and legends that cite here for Richard Rogiński. 
"One legend says that the name Świna derives from the place where the knight Biwoj felled the mighty boar, which is the terror of the whole neighborhood. Another says that at the top of the castle tower was the magic chamber, where Kasztelanka Agnes of images gathered there saw her future husband . 
Recalls the story of a knight Pig and the beautiful Adelaide Zedlitz, the daughter of the castellan of the castle in Bolkowie. Because Świna from Bolkowo are approximately 3 km, customary law required that in the event of danger to come to each other with the help of. When, in 1345. Czechs suddenly attacked the castle in Bolkowie Henry Guinea neighbors did not move to the rescue. This incident soon escalated into an armed conflict between the two Polish crews. Świnkowie secret underground hallway to get to the fortress Bolkowski. But the fight does not happen, because the attackers have found enclosed in a chamber Castellan daughter, Adelaide. It turned out that her father was hiding before odtrącanym contender for the hand. Young Pig fell in love with the place and the feud ended with a military wedding. 
There are also reports of a tendency to abuse alcohol by some representatives of the family mumps. Ot example. During the feast at the castle one of them, Konrad, had to say: "If the devil is to kidnap me, let him do it at merry meetings with friends". At the moment, struck by lightning, you're at the castle fell dead, and the cup that happens in his hand, was melted by a bolt so that the hot metal doused his hand. He was buried in the tomb of the cup to and after the death of him never parted. "

Castle Świna

Bolków Castle - a castle located in Bolków on the Castle Hill (Wzgórze Zamkowe, Polish), with a 396 metres, where the hillside is cut by the Nysa Szalona river, with a sharp precipice (with a sudden drop of 90 metres); the eastern side of the hill gradually lowers, taken up by the town. The castle is an upland stronghold, covering an area of 7600 m². The castle is located in Bolków (30 km to the north-west of Wałbrzych), Lower Silesian Voivodeship; in Poland.
First mentions of the castle come from 1277, from the time of the reign of Bolesław II Rogatka, Duke of Legnica. The castle's current shape was only done so by various constructions in the sixteenth century, the famous Silesian architect Jakub Parr brought elements of the Renaissance into the castle's fortifications. After the construction and expansion, the castle had a total area of 7600 m², making it one of the largest castles in Silesia. In 1703, the castle in Bolków was bought by Cistercian monks from Krzeszów. After the laicisation of monastic property, the castle went to the State Treasury of Poland.

Castle in Bolkowie

Legnica since the beginning of its existence, was one of the most important centers of settlement of Silesia. You probably already in the eighth century was a settlement here, the importance of which grew over the centuries. In the early thirteenth century, Henry the Bearded erected on the site of the castle stone castle, which is considered one of the first castles in the Polish lands. It is also likely that Henry's father initiated the construction of Boleslaw the Tall. 
At the time of Boleslaw the Tall could arise palatial building in the southern part of the earlier castle, within embankments. It was a magnificent building measuring about 16x61 meters and three floors. The other elements of the castle should already attributed to Henry. It replaced the ramparts of the castle walls, within which was the palace of Boleslaw the Tall. Built on a vast slight hill castle consisted of two members that survived the earlier system of the castle and borough, the whole was defended by three towers. Around the extension of the axis of the palace on both sides at the corners of the peripheral wall were two round towers, the third square, was located in the northern section of the walls. The south-western tower, called the tower of St. Hedwig, defended originally located at the entrance gate. She was 13 feet high, the lower part was in the dungeon prison, and the party was probably the upper floor, as is equipped with a fireplace, seating and decorative painting. Increased south-eastern tower, called the tower of St. Peter, also in the underground floor can serve as a prison. She had a diameter of 10 meters. In the courtyard stood the Chapel of St.. Benedict, which was built between 1220 and 1230 year. The upper part of the chapel was connected to the palace of the prince's porch. 
In 1241, the castle resisted the Tartar invasion. They defeated the Polish troops, which came at the start in the field, but the siege after a few days departed. 
The castle soon became the main seat of the dukes of Legnica-Brest Litovsk. At the beginning of the fifteenth century, Ludwig II rebuilt the fortress, and the work of hired podparyskiego stonemason. From the period of this reconstruction comes decor painting in the tower of St. Hedwig - Renaissance wall paintings depict the Garden of Eden and the great men of antiquity - Alexander the Great, King David and Goliath. Another reconstruction took place in the fifteenth century, however, not known for their range. In the first half of the sixteenth century Brest Duke Frederick II again led the construction work. He surrounded the castle fortifications additional ring of bastions and a moat. In the final stage of the expansion in 1532, a new representative castle gate. 
In the seventeenth century, George Rudolf rebuilt the eastern and southern wing and erected in 1621 at the junction of two members of the castle clock tower. 1660 on the site of the thirteenth-century tower, called Lubińska, a new gate, which took the name of the tower. This gate also was defended bastion. 
After the death of the last Piast duke George William in 1675 the duchy was given to the possession of the Habsburgs. 
In 1711 the castle burned down, another fire took place in 1835. After that, the castle was rebuilt, and the work was carried out under the direction of architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel. Also, during the Second World War the castle could not resist the damage and burned 1,945 years. After the restoration is intended for educational and government offices.

Castle in Legnica

On the rocky promontory are the ruins of a polygonal tower. Castle, this place could be built around the fourteenth century. In 1432 years was mentioned as the property of Henry Czyrny. They had in this castle one of the main bases of the Hussites and probably destroyed during the wars. state of preservation of the ruins is not to recreate the old assumptions.

Castle Niesytno in Płonina

Zamek w Piotrowicach Świdnickich – wybudowany w latach 1590-1599, w późniejszych wiekach kilkakrotnie przerabiany i remontowany, ostatnio w latach 1989-1990.

Zamek położony jest w Piotrowicach Świdnickich – wsi w Polsce, w województwie dolnośląskim, w powiecie świdnickim, w gminie Jaworzyna Śląska, na południowy wschód od Wzgórz Strzegomskich.

Renesansowy zamek wzniesiony w latach 1590-1599 przez Jacoba von Sedlitza na miejscu zamku wodnego. Podczas wojny trzydziestoletniej budynek został kompletnie splądrowany. W latach 1698-1699 przeprowadzono niewielką przebudowę i remont. W XIX wieku zamek podupadł, dopiero w 1894 roku został wyremontowany, kiedy to gruntownie przebudowano górne piętro, a wieże zaopatrzono w kryte blachą szczyty.
W 1945 roku budynek został zdewastowany i w następnych latach popadał w ruinę. W latach 1973-1976 przeprowadzono remont, ścian i stropów, a w latach 1989-1990 odnowiono elewacje i zabezpieczono więźbę dachową.

Budynek jest murowany z kamienia i cegły, potynkowany, wzniesiony na rzucie kwadratu, podpiwniczony, dwukondygnacyjny i nakryty wysokim dachem dwuspadowym. Na czterech flankach pałacu znajdują się cylindryczne baszty kryte iglicowymi hełmami. Układ wnętrz jest trzytraktowy. Wokół dworu zachowana fosa nad którą, przerzucono pięcioprzęsłowy most. Obiekt jest częścią zespołu zamkowego, w skład którego wchodzą jeszcze: park z XIX wieku oraz folwark z XVIII-XIX wieku a w nim: budynek mieszkalno-gospodarczy, spichrz, stodoła, obora.


Castle in Piotrowice Świdnickie

Książ (German: Schloss Fürstenstein) is a castle in Wałbrzych in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It was built in 1288-1292 under Bolko I the Strict. It lies within a protected area called Książ Landscape Park, overlooks the Pełcznica River and is one of the city's main tourist attractions.
The original fortification was destroyed in the year 1263 by Ottokar II of Bohemia. Bolko I, Duke of Świdnica and Jawor built a new castle between 1288 and 1292. Duke Bolko II of Świdnica died in 1368 without having children with his wife Agnes von Habsburg. After her death in the year 1392 King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia obtained the castle. In 1401 Janko from Chociemice obtained the castle. The Bohemian Hussites occupied the castle between 1428-1429. In the year 1464 Birka from Nasiedla obtained the castle from the Bohemian crown. He sold it to Hans von Schellendorf. This second castle was destroyed in 1482 by Georg von Stein. In the year 1509 Konrad I von Hoberg (from 1714: Hochberg) obtained the castle hill. The Hochberg family owned the castle until the 1940s.
The castle was seized by the Nazi regime in 1944 because the Prince of Pless Hans Heinrich XVII had moved to England in 1932 and become a British citizen; also his brother Count Alexander of Hochberg who was a Polish citizen and the owner of Schloss Pleß (today Pszczyna Castle), had joined the Polish army. Fürstenstein castle was a part of the Project Riese until 1945 when it was occupied by the Red Army. Countless artefacts were stolen or destroyed by the Soviets.
It has been claimed that the castle was being outfitted as a future abode for Adolf Hitler.