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.

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You can now admire preserved in the form of a permanent ruin remains of the castle from the end of the thirteenth century. The first mention of the castle called Grodno come from 1315 years, the Castle was governed then margrave Kilian. It was erected on a hill above the gneissic Bystrica by Prince swidnicko-Jawor Bolek And in the Gothic style, and shortly after, in the middle of the fourteenth century, expanded by his successor Bolek II. Even at the end of this century, after the death of Princess Agnes in 1392 years, became part of the Czech state, and at the beginning of the fifteenth century belonged to the Knights of robbers. In the years 1443-1450 the owner of the castle was John Puczek, hence making robberies. From the mid-fifteenth century to 1535 years has been family owned Czetryców, then ten years he was in the hands of the Hochberg family. Since they bought the castle of the von Maciej Logau (with Lagow of Lubusz Land). Under the rule of the family, the castle was rebuilt into a fortified Renaissance chateau. Reconstruction of Maciej Jerzy son graduated in 1587. From this period in addition to the fortification dates back to the gatehouse, a porch with parapets and north courtyard. 
During the Thirty Years War the castle was damaged. In 1680, the owner of the castle was John Eben, then there was a siege of the fortress by the peasants rebelled against too high powinnościom court. Since then, the castle began to fall into disrepair and the last owners left him in 1774. It was not until half a century later, in 1824, began the restoration work. They made their Zeydlitzowie, the last owners of the castle. In 1869 the tower was burned down after a lightning strike. At the entrance to the upper preserved Renaissance castle dating from 1570 years of reliefs eight virtues and eight coats of arms owners.

Grodno castle in Silesia Zagórz

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

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

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

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

The history of the palace in Krasków dates back to the XIIIth cent., when at the place of a present building stood a wooden-earth borough. At its place in the XIVth cent. a brick knight’s castle was constructed. Then the building was often changing its hands. In the years of 1611-1616 Zygmund von Zedlitz rebuilt the castle, which was destroyed 51 years later during the Thirty Years War. The next destructions were brought about by the fire from 1742. The monument was then rebuilt in a style of a baroque palace. In 1848 the building was passed in bequest into hands of Rudolf von Salisch, whose family ruled over the palace till the end of the World War II. After the war as it usually tended to be with that type of buildings, the palace became the seat of PGR (state-owned collective farm), which contributed to a considerable devastation. Next the castle had a few different private owners until 1992 when its restoration was started. Since then the castle houses a hotel.

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Castle Kraskow

Practically there is nothing known about the castle which was located in Ciechanowice. Probably in the XVth cent. a brick knight’s castle was erected there, however, written documents mention its existence only on the occasion of its sale in 1451. Brothers Opitz and Hayn von Czirnów then gave up the castle along with fief to Hans of Mysłów for 800 Hungarian guldens. There is no more information about the castle.

Moreover, the XVIth cent. manor is situated in the village, which was reconstructed in the XIXth cent. but it is unknown whether it was raised at the place of the castle or perhaps it does not have anything in common with it.

How to drive.
You ought to drive down the road no 328 from Wojcieszów lying roughly 10km north-east of Jelenia Góra towards Kamienna Góra. Before Marciszów you need to turn right to Janowice Wielkie. At this place begins the place Ciechanowice but you have to drive on, all the time down the main road, till the junction at which you need to turn right towards Miedzianka. After entering the forest on the left side of the road (around 100m off it) the ruins of some kind of buildings are visible. When you see them you need to drive around 50m as to leave them behind and turn left into the rocky road to the park. Down that road drive to the end where the XVIth-century manor is located.

Castle in Ciechanowice

The first castle was built probably in the XIII century as a knight manor, guarding the river Bystrzyca, but this is only an assumption, since the first mention of it comes from 1389, when the brothers Gawin i Wolfarth von Reichenbach sold part of the village with the castle.
By the end of XIV century the village belonged to the family von Manov, von Glosse, von Aulock, von Bolze i von Schwarzenwalde. Then, in 1401 - 1468 years - to the family von Schindel.
Over the next 200 years it belonged to members of families von Schellendorf, von Mühlheim i von Reichenbach.
At the turn of the XVI and XVII centuries the bulding was expanded on the east side, in the same time changing the current part. The result was a renaissance palace with tower, covered with a gable roof. In the second half of the XVII century a gallery was built, but in the XVIII century it was immured in the upper floors, leaving only the arcades on the ground floor. In 1777 the facility received a new roof covering and a restored tower. In 1821 another reconstruction was carried out, this time in classic style. There also the adjoining manor appeared, which included a four-story palace with a tower from the side yard, a smithy and stables. In addition, some garden pavilion was built.
From 1650 Ludwig baron von Monteverques became the castle's owner, he was a general and commander of the Silesian troops in the war with Turkey. In 1655 the general's widow married Hermann von Opersdorfa and so the estate was in the hands of this family until 1705. Then, by way of collateral, it became the property of Charles Ferdinand von Seher-Toss.
Since 1771 Ernst Sigismund von Tschirsky und Bögendorf was an owner of the castle.
In 1832, the son of Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm II, Frederick William of Brandenburg bought Domanice from one of the descendants.
From 1909 to 1945 the estate remained in hands of family of graphs Pukler.
An interesting fact is that during the repair of the tower in 1910 documents from 1777, 1804 and 1852 were discovered.
After World War II the building was nationalized. It lost some old very valuable German stained from XV and XVII centuries, that have been removed and taken to the National Museum in Wroclaw.
Nowadays the palace belongs to the entrepreneur of Lower Silesia.

Castle Domanicach

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.