Castle Mirowski and bobolicki create a beautiful team landscaped dwukilometrowym rocky ridge. Casimir the Great, strengthening the eastern boundary of Lesser Poland, together with the lock bobolickim erected a two-storey brick building in the first half of the fourteenth century. This was not yet the castle and only associated with bobolickim castle watchtower. It was not until the late fourteenth century Krystyn coat fox with Koziegłów, after receiving Mirowskie estate, proceeded to transform the guards in the castle. Probably King Wladyslaw Jagiello in the transmission of the castle Krystyn instructed him to make this extension. 
In 1489 years came into possession of Mirow representatives Myszkowskis family and founded a residential place. As such, of course, had to be enlarged and modernized. The main building was increased by two-storey residential tower also increased to five storeys. Then the castle was lower, ran into the entrance by the gate tower. 
On the lower castle were residential and business. 
Since 1600 years began to Myszkowscy to style margraves on Mirowo de Gonzaga. This title Zygmunt Myszkowski received from her Italian friend, the Duke Mantey de Gonzaga. The Foreign Legion sounding name was added splendor to the already powerful gens. Mirow, though impressive, stopped them enough. Castle along with the goods sold so Korycińskiemu, and this after a few years it Męcińskim departed. When the time came the Swedish "deluge" is a beautiful Eagle's Nest was destroyed, and the attempts of reconstruction, in 1787 abandoned completely. 
The lower castle was not much left, only the foundations of some buildings. However, is fairly well preserved castle top. It has most of the walls and ceilings were only ruins. The windows are preserved Renaissance frames, also survived two portals.

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The Bobolice Castle – a royal castle built in the middle of the 14th century in the Polish Jura, in the village of Bobolice.
The castle in Bobolice was built by King Casimir III the Great in the middle of the 14th century, probably in place of an earlier wooden structure. The castle was a part of the defence system of royal strongholds protecting the western border of Poland on the side of Silesia. In 1370, immediately after becoming King of Poland, Louis I the Great granted the castle to Władysław Opolczyk, Duke of Opole, as a prize for his support of the king’s dynastic plans. Nine years later Opolczyk leased the castle to Andrzej Schoen, a Hungarian from Barbalas; the new owner manned it with Germans and Czechs, who robbed local inhabitants and conspired with the Teutonic Order. Dissatisfied with their behaviour, the Polish king Władysław Jagiełło invaded Bobolice in 1396 and took over the castle with adjacent estates. From that time on, the stronghold was owned by a number of families, including Szafrańcowie, Trestkowie, Krezowie (Ostoja coat of arms; owners from 1486) and later Chodakowscy, Męcińscy and Myszkowscy (Jastrzębiec coat of arms; owners of the neighbouring Mirów Castle).
According to 15th century chronicles, a representative of the Krezowie family captured and imprisoned his niece in the Bobolice Castle. She is still said to haunt the stronghold as a lady in white. There is also a tale about two twin brothers, owners of castles in Mirów and Bobolice. Legend has it that they dug a tunnel between the two strongholds so that they could often meet tête à tête. One day they came into possession of a big treasure – they hid it in the tunnel and put an odious-looking witch on guard to deter any potential thieves. The brothers understood each other perfectly and could go through fire and water for each other. However, their friendship was put to a difficult test, when one brother brought a beautiful girl from his war expedition. Suspecting that his twin brother may have fallen in love with the girl, he locked her in the cellar near the treasure. One day, during the absence of the witch, who was attending a witches’ sabbath at the Bald Mount, he caught the pair of lovers in the vault. He got angry, murdered his brother and bricked up the girl in the castle dungeons. The ghost of the girl is still said to haunt the castle tower.
The beginning of the decline of the castle dates back to 1587, when it was heavily devastated during the invasion of Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria, a rival of Sigismund III Vasa to the Polish throne. The castle was reconstructed by the then owners, the Krezowie family, but in 1657, during the Deluge, it was plundered and totally ruined by Swedish troops. The condition of the stronghold was so bad that when King John III Sobieski arrived here in 1683, he had to spend the night in a tent.
In the 19th century a huge treasure was found in stronghold cellars. It is supposed that its part may be stored in the legendary tunnel between Bobolice and Mirów. In 1882, after parcelling out the land, the already deserted walls were acquired by the peasant family of Baryłów. Now the castle belongs to the Lasecki family, who decided to rebuild it in 1999.
The castle is situated on a steep rocky hill (360 m above sea level). Up till now, only the upper part of the stronghold (the residential building with at least two storeys and remnants of the cylindrical wall tower) has survived. The castle was accessible through a drawbridge over the dry moat, and the entire construction was surrounded by walls with battlements, made of local white limestone. Currently reconstruction works are under way in order to restore the entrance gate and the circumferential wall around the castle grounds.

Bobolice Castle

The ruins of the fourteenth-century knight's castle built by the family Włodków. Built on an irregular plan, along with a courtyard surrounded by a moat and embankment natural gas, on which stood the tower. From the south defended wall built on rock. Destroyed after leaving the seventeenth century. 
In 1927 he bought land Witold Czeczot and erected adjacent to the remains of stone building. To the present day the old castle are preserved only fragments of walls built into the rocks. 
Adjacent area Zabrzańskie Repair Plant Coal Industry utilized for the construction of a holiday village.

Castle Bąkowiec in Morsko

Zamek Ostrężnik – dawny zamek, obecnie w ruinie, znajdujący się w pobliżu niewielkiej osady Ostrężnik, na wschód od drogi wojewódzkiej nr 793 łączącej Janów i Żarki, w odległości ok. 6 km od Janowa. Ruiny znajdują się w lesie na wzgórzu.

O istnieniu zamku nie zachowały się niemal żadne informacje w kronikach. Według badań archeologicznych z lat 2000–2003 (Stanisław Kołodziejski) przypuszcza się, że zamek ten wzniesiono na początku XIV wieku prawdopodobnie z inicjatywy Jana Muskaty, biskupa i starosty krakowskiego. Brak późniejszych warstw kulturowych pozwala przypuszczać, że zamek mógł nie zostać ukończony (ujawniono pryzmy kamienia do budowy) lub był użytkowany bardzo krótko. Nie jest wykluczone, że służył on za więzienie dla wielmożów i wszelkie informacje o nim były utajnione; lub też był siedzibą rycerzy-rabusiów[2]. Jedyna wzmianka historyczna pochodzi z rejestrów częstochowskich, gdzie jest mowa o tym, iż w Ostrężniku stoi rudera wieży czy zamku. Nie wiadomo w jakich okolicznościach i kiedy zamek uległ zniszczeniu.

Zachowane resztki pozwalają przypuszczać, że obiekt składał się kiedyś z zamku górnego i dolnego, z dwoma podzamczami i otoczony był głęboką fosą. Zamek dolny otaczał kamienny mur oraz wały z palisadą, które oddzielały poszczególne podzamcza.

Położony na wapiennej skale zamek górny miał regularne założenie o powierzchni około 1200 m². W północno-zachodniej części dziedzińca mieścił się budynek mieszkalny wzniesiony na planie prostokąta. Od południa stała wysunięta przed linię murów czworoboczna baszta. Mury miały 144 m długości i ok. 2 m grubości. Skała, na której wznosił się zamek górny jest stroma i niedostępna od północy i od zachodu. Od strony południowej oraz wschodniej jest łagodniejsza i tam rozwinęło się podzamcze. Pełniło ono funkcję gospodarczą i zajmowało powierzchnię około 2000 m² (niektóre źródła mówią nawet o 7000 m²).

Obecnie jedyne, co pozostało z warowni, to skała, na której był zbudowany zamek górny, oraz fragmenty wałów i murów o wysokości nie przekraczającej jednego metra. Ich pozostałości to najprawdopodobniej resztki wieży obronnej, budynku mieszkalnego i wieży bramnej. Widoczne są również otaczające podzamcze ziemne wały.

Teren ruin porośnięty jest lasem. W skale, na której wzniesiono warownię, znajduje się Jaskinia Ostrężnicka z korytarzami o długości ok. 90 metrów, która jest obiektem wycieczek speleologów. Legenda głosi, że zostali w niej zasypani rabusie wraz ze swoimi łupami.

Castle Ostrężnik

Ogrodzieniec Castle is situated on a rocky hill called Mount Janowski east of the city Ogrodzieniec. The first assumption defensive wood and earth could exist here in the days of Boleslaw Boleslaw. It is also possible that the first city ogrodzieniecki was on top of a neighboring Birów where Blazej Muzolf in the 90s of the twentieth century when he discovered relics of the wooden castle. Brick fortress was established at the time of Casimir the Great, or slightly earlier. Casimir the Great granted the right ogrodzienieckie Marshal of the Polish Kingdom Przedborowi of Brzezia. When Przedbór received Ogrodzieniec castle was damaged and needed reconstruction, which was performed, it is possible that the earlier wooden castle obtained when masonry elements of defense. During this time he held the castle highest part of the rocks, but outside the walls of peripheral could only consist of a wooden building courtyard. It is possible that the north-east, where the slope fell gently existed shaft or defensive wall. The entrance to the castle ran through a gap in the rocks on the east side of the foundation. After the death of Przedbora castle returned to state ownership and in 1386 years Wladyslaw Jagiello gave him cześnikowi of Krakow and the alderman of the Lublin Włodek Charbinowice Sulima. In the fifteenth century, probably at the time of Sulimów, the castle was enlarged. On the eastern rock trzykondygnacjową residential tower was erected, and on the south - residential wing. The courtyard was provided, though perhaps already existed, the water tank. In 1470 years, the castle was bought by the family Sulimów by Imbrama and Peter Salomon, and then passed to the ownership of Rzeszów, Pilecki, Chelm and boners. In the first half of the sixteenth century the Ogrodzieńca was Seweryn Boner. He was the right hand of Sigismund the Old, who instructed him to rebuild the Wawel Castle. After the construction of the royal residence for himself he decided to erect an equally stunning. With many of his possessions Ogrodzieniec chosen as the best-located, close to Krakow. Rebuilt in a Gothic stronghold in the magnificent Renaissance Ogrodzieńcu established. He was also the northern wing, expanded south, which received two towers, and in place of the former gate erected a third gate tower, which led to the drawbridge. The gate tower decorated on the third floor chapel. At the foot of the castle bailey stretched wide for commercial purposes and entertainment, which were arranged tournaments. After the death of Seweryn Boner expansion still continued by his son Stanislaw, who built the west wing, and to the south added a "chicken leg" outside the castle walls, the building had five floors and each placed shooting. 
Castle in the sixteenth century, however, was more than the object of a defensive residence. The next owner was Nicholas Ogrodzieńca Ligęza who raised the defense of the castle from the south rising next to the "chicken legs" boulevards. The castle was in 1587 conquered by the Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg, but did not suffer in this episode. Then there was the property Firlejs, and half of the seventeenth century, Andrew Firle made ​​minor construction work and changed the castle into a Baroque decor. During the Swedish invasion, the castle was overrun by invaders, but also did not hurt. After the withdrawal of the Swedish castle became Castellan of Krakow Stanislaw Warszycki that surrounded the bailey wall with a gate and erected within it a stable and coach-house. 
1702 began with the fall of the castle. The Swedish army of Charles XII withdrawing from those areas set fire to the residence. The owners of Męcińscy did not take too costly repair and the castle fell into disrepair. In 1784 the ruined buildings bought from Męcińskich Thomas Jakliński, be suitable for use here only a few rooms. In 1810 the last owner Ogrodzieńca Jaklińskiego sister eventually left the castle. Since that time, it was a place where the building blocks for the surrounding farms. In the early twentieth century the area of the ruins bought one of the local peasants, but it does not change the destination of the ruins. 
In the interwar period the initiative of Alexander Janowski, co-founder of the Polish Tourism Association, gradually buying up land castle and proceeded to secure the property. 
After the Second World War was secured in the years 1949-1973 the castle as a permanent ruin and made ​​available to tourists.

Ogrodzieniec Castle in Podzamczu

Located on the western edge of the town of the same name, Pilica Palace dates to 1610 and only 40 years later it was surrounded by fortifications including a moat. It didn’t stop the Swedes however, who duly burned it and moved on as the first tourists to hike the Eagles Nest Trail. Renovations were undertaken but by the end of the 18th century the property had been a source of debt for several owners and after changing hands again started slipping into squalor.

In the mid-19th century new investment gave it the lovely neo-Renaissance appearance it has today, with the four palatial wings said to have over 40 chambers. Though in decent condition Pilice currently lies abandonned and is the subject of a legal battle over its ownership. Not much is known of the interiors, but the garden and surrounding property would be perfect for a tea party if maintained. While not currently open to the public, if you ask the guard very politely you might get to peek inside.

Castle in Pilica

The oldest part of the castle in Olsztyn is a brick cylindrical tower standing at the highest point of the hill. It comes from the thirteenth century. Do not preserved, unfortunately, documents evidencing the construction of the castle, on the basis of the study can be said that only Casimir the Great in the mid-fourteenth century increased the size of the defense establishment largest stronghold on the Polish Jura Chain. The extent of expansion may indicate the change of names. While in previous documents from the process of Bishop John Muskata brought by Archbishop James Mumps speaks of "the castle Przymiłowice ', that after the extension made ​​by Casimir the Great, the castle is called" Holstein "or" Olstin ". Surely these are the same place, but not exactly the same object. 
The earliest mention of the existence indirectly in Olsztyn castle comes from 1349 years. The document was witnessed zdzisko margrave de Olsten. March 15, 1369, King Kazimierz the Great stayed at the castle, when the law gave Środa for nearby Przyrów. This document is preserved in its entirety to our times, but most likely he was already king of the castle many times. 
Castle, in the form, the ruins of which still exist today, consists of three parts. Upper castle is the oldest, as already mentioned at the beginning of the tower dates back to the thirteenth century. There are 35 feet high, the base is round and built of stone. In the upper part extended with her ​​in the fifteenth century ośmiobocznie brick. Was the site of the final defense, the entrance to her lead from the outer walls. Dungeons were used to hold people sentenced to death by starvation. On the upper castle is a large cavern, probably served for storage of food and ammunition. Passageways and corridors carved into the rock formed together with natural caves, a labyrinth throughout the castle. 
From the middle of the castle survived only a few traces, like the lower castle. In the bottom of the castle were utility rooms, stables and living quarters for servants and ancillary buildings. In addition to these three components constituting a unified whole on the opposite side of the hill stood a square tower alone. Served observation functions, as well as being able to flank the defense access to the walls of the castle proper. The castle was manned by a permanent crew of King Casimir the military. 
After the expiry of the Piast dynasty castle got together with several other nearby castles in the hands of Ladislaus of Opole. He was a robber and conspired with the Teutonic Knights, only Wladyslaw Jagiello curtail his actions. He restored the crown of locks that are in the hands of Opole, including after a week siege in 1396, the castle Olsztyn, again manning its permanent crew. 
In 1587 was fought the battle of Olsztyn castle, which later wrote Aleksander Fredro and Wladyslaw Syrokomla. For the Polish troops entered the Archduke Maximilian, on their way stood the castle of Olsztyn, whose crew commanded by Kacper Karliński. The Austrians went so far as to kidnap the son of Polish commander and keeping it in the first line of the advancing. Tradition has it that none of the crew dared to burn the enemy, then Karliński he fired the first shot. The battle killed his son, but the army had to withdraw the prince.

Castle in Olsztyn (South)

The ruins of the episcopal castle on the Black Przemsza. Built by the Duke of Cieszyn John in the fourteenth century. Irregular plan. Fortified in the fifteenth century. Rebuilt and expanded by the Bishops of Krakow during the sixteenth century. Possessed trzykondygnacjowe wings surrounding the courtyard, hexagonal tower and a moat. Was the site of the episcopal courts. In 1655. Was in the Stefan Czarnecki. During the partitions first in the hands of Austria, then Russia. Abandoned in the nineteenth century. Preserved stone and brick walls of the castle with elements of Gothic and Renaissance architecture and the tower.

Castle in Siewierz

The first wooden fortifications were probably there at least since the thirteenth century. Wood-gas castle was in 1300 completely destroyed during the Battle of Ladislaus the Short of Wenceslas II of the Polish crown. It is also possible that the mention of the destruction of the castle fortifications on the opposite applies to the top Biśnik. The owner of the land Pilica was then among Toporczyków. Shortly afterwards, even before the middle of the fourteenth century, John of Pilica or his son Otto ascended to the top of the rock stone castle Pilica. In the western part of the foundation established high tower with a diameter of 7.5 meters from the perimeter walls ran along the edge of the rocks. The entrance to the tower was located at the top of the walls. The eastern part of the rock occupied residential building. Soon after the erection of the castle on the rock expanded it by two-castle. On the west below the castle there was carved in the rock to a depth of over 100 meters apparently well. This also defended the castle grounds two półbaszty. Entrances at the foot of the castle led from the south side, and from the north provided a small gate for communication between podzamczami. 
In 1389 years, Otto died, and his daughter Elizabeth married Vincent of Grabow Leliwa coat of arms. Later the castle became the property of the son of Elizabeth and Vincent governor and castellan of Cracow John Leliwa coat of arms, which took the name Pilecki. In the fifteenth century was the expansion assumption, during which półbaszty turned into towers. At the turn of the fifteenth and sixteenth century re-building work undertaken, which resulted in increased area of the western foot of the castle and was built in the western corner of the new residential house. 
The last owner of the house Leliwa-Pilecki was also John, who in 1570 sold the castle to the Bishop Philip Padniewskiemu, and he gave it to his nephew Wojciech. The castle was not now used as the headquarters of the owner, and after 1610, when Wojciech Padniewski built castle in New Pilica, Smolen has been completely abandoned.