Niedzica village already existed in the thirteenth century and the beginning of the fourteenth century was, along with the entire ground gabled from Magura Dunajec, owned Kokosz of Brzozowicy
Niedzica village already existed in the thirteenth century and the beginning of the fourteenth century was, along with the entire ground gabled from Magura Dunajec, owned Kokosz of Brzozowicy. In 1320 years he sold part of his estate his brother John and his son Michael. Among the lands sold was also Niedzica. In the document there is no mention of the castle, but only about the village, from which you can request either not yet the existence of the castle, or that Kokosz left the fortress to be able to exercise control over the trail that runs through the valley of the Dunajec. In 1325 for the first time mentioned as the property is a castle Berzeviczy. In 1326 years there has been a seizure of goods Niedzica by Charles Robert, who passed them Sárosowi William Drugethowi. This is probably the Saros erected on the rocks on the highest part of the hill castle, whose walls still exist today. The castle consisted of irregular peripheral wall and residential building known as Kamieniec in the western part of the courtyard within the walls. The gate was located in the immediate vicinity of the building in the southern section of the walls. From the gate stretched along the castle walls surrounded west embankment below the castle.
In 1330 years Saros Drugeth Wilhelm wrote to his brother Nicholas castle along with several other castles. In 1342 years the castle became the property of the state, and in 1347 years back in the hands of Niedzica Berzeviczy family. At the turn of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, they expanded the castle. In place of water tanks well established, erected a new building at the eastern perimeter wall, which in the southern part had a large Gothic hall, and in the north, in the place of an earlier tanker, was the chapel. The courtyard of the castle decorated cloister and bailey surrounded by a defensive wall with a quadrangular gate tower and bulwark of the south. They bailey surrounded by a defensive wall in the western part of the established four-sided tower bramna. The entrance to the castle ran through the gate probably earlier wooden bridge along the south wall.
Southern tower accommodate the lower castle chapel, photo. ZeroJeden, V 2001
niedzickim castle, which is within the limits of the Hungarian delegation to Hungary Ladislaus Jagiello paid 37,000 threescore Prague groschen pledge 13 Spiš towns, including the same Niedzica. In 1425, the castle was owned by a descendant of John Berzeviczy Peter Schwarz from Lomnica, then passed to his son John Schwarz. Castle Berzeviczy must have a strong claim, as in the thirties fifteenth century Hussites twice destroyed the nearby areas, but not even tried to attack Niedzica fortress. John in 1463 years mortgaged the castle Emeryk Zápolya, who took him on a permanent basis after the childless death Berzeviczy. He expanded his seat, put the castle buildings on the square tower, and expanded below the castle. The new perimeter walls became current surface, expanded bailey. The entrance to it was in the quadrangular gate tower dostawionej to the southern wall and was reinforced neck gate. After the death of Stephen, son Emeric, his widow made a deal with Andrew Horvath giving him Niedzica and paying another 2,000 guilders in exchange for Likava.
During the Civil War in Hungary between Ferdinand Habsburg and John Zápoľský castle changed owners. In 1527 years podstarościm Spiš was Stefan Potturniański, who ruled from the castle Niedzica, but already in 1528 Zapolyi troops under the command of Peter Kostka rebounded fortress.
In 1529 years Niedzica became the property of Polish magnate Jerome Laski, who deserved to be king Zapolyi in the negotiations with Turkey. He established headquarters at the castle governor Spiš. In 1534 as a result of intrigues were debated Zápoľský of Laski, who only through the intercession of the high-ranking Polish and French men was released from prison, the King of Hungary. Grace went over to Ferdinand and removed from the castle Niedzica supporter Zápoľský Minkwitza, setting the governor Jerome Bobola. Minkwitz briefly rebounded castle in 1535. Grace gave shortly castle in pledge prepozytowi spiskiemu John Horvath, and 1538 years waived him permanently. During the turbulent years of the thirties the sixteenth century, the castle was also the temporary seat of robbers. Horváth was a stern ruler, and 1544 years was forced to resign and withdraw from political life. The castle came into the hands of Łaski. In 1576 years the son of Jerome Albert Grace has mortgaged the castle niedzicki Andrew Balassa, 1589 years and sold it to George Horvath of Palocsa. George in 1601 expanded the medieval fortress of increasing the average castle and bottom, which previously served as economic-castle. The current toll gate in a four-sided south tower was walled up, and a new gate was established on the west, and the area of the lower castle built new residential buildings. In the hands of the Horváth castle remained until 1670, when due to financial difficulties Stefan Horvath leased part of the property with a lock Niedzica Sylvester Joanellemu. In 1683 the castle was captured by insurgents Emeryk Thökolyego, and after the fall of the uprising came in 1685 at the hands of Joanellich. At the end of the seventeenth century was rebuilt castle chapel, which earlier in the fighting or disaster building has been damaged. Niedzica returned to Horváth after the death of John Joanellego in 1776, but the castle was already so damaged that Horvath remained in his castle in Palocsa. Only fire their ancestral seat in 1817 meant that Andrew Horvath decided to rebuild the castle Niedzica, not Palocsa. Repair made in the years 1821-1823. In the south tower, formerly a gate on the upper floor was the chapel of St. Nicholas. Andrew. Reconstruction and modernization of Representation covered buildings castle, middle and bottom, and left damaged Gothic castle walls of the upper as picturesque ruin.
In 1843, Ferdinand died and the castle became the property of his son Alexander and daughter, who previously married Alapi Solomon. When in the mid-nineteenth century, the castle was destroyed by fire began its reconstruction. In 1856, he died last male representative of the family of Palocsa Alexander Horváth and renovation completed in 1861 Alapi Solomon. After establishing the new national borders in 1920 Niedzica was part of the Polish. For 1943 years the family Salomon seasonally yet stayed at the castle, however, used only some of the rooms on the lower castle, because the rest of the buildings was at that time already seriously damaged.
At the end of the Second World War began to vandalize abandoned castle and undress. After the Second World War, the castle became the property of the state and in 1950 years was handed Association of Art Historians. In the same year as a result of the storm overturned centuries-old oak tree standing in front of the castle, which the administration had to be planted by a gypsy, when the castle became the property of George Horváth, and had to illustrate the fate of Palocsa Horváth family. The work carried out at the castle in the years 1949-1952 secured the ruins, and for the next three decades, works with a total reconstruction of the castle and the middle and lower securing the permanent ruin of the upper castle.
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