Guhrau Castle

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Tower of Guhrau Castle

The Guhrau Castle ( Polish Zamek w Górze ) is located in Góra (German Guhrau ) in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in Poland .

history

Around 1400 a castle with a square floor plan was built in the southern part of Guhrau , which was connected to the city ​​wall . In the 19th century the castle was converted into a prison . Remnants of the Gothic facade and a restored square tower have been preserved to this day.

literature

  • Günther Grundmann : Castles, palaces and manor houses in Silesia - Volume 1: The medieval castle ruins, castles and residential towers . Verlag Wolfgang Weidlich, Frankfurt am Main 1982, ISBN 3-8035-1161-5 , p. 149.

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Coordinates: 51 ° 40 ′ 3 "  N , 16 ° 32 ′ 12.8"  E