List of eagle's nest castles

Eagle's nest castles              Polish-Silesian border until 1443

The so-called Adlerhorst castles are a series of castles and fortifications that are located on a mountain range in the southern part of Poland , in the Kraków-Częstochowa Highlands . This limestone mountain range, formed in the Jurassic Age, runs between Kraków and the Częstochowa highlands . Most of these castles were built in the 14th and 15th centuries. Some of them were built by the Polish king Casimir the Great , some belonged to Polish princes and bishops and were destroyed during the Second Northern War . The Ojców National Park with the Pieskowa Skała Castle includes some of the most impressive highland regions in Poland.

Szlak Orlich Gniazd

The Szlak Orlich Gniazd ( Route of the Eagle's Nest ) is a 163 km long marked hiking trail that connects the Eagle's Nest castles . The trail starts in Kraków and ends in Czestochowa . This trail includes 25 castles and other fortifications. The first idea for such a hiking trail came up in 1927, but was not taken up again until 1948 and implemented in 1950.

Castle and palace complexes

Surname	place	annotation	image
Korzkiew Castle	Korzkiev	The castle dates from the 14th century. The facility is located at kilometer 12 of the hiking trail.
Ojców Castle	Ojców	The castle dates from the 14th century. It is at kilometer 18 of the hiking trail.
Tenczyn Castle	Rudno	The complex is mentioned for the first time in 1309. Construction of the stone castle began around 1350. It was destroyed in 1656 during the Swedish Flood and then rebuilt. The castle was then destroyed in a fire in 1768.
Lipowiec Castle	Babice	The initially wooden castle was built in the 13th century. It belonged to the Bishop of Cracow, and was z. B. expanded by Bishop Johann Muskata and used against Władysław I. Ellenlang . A fire destroyed the castle in 1629 and it was badly damaged during the Second Northern War in 1656. It was destroyed in another fire in 1800.
Pieskowa Skała	Sułoszowa	The castle is mentioned in writing for the first time in 1315. At the beginning of the second Northern War it was probably not yet finished. It was destroyed by the Swedes and rebuilt by voivode Jan Wielopolski . It is at kilometer 26 of the hiking trail.
Rabsztyn Castle	Rabsztyn	The original castle was made of wood, the stone structure was built under Casimir the Great . It was destroyed during the Second Northern War. It is at km 48 of the hiking trail.
Smoleń Castle	Smoleń	The castle was built in 1300 after the previous wooden structure was destroyed. It was destroyed again during the Second Northern War. Attempts were made to rebuild the castle, but ultimately gave up. It is located at kilometer 74 of the hiking trail.
Ogrodzieniec Castle	Ogrodzieniec	A first system stood at this point during the reign of Bolesław III. Wrymouth and was destroyed in 1241. A Gothic style castle was built in the middle of the 14th century. Swedish troops looted the castle in the Second Northern War. In 1702, the facility was badly damaged in a fire and completely abandoned around 1810. It is the second largest castle complex in Europe. It is at kilometer 88 of the hiking trail.
Bobolice Castle	Bobolice	There was a wooden castle as early as the 12th century. A stone castle was built under Casimir the Great, which was destroyed again as a result of the Second Northern War. It is located at kilometer 116 of the hiking trail.
Mirów Castle	Mirów	The facility was built in the middle of the 14th century. It was destroyed during the Second Northern War. In 1787 the facility was finally given up. It is located at kilometer 117 of the hiking trail.
Olsztyn Castle	Olsztyn	The castle was first mentioned in 1306. In 1587 the castle was destroyed by the troops of Maximilian von Habsburg . There was further destruction in 1656. It is located at kilometer 148 of the hiking trail.
Będzin Castle	Będzin	The beginnings of the castle go back to the 9th century. It was destroyed during the Second Northern War. It was rebuilt in 1660.
Siewierz Castle	Siewierz	At this point there was probably a fortification at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries. The castle was built on this site in the second half of the 13th century. It was devastated in 1655 and rebuilt. It was abandoned after the Napoleonic Wars.
Przewodziszowice watchtower	Przewodziszowice	The watchtower was probably built in the 14th century. It served to support the Ostrężnik Castle.
Watchtower Łutowiec	Łutowiec	The watchtower was destroyed in a fire. The date and circumstances are unknown.
Morsko Castle	Morsko	The beginnings of the plant are unknown. The castle was abandoned after the second Northern War.
Bydlin Castle	Bydlin	The castle dates from the 14th century.
Danków Castle	Danków	The plant dates from the 15th century. It was destroyed in a fire in 1767.
Pilica Castle	Pilica	The castle dates from the 16th century. It is surrounded by a brick fortification.
Ostrężnik Castle	Ostrężnik	The complex was probably built by the Bishop of Krakow, Jan Muskata.
Tyniec Castle	Tyniec , Krakow	A fortress has been located here since the middle of the 13th century. It was destroyed during the Second Northern War. It was rebuilt and destroyed by Russian troops before the first Polish partition.
Wawel Castle	Krakow	Royal castle since the 11th century.

Web links

Commons : Eagle's Nest Castles  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Eagle's Nest Castles Trail  - Travel Guide

• Szlak Orlich Gniazd on poland.gov (Polish)
• Website about castles in the highlands
• Bobolice Castle website

See also

• List of Dunajec castles

Footnotes

1. ↑ Course of the hiking trail ( Memento from March 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
2. ^ Mark Salter, Jonathan Bousfield: Poland. Michael Müller Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-89953-130-2 , p. 546.
3. ↑ about Tenczyn Castle ( memento of the original from June 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ about Lipowic Castle ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ about Pieskowa Skała ( memento of the original from February 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ about Rabsztyn Castle ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
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8. ↑ about Ogrodzieniec Castle ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
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11. ↑ about the Olsztyn Castle
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