List of Dunajec castles

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The so-called Dunajec castles (Polish: Zamki nad Dunajcem ) are a series of castles and fortifications that are located in the southern part of Poland , in the West Beskids , on the Dunajec and its tributary Poprad . 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 of them belonged to Polish princes and were destroyed during the Second Northern War . The castles were built to secure the trade route from the Kingdom of Poland , especially its former capital Krakow , to the Kingdom of Hungary , especially its former capital Buda .

Preserved castles and castle ruins

Surname place Mountains Construction year Status image
Trzewlin Castle Trzewlin Pogórze Wiśnickie around 1350 ruin
Panieńska Góra w Wielkiej Wsi Macieja Bohusza Stęczyńskiego z 1846 r.jpg
Melsztyn Castle Melsztyn Pogórze Wiśnickie 1347 ruin
Melsztyn (js) 1.jpg
Czchów Castle Czchów Pogórze Wiśnickie around 1300 ruin
Czchów Castle.jpg
Tropsztyn Castle Tropie Pogórze Wiśnickie around 1200 Reconstructed
Zamek Tropsztyn - ZJ001.jpg
Gródek nad Dunajcem Castle Gródek nad Dunajcem Rożnów Mountains around 1300 ruin
POL Grodek nad Dunajcem Malpia Wyspa.jpg
Kurowska Góra Castle Kurów Rożnów Mountains around 1300 ruin
POL przelom Dunajca (G Bialowodzka-G Kurowska) .JPG
Nowy Sącz Castle Nowy Sącz Sandezer Basin around 1300 ruin
Zamek w Nowym Sączu2.jpg
Zabrzeż Castle Zabrzeż Island Beskids around 1300 ruin
Pienin Castle Krościenko nad Dunajcem Pienines around 1200 ruin
Zamek Pieniński P28.jpg
Niedzica Castle Niedzica Spiš Pienines around 1310 Reconstructed
Niedzica-04 (tż) .jpg
Czorsztyn Castle Czorsztyn Spiš Pienines around 1200 ruin
Gmina Czorsztyn, Poland - panoramio (25) .jpg
Szaflary Castle Szaflary Neumarkt basin around 1250 ruin
Rynek i Kosciół w Szaflarach.jpg
Rytro Castle Rytro Sandets Beskids around 1300 ruin
Rytro. Widok na zamek z XV wieku 02..jpg
Muszyna Castle Muszyna Sandets Beskids around 1300 ruin
Zamek w Muszynie.jpg
Lublau Castle Stará Ľubovňa today Slovakia around 1300 Reconstructed
Olublocivertanlegi4.jpg

Castles not preserved

Castles and defense towers, which have not been preserved until our time, were also in the following villages on the Dunajec.

Lemiesz Castle , mentioned in the 14th century , which is said to have been built after 1288, is a mystery . To date it has not been possible to find the location of this castle. It is only known that it was on the Dunajec.

Web links

Commons : Dunajec Castles  - collection of images, videos and audio files

See also

proof

  • G. Leńczyk, catalog grodzisk i zamczysk z terenu Małopolski , Muzeum Archeologiczne w Krakowie, Kraków 1983
  • J. Marszałek, catalog grodzisk i zamczysk w Karpatach , Wydawnictwo Stanisław Kryciński, Warszawa 1993
  • M. Szope, Grodziska i zamczyska województwa tarnowskiego , Muzeum Okręgowe w Tarnowie, Tarnów 1981
  • J. Zaremba, Zamki i grody Sądecczyzny [1]