Pienin Castle
| Pienin Castle | ||
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 Remains of the castle wall |
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| Creation time : | before 1241 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Castle ruins | |
| Place: | Krościenko nad Dunajcem | |
| Geographical location | 49 ° 25 '14.6 " N , 20 ° 25' 12.7" E | |
| Height: | 799 m | |
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The Pieninen Castle is the ruin of a hilltop castle near Krościenko nad Dunajcem on Castle Hill in the Polish Middle Pieninen in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship .
history
At 799 m above sea level, the castle was the highest castle in Poland in the Middle Ages. It was built before the Mongol storm in 1241. Among other things, it served the Holy Kinga as a place of refuge during the Mongol storms of the 13th century. The castle was not conquered by the Mongols, but abandoned in the 14th century and fell into disrepair. In the 15th century it was finally destroyed either in the course of the conflict between the Teutonic Order and the Kingdom of Poland (1409–1411) or in the context of the Hussite Wars around 1433. Later a hermitage and a grotto of St. Kinga were located in the ruins . Today only a ruined castle stands on the now densely wooded summit. In the years 1938–1939, the Polish archaeologist Tomasz Szczygielski carried out excavations on the Pienin Castle. He was murdered in Auschwitz concentration camp and the results of his work are lost. After the war, research was renewed from 1976 to 1978, in 1976 under the direction of Marią Cabalską and from 1977 to 1978 by Stanisław Kołodziejskiego.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stanisław Kołodziejskiego: O pieninskich pustelnikach . Internet Archive, January 11, 2010, accessed November 8, 2017
literature
- Witold Henryk Paryski, Zofia Radwańska-Paryska: Wielka encyklopedia tatrzańska. Wydawnictwo Górskie, Poronin 2004, ISBN 83-7104-009-1 .
- Józef Nyka: Pieniny. Przewodnik. 9th edition. Trawers, Latchorzew 2006, ISBN 83-915859-4-8 .
- Pieniny polskie i słowackie. Mapa turystyczna 1:25 000. Agencja Wydawnicza "WiT" sc, Piwniczna 2008, ISBN 978-83-907671-3-0 .
