Herrnstadt Castle

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Herrnstadt Castle

Herrnstadt Castle ( Polish: Pałacu Wąsosz ) is a castle in the Polish city of Wąsosz in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship .

history

The existence of the castle, a city ​​castle , is documented for 1292, but it certainly existed before the city was founded. In 1432 the castle was besieged during the Hussite Wars . Around 1520 the castle belonged to the diocese of Breslau and later to the duchy of Liegnitz .

The current building stock dates partly from the Renaissance period , partly from the Baroque . The right wing of the chapel was destroyed in a Russian bombardment in 1759 .

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.

Coordinates: 51 ° 33 ′ 42.1 ″  N , 16 ° 41 ′ 37 ″  E