Tworkau Castle

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The Tworkau Castle ( Polish Pałac w Tworkowie ) is the ruins of a castle in Tworków (German Tworkau ) in the municipality of Krzyżanowice ( Kreuzendorf ) in the powiat Raciborski ( Ratibor district ) in the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland. Historically it belonged to the Premyslid Duchy of Opava until 1318 and then to the Duchy of Ratibor .

A first castle at today's location was probably built under the Lords of Krawarn, who were verifiable owners from 1305 until the 15th century. A renaissance castle was built on the site of the castle in 1567–85 . In 1685 an east wing was added to the palace. The castle has been in ruins since the Second World War .

  • panorama

  • Destroyed arcades around the former inner courtyard

  • Ruins of the east wing

  • View from the west

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. 166.

Web links

Commons : Schloss Tworkau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 50 ° 0 ′ 42.2 ″  N , 18 ° 14 ′ 12.4 ″  E