Zamek w Bochotnicy
| Bochotnica Castle Zamek w Bochotnicy |
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.jpg) Remains of the castle in 2007 |
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| Alternative name (s): | Zamek Esterki (Esther Castle) |
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| Creation time : | around 1350 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | Ruin since 1879 | |
| Standing position : | Noble | |
| Place: | Bochotnica | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 20 ′ 21 ″ N , 21 ° 59 ′ 16 ″ E | |
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The ruin of the castle in Bochotnica ( Zamek w Bochotnicy ), also called Zamek Esterki ( Castle of Esther ), is located in Bochotnica , a northern village in the Kazimierz Dolny municipality in Poland .
location
The castle ruins are the remains of a hilltop castle that rose 70 meters above the valley floor. Above the castle are the ruins of the mausoleum of Jan Bochotnicki ( Oleśnicki) , a Renaissance building from the first half of the 16th century.
history
The castle was probably built by the Firlej family after the Tatar invasion of 1341. The castle is documented in 1368 and 1399. Building surveys have confirmed that the castle was built in the 14th century and expanded to the south in the early 15th century. At that time it came into the possession of the Zbąski family . Katharina von Zbąska-Oleśnicka went on her raids from here . Then the castle came into the hands of the Oleśnicki and was designed in the Renaissance style. In the 16th century, the Samborzecki family expanded it . Frequent changes of owner followed. In 1585 the castle is said to have been threatened with decay. The year of their abandonment is not known. Around 1870 the structure is said to have been damaged by landslides .
In 1889 there were plans to redesign the castle in the spirit of Romanticism , but they were never realized. In 1970 the ruin was placed under monument protection.
Legends
According to local legend, the castle was a refuge for Esther, King Casimir the Great's Jewish lover . However, the castle was never royal property, and there is no evidence that Esther stayed there.
Maciej Borkowic , a confidante of King Casimir, was also ascribed to the founding of the castle . Another legend tells of the robber baron wife Katharina Zbąska, who was condemned to eternal damnation for her crimes and who, as a ghost, guarded the treasure of her raids. The underground tunnel that is said to have led to the castle in Kazimierz is just as legendary.
reception
Bolesław Prus immortalized the castle in his novella Antek (1880). The painter Michał Elwiro Andriolli captured the area in his works.
View from 2011
View from 2012
Partial view from 2012
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literature
- Jolanta Nogaj-Chachaj, Paweł Lis, Anna Sochacka, Jadwiga Teodorowicz-Czerepińska: Bochotnica - historia i zabytki . Puławy, Drukarnia Azoty 1996. p. 40.
Web links
- Bochotnica - Zamek. (Polish)
- Zamki Polskie: Bochotnica - Średniowieczny zamek rycerski (Polish, photos and plan)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Waldemar Sulisz: Strażnik królewskiej kochanki . (Polish, accessed March 29, 2017)
- ↑ Karol Rose: Pamiatka po Macků Borkowiczu . Biesiada Literacka. No. 11/1914