Zamek biskupi w Siewierzu - Siewierz, Poland - Castles on Waymarking.com

The castle in Siewierz arose in the first half of the XIVth cent. on the artificially banked up platform as a wooden building. The first brick parts of the castle did not arise until the first half of the XVth cent. Siewierz arose probably in the XIth cent. whereas it undoubtedly belonged to the lands of Cracow before the 70’s of the XIIth cent., which confirm the written sources. In the XIIIth cent. the settlement was already ruled by the dukes of Opole. In the 1443 the duke of Cieszyn, Waclaw I sold the town along with the castle to the bishop of Cracow, Zbigniew Olesnicki. These were exactly the bishops of Cracow who contributed to the extension and fortification of the castle. In the XVIIth cent. the stronghold began to decay, and the invasion of the Swedes only pushed that process ahead. After the war with the Swedes the castle was rebuilt, however it quickly began to deteriorate again, which affirm the inventories from the years of 1732, 1746, 1758 and 1788. Finally the castle was deserted by the last resident – the bishop Feliks Pawel Turski – in 1800. The preservative works from the 50’s, 70’s and the 90’s of the XXth cent. saved the castle from an entire annihilation.

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Zamek w Siewierzu – poczatkowo w Siewierzu bedacym od XIII wieku siedziba kasztelanii miescila sie warownia siedziba kasztelana prawdopodobnie usytuowana przy osadzie polozonej wokól zachowanego do dzis romanskiego kosciola pod wezwaniem sw. Jana Chrzciciela (obecnie cmentarz parafialny przy drodze szybkiego ruchu na Katowice). Znane sa imiona dwóch pierwszych kasztelanów, byli to Jaksa i Wawrzyniec.

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