Built 1293 or 1300-1301 Phone +48 56 683 24 55 | Rebuilt 1616-1623 Architectural style Renaissance architecture | |
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Location Golub-Dobrzyń, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland Address PTTK 13, 87-400 Golub-Dobrzyń, Poland Hours Open today · 9AM–6PMThursday9AM–6PMFriday9AM–6PMSaturday9AM–6PMSunday9AM–6PMMonday9AM–6PMTuesday9AM–6PMWednesday9AM–6PM Similar Toruń Castle, Radzyń Chełmiński Castle, Malbork Castle, Baranów Sandomierski Castle, Gniew Castle | ||
Promopoland zamek golub dobrzy
Golub-Dobrzyń Castle - a four-wing conventional Teutonic castle built on the turning point of the thirteenth and fourteenth century, built on a hill - as a look-out point over the whole town of Golub-Dobrzyń; kept in a Gothic-Renaissance architectural style. The castle is located in Golub-Dobrzyń (43 km north-east of Toruń, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship; in Poland).
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History
The stronghold's construction began on the turning point of the thirteenth and fourteenth century. In the fourteenth century, King Władysław I Łokietek of Poland tried to gain the stronghold into his realm. In 1408, the castle was a guest to the Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen. In 1422, the castle was destroyed by an army of the Kingdom of Poland. During the years of 1611-1625, the castle was of the ownership of Anna Wazówna (a Polish and Swedish princess), it was the castle's truest time of magnificence. During the time of the Swedish Deluge, the castle was damaged and began to go into decline. In the years of 1941-1944, the courtyards were used as a training base for the Hitlerjugend. After the Second World War the castle undergone restoration works - which were conducted in between 1947-1953 . All ruins were rebuilt between 1959–1966 and further historical adaptations of the castle were completed in 2006. Today, the castle is used as a region museum, housing a vast collection of militaristic exhibits.