Castle
Castle of Bishops in Siewierz
🇵🇱 Poland
Castle of Bishops in Siewierz - a castle formally housing castellans who raised the castle in the thirteenth century. The stronghold formerly fortified a hamlet in the area, which can be traced back to the origins of the Church of St. John the Baptist; now located close to the National Road No. 78 - for rapid travel to Katowice. The names of the first castellans were Jaks and Wawrzyniec. The castle is located in Siewierz (31 km north-east of Katowice), Silesian Voivodeship in Poland.
Text adapted from “Siewierz Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Castle of Bishops in Siewierz ranks #3,138 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #115 of the 163 mapped in Poland. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.
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