Czocha Castle

Czocha Castle (Polish pronunciation: [ˈt͡ʂɔxa], German: Tzschocha, Czech: Čocha, Latin: Caychow) is a defensive castle in the village of Sucha (Gmina Lesna), Lubań County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland. The castle is located on Lake Leśnia, near the Kwisa river, in what is now the Polish part of Upper Lusatia. Czocha castle was built on gneiss rock, and its oldest part is the keep, to which housing structures were later added.

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Czocha Castle ranks #442 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #9 of the 366 mapped in Poland. Founded 1329, it is older than 61% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 582 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 15,563 times in the last 60 days, more than 96% of the atlas. 8 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Jelenia Góra, 33 km away. It is one of the 70 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Lower Silesia. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.

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