Poland · 13th century
Grodno Castle (German: Kynsburg) is a castle located in the southern parts of the Wałbrzych Mountains, on the Choina Mountain (450 metres), standing to the left of the river Bystrzyca. The valley of this river, formerly known as the Silesian Valley (Śląska Dolina, Polish), creates a natural boundary between the Owl Mountains and to the west of it the Wałbrzych Mountains. The castle is located in Zagórze Śląskie (11 km east of Wałbrzych), Lower Silesian Voivodeship in Poland.
The picturesque location of the castle is exacerbated by the barraged Lubachowskie Lake in the foothills of the mountain.
Text adapted from “Grodno Castle (Poland)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grodno Castle ranks #1,739 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #60 of the 398 mapped in Poland. Founded 1300, it is older than 61% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 1080 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,953 times in the last 60 days, more than 77% of the atlas. 10 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Wałbrzych, 9 km away. It is one of the 80 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Lower Silesia. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.
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