Poland · 16th century
Janowiec Castle, a border castle, was built in the middle of the 15th century on the river Brzeźniczanka (Młynówka), on the eastern border of the Duchy of Żagań, situated on the boundary of three villages, Bobrzany, Janowiec and Chichy, 200 m north of the national road (DK 12) leading from Szprotawa to Żagań.
Machine-translated from “Zamek graniczny Janowiec” on the Polish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Janowiec Castle (Lubusz) ranks #8,711 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #376 of the 398 mapped in Poland. Founded c. 1600, it is older than 31% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 891 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Legnica, 64 km away. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.
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