Castle
Jawor Castle
🇵🇱 Poland
Jawor Castle (Polish: Zamek w Jaworze, German: Schloss Jauer) is a castle in Jawor, Poland.
The first castle was a wooden stronghold; later, Duke Bolesław the Tall built a stone tower house.
The castle has been a seat of both the Piast dynasty and the Duchy of Jawor-Świdnica. Several politically significant events took place in the castle during the Middle Ages. In 1648, the castle saw damage when it was besieged by soldiers loyal to the Holy Roman Empire , but it was renovated later during the same century (1663–65). Another renovation was carried out in 1705, when the clock tower was repaired.
Text adapted from “Jawor Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jawor Castle ranks #2,806 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #91 of the 163 mapped in Poland. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.
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