Kwidzyn Castle

Kwidzyn Castle (German: Marienwerder) is a large brick Gothic castle in the town of Kwidzyn, Poland. The castle is modeled on the Gothic castles of the Teutonic Knights'.

The castle is located by Gdańska Street (Ulica Gdańska in Polish) in Kwidzyn. The castle was used as a chapter house for the Pomesanians, who built it at the beginning of the 14th century, in a square formation with a courtyard and square keeps in the corners of the castle's square formation, and a dansker supported by five arcades. King Władysław II Jagiełło took over the castle, while heading battles against the Teutonic Knights in 1410. The Second Peace of Toruń ceded the castle back to the Teutonic Knights.

During the 17th century Deluge campaigns, the Swedes partially destroyed the castle. After the First Partition of Poland until World War II, a court was located in the castle. In the 18th century, the castle was dismantled and transformed into offices and a school. This transformation was halted by Frederick William IV in 1854, from which time the restoration of the castle was made.

Currently, the preserved north-western and western wing houses the Branch of the Castle Museum in Malbork (Oddział Muzeum Zamkowego w Malborku in Polish). The largest dansker and a well with a porch have also been preserved.

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Kwidzyn Castle ranks #2,001 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #67 of the 374 mapped in Poland. Founded 1344, it is older than 60% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 604 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 4,859 times in the last 60 days, more than 84% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Gdańsk, 70 km away. It is stop 3 of 9 on the Teutonic castle road, Toruń to Malbork. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.

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