Poland · 14th century
Lębork Castle ranks #5,848 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #225 of the 397 mapped in Poland. Founded c. 1350, it is older than 54% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 758 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,209 times in the last 60 days, more than 56% of the atlas. The nearest day-trip guide is Gdańsk, 62 km away. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.
Lębork Castle - a castle built by the Teutonic Order located in Lębork, Pomeranian Voivodeship. The building is found on the river Łeba.
The castle was built by the Teutonic Order in the fourteenth-century, in the Gothic architectural style shaped as a rectangle without a courtyard. The castle was the capital of the Teutonic vogts. In 1410, the castle came to be in the hands of Władysław II Jagiełło. During the Thirteen Years' War the castle was part of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, and after the Second Peace of Thorn was given as a fief to the Duke of Pomerania Eric II. In 1637, after the end of the duchy's dynasty, the castle was transferred back to Poland. From 157, the castle was under German rule. Frequently reconstructed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Presently, the castle houses the court house of Lębork.
Text adapted from “Lębork Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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