Poland · 14th century
Przezmark Castle (German: Burg Preußisch Mark) – a 14th-century stronghold situated in Przezmark (formerly Pruski Targ) on a peninsula between the lakes Motława Wielka and Motława Mała, erected on the orders of the commander of Dzierzgoń, Luther of Brunswick. It served as the seat of a procurator and subsequently of a Teutonic vogt. Now preserved in ruin, it is privately owned.
Machine-translated from “Zamek krzyżacki w Przezmarku” on the Polish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Przezmark Castle ranks #7,284 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #288 of the 398 mapped in Poland. Founded c. 1400, it is older than 50% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Gdańsk, 77 km away. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.
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