Reszel Castle

Reszel Castle (Polish: Zamek w Reszlu, German: Burg Rößel) is a castle located in Reszel by the bank of the river Sajna, in the south-east of the town.

The castle, an Ordensburg fortress, was built in between 1350 and 1401 by the Teutonic Order. The castle was frequently looted, besieged and gained by Polish and Teutonic forces. In the nineteenth century the castle was adapted into a prison, the castle was fully renovated after the Second World War.

Currently the castle houses the branch of the Museum of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Olsztyn, (Polish: Muzeum Warmii i Mazur w Olsztynie), a hotel and a restaurant.

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Reszel Castle ranks #2,825 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #93 of the 163 mapped in Poland. Founded 1373, it is older than 60% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 220 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.

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