Reszel Castle

Reszel Castle (Polish: Zamek w Reszlu, German: Burg Rößel) is a Brick Gothic castle in Reszel, in northern Poland. It is situated 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 #2,841 of 8,133 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #97 of the 374 mapped in Poland. Founded 1373, it is older than 56% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 604 atlas entries founded in the 14th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,439 times in the last 60 days, more than 71% of the atlas. 4 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Kaliningrad, 85 km away. It is one of the 25 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Warmia and Masuria. It is stop 7 of 9 on the Teutonic castle road, Toruń to Malbork. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.

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