Castle
Świecie Castle (Silesia)
🇵🇱 Poland
The ruin of Świecie Castle (German Burg Schwerta, 1937–1945: Schwertburg) in Świecie (Schwerta) has belonged since 1945 to the town-and-country municipality of Leśna (Marklissa) in Lubań County in Poland. It lies about five kilometres south of Leśna on a gneiss rock.
Machine-translated from “Burg Świecie” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Świecie Castle (Silesia) ranks #5,937 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #228 of the 374 mapped in Poland. 7 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Liberec, 30 km away. It is one of the 72 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Lower Silesia. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Świecie Castle (Silesia)?
Świecie Castle (Silesia) stands in Poland, at 50.99698°, 15.28466°.
How famous is Świecie Castle (Silesia)?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,937 of 8,134 worldwide, and #228 in Poland. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Świecie Castle (Silesia)?
Czocha Castle, about 4 km away.
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