Poland · 14th century
Uniejów Castle ranks #5,347 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #198 of the 397 mapped in Poland. Founded 1360, 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 1,164 times in the last 60 days, more than 55% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Płock, 89 km away. See how Poland compares in the castle statistics.
Uniejów Castle (Polish: Zamek w Uniejowie) is a 14th-century bishops' castle located on left bank of the Warta River in Uniejów, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland. It is considered one of the main places of interest in the town.
The castle was built between 1360 and 1365 on the site of a former wooden fortress, destroyed after a raid by the Teutonic Knights in 1331. The initiator of the construction of the castle was Gniezno's Archbishop Jarosław Bogoria Skotnicki, one of the closest associates to Casimir III the Great.
The building was greatly expanded and modernised between 1525 and 1534, when after a fire most of the castle's Gothic characteristics had gone. The stronghold had ended's its militaristic significance in the seventeenth century, when the castle became a residence. In 1836 the castle was taken over by the House of Toll, an Estonian family. In 1848, Aleksander Toll had reconstructed the castle into a Classical architectural style. The castle in Uniejów is a prime example of accretion of architectural styles.
Between 1956–1967, the castle underwent a restoration and was turned into an archive. The building currently houses a hotel and a conference center.
Text adapted from “Uniejów Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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