Bobrowniki Castle

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Bobrowniki Castle [1] was built by the Teutonic Knights [2] in the late fourteenth, early fifteenth centuries. Following the Peace of Thorn (1411), it was taken over by the Polish, later to become a residence of the local mayor. Since the eighteenth century the castle lies in ruins.

Peace of Thorn (1411) 1411 treaty between the Polish-Lithuanian alliance and the Teutonic Knights

The (First) Peace of Thorn was a peace treaty formally ending the Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War between allied Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania on one side, and the Teutonic Knights on the other. It was signed on 1 February 1411 in Thorn (Toruń), one of the southernmost cities of the Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights. In historiography, the treaty is often portrayed as a diplomatic failure of Poland–Lithuania as they failed to capitalize on the decisive defeat of the Knights in the Battle of Grunwald in June 1410. The Knights returned Dobrzyń Land which they captured from Poland during the war and made only temporary territorial concessions in Samogitia, which returned to Lithuania only for the lifetimes of Polish King Władysław Jagiełło and Lithuanian Grand Duke Vytautas. The Peace of Thorn was not stable. It took two other brief wars, the Hunger War in 1414 and Gollub War in 1422, to sign the Treaty of Melno that solved the territorial disputes. However, large war reparations were a significant financial burden on the Knights, causing internal unrest and economic decline. The Teutonic Knights never recovered their former might.

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History

Bobrowniki castle was erected at the turn of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, after the purchase of Bobrowniki village by the Teutonic Knights in 1392, possibly as an extension of an earlier fortress. It was located on the site of an old stronghold, founded by the Duke of Dobrzyn, Ladislaus the Hump-backed. Due to the close proximity of the country border, the elders of Dobrzyń nad Wisłą constantly improved the fortifications around the castle, which became the seat of the local government. [3]

Bobrowniki Village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Bobrowniki is a village in Lipno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Bobrowniki. It lies approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-west of Lipno and 37 km (23 mi) south-east of Toruń. In the Middle Ages the village was one of the centres of the Dobrzyń Land.

Dobrzyń nad Wisłą Place in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Dobrzyń nad Wisłą is a town in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland. It lies on the Vistula River in the vicinity of Włocławek. As of 2004 the town had a population of 2,400.

In 1405 Wladyslaw Jagiello purchased Dobrzyn and Bobrowniki, but four years later the Teutonic Knights attacked the castle. With the help of the treason of the defending commander Bobrowniki castle went back into Teutonic hands only to be returned to the Polish in 1411. Its border location had once again become the cause of many investments in the modernization of the facility. However, it no longer played any military role in wars to come. During the Thirteen Years' War (1454–66) the castle served as a prison for captured Knights of the Teutonic Order. Changes of the national border ultimately deprived the building of any strategic role. [4]

In the seventeenth century it was already devastated to the point of being abandoned by the local government. During the war with Sweden,[ which? ] in the second half of the eighteenth century, the structure was almost completely destroyed. In the nineteenth century it was formally decided to demolish the castle. The ruins do not have an owner to this day. [1]

Architecture

Little is known about the appearance of the fortress at the time of the Teutonic Knights or later. The object was probably two-winged (other sources say that it was a square), surrounded by walls and a moat, with one gate and a cylindrical tower. The only remains of the past splendor of the castle are elements of fortified walls and a sentry tower. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Bobrowniki - zamek, ruiny". Zamki.net.pl. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  2. ↑ "Kto zbudował zamek w Bobrownikach?". Bobrownikinadwisla.pl. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  3. ↑ "Zamki w Polsce - BOBROWNIKI". zamkiobronne.pl. Archived from the original on 2014-05-04. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  4. ↑ "Zamek w Bobrownikach". Odznaka.kuj-pom.bydgoszcz.pttk.pl. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
  5. ↑ "Zamek w Bobrownikach - WIEM, darmowa encyklopedia". Portalwiedzy.onet.pl. Retrieved 2014-02-02.

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