Pęzino Castle

Pęzino Castle
Pęzino Castle
	Pęzino Castle
Location	Pęzino, West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland
Coordinates	53°20′24″N15°11′31″E / 53.34000°N 15.19194°E Coordinates: 53°20′24″N15°11′31″E / 53.34000°N 15.19194°E
Built	1382
Architectural style(s)	Gothic
	Location of the Castle of the Pęzino Castle in Poland

Last updated May 03, 2019

Pęzino Castle - a castle located in centre of the village of Pęzino, West Pomeranian Voivodeship; in Poland. The castle is located by the River Krąpiel and its tributary River Pęzinka. Currently, the castle is privately owned, its owner uses the stronghold primarily for hosting events, conferences and wedding celebrations.^[1]

Pęzino is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stargard, within Stargard County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) east of Stargard.

West Pomeranian Voivodeship or West Pomerania Province, is a voivodeship (province) in northwestern Poland. It borders on Pomeranian Voivodeship to the east, Greater Poland Voivodeship to the southeast, Lubusz Voivodeship to the south, the German federal-states of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania and Brandenburg to the west, and the Baltic Sea to the north. Its capital and largest city is Szczecin.

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country located in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative subdivisions, covering an area of 312,696 square kilometres (120,733 sq mi), and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With a population of approximately 38.5 million people, Poland is the sixth most populous member state of the European Union. Poland's capital and largest metropolis is Warsaw. Other major cities include Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin.

History

The castle was raised by the Knights of Malta, which since 1382 had owned the castle - seeded to their ownership by the Borkowie. The castle has had a strategic location, being located in between the two rivers of Krąpiel and Pęzinka. The stronghold was built on an artificial hill, and its layout characteristics are similar to the nearby castles in Łagowo and Swobnica, with a four-part fortification wall surrounding an irregular courtyard which is linked up with the walls by living quarters, connected to the west of the fortification wall. The living quarters had windows only on the interior side of the castle to the courtyard.^[2]

The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, commonly known as the Order of Malta, is a Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of military, chivalric and noble nature.

Pęzinka is a river of Poland, a tributary of the Krępiel in Pęzino.

Łagowo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krzywiń, within Kościan County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is located approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) east of Krzywiń, 25 km (16 mi) south-east of Kościan, and 47 km (29 mi) south of the regional capital Poznań.

In 1492, the castle was seeded as a feud to the Borkowie from the Knights of Malta. The Borkowie did not change the castle greatly apart from adding windows in the western fortification walls and adding gables to the living quarters. In 1600, the castle undergone extensive works adding a three floor living quarters, connected to the fortification walls. The castle was plastered and covered with bossage.

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Since 1680, the castle was appointed to the Puttkamerów family, which became the castle's owners in 1703 In the mid-nineteenth century, a new wing has been built in a Gothic architectural style, known as Neo-Gothic. In the 1860s the Puttkamerów family deconstructed the outhouses around the castle, and in its place built gardens and a pavilion by the ruin of a chapel.^[3]

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In 1935, a fire had devastated the eastern-wing of the castle. In 1936–1940, the castle was renovated and an additional gatehouse wing was built. After World War II, the castle was seized by the State Agricultural Farm in Pęzino. The castle began to slowly deteriorate. The renovation of the castle began in 1977 to 1990.^[4] The castle was sold by the State Agriculture Treasury in 1996 to a company called Rolmłyn.^[5]

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References

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[Pęzino_Castle-1] Lindenhayn-Fiedorowicz], [Kazimiera Kalita Skwirzyńska, Mirosław Opęchowski ; tł. Agnieszka (2013). Pęzino = Pansin. Kulice [etc.]: Fundacja Akademia Europejska Kulice-Kültz. ISBN 978-83-935718-3-3.

[2] "Pęzino Castle". Zamki Net. Retrieved 28 September 2015.

[3] "Castle In Pęzino". Zamki. Retrieved 28 September 2015.

[4] "Main Page". Pęzino Castle. Retrieved 28 September 2015.

[Pęzino_Zamek-5] Nekanda-Trepka], [oprac. tekstów i red. techn. Kazimiera Kalita-Skwirzyńska, Mirosław Opęchowski, Janusz (1996). Pęzino : [przewodnik]. Szczecin: Ośrodek Dokumentacji Zabytków. Oddział. ISBN 83-86334-31-2.

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