Oświęcim Castle

Oświęcim Castle
Oświęcim Castle
Location Oświęcim, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in Poland
Coordinates 50°03′28″N 19°17′46″E / 50.05778°N 19.29611°E / 50.05778; 19.29611Coordinates: 50°03′28″N 19°17′46″E / 50.05778°N 19.29611°E / 50.05778; 19.29611
Built 1177–79
Architectural style(s) Gothic
Location of the Oświęcim Castle in Poland

Oświęcim Castle (Polish: Zamek w Oświęcimiu) is a castle raised in the Medieval Ages on the top of a hill, on the right bank of the River Soła in Oświęcim.[1]

The castle comprises a thirteenth-century early-Gothic defence tower covered by a roof, a two-floor building built around a courtyard (with the old wing from the beginning of the sixteenth century) and additional connections between the wings built in 1929–31. Most of the fortifications around the castle were destroyed due to the changing river course of the River Soła.[2]

On the top of the hill where the castle is located there are remains of the fortifications. There are two tunnels located underneath the castle, the older (built before 1914) and the second which was excavated by the Germans (1940–1944). The tunnels were used as bunkers.[3]

Gothic brick tower

References

  1. ↑ "Oświęcim Castle Museum". Muzeum Zamek. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Oświęcim Castle". Zamki. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Oświęcim Castle Details". Zamki Net. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
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