8 Kolobrzeska, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Olsztyn castle was built in the system of Eagles’ Nests in former town, nowadays village Olsztyn. The first information about the castle in this place comes from 1306. Still, the castle existed here even earlier. In the fifteenth century, the so-called the lower castle was built, which was probably extended in the next century. At that time, the castle played a significant role in repelling attacks of Silesian dukes which is why it was further expanded. Next, it was rebuilt several times due to the crumbling of the walls due to rock landslides. At the beginning of the 17th century the castle lost its importance and its conditioned worsened. During Polish-Swedish wars, the Swedes ruined the castle and burned the city down. Since then the castle has been only attractive and beautifully located ruin. The walls of the residential part of the castle have survived to this day, as well as the cylindrical (tower) and square (Starościańska) towers, fragments of the walls of farm buildings, partly also cellars and foundations of the smithy and traces of smoke houses has been discovered during archaeological research. The ruin is available to tourists.
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