Bolkow Castle

Bolków Castle is a castle located in Bolków on Castle Hill, with a height of 396 meters, where the slope is cut by the Nysa Szalona river, with a severe cliff (with a 90-metre drop); the eastern side of the hill progressively falls and is swallowed up by the town. The castle is an upland fortress with a surface area of 7600 m2. Bolków, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland is the location of the castle.

Cistercian monks from Krzeszów purchased the castle at Bolków in 1703. The castle has remained abandoned since then. The Cistercians finished the interior restoration in 1715; by an order dated October 30, 1810, the castle is transferred to the Prussian State Treasury (secularization). During this period, the structure begins to deteriorate. After the Napoleonic Wars, Russian soldiers lived at the castle in 1813. They excavated a tunnel at the foot of the tower to get to the hunger dungeon in search of the mythical riches. The authorities permitted the removal of a portion of the walls in 1885, and the resulting debris was utilized to reconstruct the roadways.

The mayor of Bolków (Feige) appoints the Verein für Heimatpflege (Bolków Regional Society) on March 10, 1913, with the goal of revitalizing tourism. However, the start of the war prevented the idea from being carried out. The House of Women was restored in 1922, with the ground floor becoming a youth hostel and the first story becoming a regional museum. After Hitler took power, the castle became state property. The castle is said to have hosted a research center that oversaw local companies.

Location: Bolków, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland