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Białawoda
Biecz
Biedrzychowice
Bielsko-Biała
Bierutów
Bobolice (Lower Silesian province)
Bobolice (Silesia Province)
Bobrowniki
Bobrów
Bobrów Castle
Bochotnica
Bodzentyn
Bolczów Castle
Bolesławiec (Łódz Province)
Bolków
Bolmin
Borów Polski
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Borzygniew
Bożków
Brok
Bronów
Brzeg
Bychawa
Byczyna
Bydlin
Bytów
Chełmo
Chęciny
Chlewiska
Chobienia
Chocianowiec
Chocianów
Chocz
Chojnik Castle
Chojnów
Chudów
Chwarszczany
Ciechanowice
Ciechanów
Ciepłowody
Cieszków
Cieszyn
Cisy Castle (of the Cis family)
Czarny Bór
Czchów
Czemierniki
Czerna
Czernina
Czersk
Częstochowa
Człuchów
Czoch Castle
Czorsztyn
Czyżów Szlachecki
Decjusz’s Villa
Dęblin
Dębno
Dobczyce
Dobra
Domanice
Dunajec Castle
Dzierżoniów
Dzietrzychowice
Dziewin
Frombork
Frydman
Giebułtów
Głogów
Głogówek
Gniew
Gniewoszów
Gola
Gola Dzierżoniowska
Golczewo
Golub-Dobrzyń
Gołuchów
Gorzanów
Gościszów
Góra
Górka Castle
Grodno Castle
Grodziec (Lower Silesia Province)
Grodziec (Silesian Province)
Grodziec Castle
Gryf Castle
Gryfów Śląski
Grzędy (Wojaczów)
Grzmiąca
Henry's Castle
Iłża
Janowice Wielkie
Janowiec
Jawor
Jelcz-Laskowice
Jelenia Góra
Jelenia Góra-Sobieszów
Jeżów (Wilczyska)
Jędrzychów
Kamieniec
Kamieniec Ząbkowicki
Kamienna Góra
Karpień Castle
Karpniki
Karpno (Lądek Zdrój)
Kazimierz Dolny
Kąty Wrocławskie
Kętrzyn
Kliczków
Kłaczyna
Kłodzko
Koło
Konradów Castle
Kozienice
Kozłówka
Koźmin Wielkopolski
Kożuchów
Kórnik
Kraków
Kraków
Kraków – Branice
Krasków
Krąg
Krobielowice
Krosno Odrzańskie
Krupe
Krzyżtopór Castle
Książ Castle
Książ Wielki
Kurozwęki
Kwidzyn
Lanckorona
Legnica
Lidzbark Warmiński
Lipa
Lipowiec Castle
Liw
Lubin
Lublin
Lubliniec
Lwówek Śląski
Łęczyca
Łodygowice
Łupki (Wleński Gródek)
Maciejowa (Jelenia Góra)
Malbork
Melsztyn
Melsztyn Castle
Mieroszów
Międzygórz
Międzylesie
Międzyrzecz
Mirów
Mirów Castle
Modła
Mokrsko Górne
Myślenice
Nawojowa
Nidzica
Nieborów
Niedzica
Niesytno Castle
Nowy Dwór Castle
Nowy Jasiniec
Nowy Sącz
Nowy Wiśnicz
Ogrodzieniec Castle
Ojców
Oleśnica
Oleśnica Mała
Olsztyn (Silesian Province)
Olsztyn (Warmia-Masuria Province)
Oława
Opole
Oporów
Ostróda
Ostrzeszów
Oświęcim
Otmuchów
Owiesno
Panków
Papowo Biskupie
Pastuchów
Pęzino
Pieskowa Skała
Pieszyce (Rościszów)
Piotrowice Świdnickie
Płakowice
Płonina
Podskale Castle
Podzamcze
Podzamcze Piekoszowskie
Proszówka
Przezmark
Przymiłowice Castle
Pszczyna
Rabsztyn
Raciążek
Radosno Castle
Radzyń Chełmiński
Rakowice Wielkie 1
Rakowice Wielkie 2
Reszel
Rogowiec Castle
Rogów Sobócki
Rudnica
Rudno
Rybnica
Rybnica Leśna
Rytro
Rząsiny
Sędziszowa
Siedlęcin
Siewierz
Skała
Słupice
Służejów
Small Wawel
Smoleń
Sobota
Sobótka - Górka
Sobótka (Ślęża Mountain)
Sokolec Castle
Sosnówka Dolna
Sośnicowice
Stadnicki’s Palace
Stara Kamienica
Stara Kraśnica
Stary Książ Castle
Stolec
Stoszowice
Stoszów
Sucha
Sucha Beskidzka
Szreńsk
Szydłowiec
Szydłów (Świętokrzyskie Province)
Szymbark (Lesser Poland Province)
Szymbark (Warmian-Masurian Province)
Świdnica
Świecie (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Province)
Świecie (Lower Silesia Province)
Świny
Tarnowiec
Tenczyn Castle
The Barwałd Castle
The Szczerba Castle
Toszek
Tropsztyn Castle
Trzciniec
Trzebień
Ujazd (Świętokrzyskie Province)
Uniejów
Uraz
Wałbrzych
Wałbrzych
Wałbrzych
Warmątowice Sienkiewiczowskie
Warszawa
Warta Bolesławiecka
Wawel Castle
Wąsosz
Wiadrów
Wielkie Trzcińsko
Wieruszyce
Witków
Witostowice
Wleń Castle
Wojanów
Wojcieszów
Wojnowice
Wolibórz (Garncarz Mountain)
Wolibórz (Jodłownik, Zamkowa Mountain)
Wołów
Wrocław (Armory)
Wrocław (Leśnica)
Wrocław (Ostrów Tumski)
Wrocław (University of Wrocław)
Wronin Castle
Wronów (Ronow) Castle
Wysoka
Wytrzyszczka
Zagórze Śląskie
Zapusta (Rajsko)
Ząbkowice Śląskie
Ziębice
Złoty Stok
Żary
Żelazno
Żmigród
 

Bobolice (Silesia Province)

State of preservation: Complete Until 2002 it was a picturesque ruin. At present the castle is completely rebuilt.
Admission: No entry The castle is the private property at the moment and is being reconstructed. The entrance is possible only on weekends, in July and August.
Parking: Free parking Next to the palace there is something resembling the parking lot
Searching difficulty: Moderate The castle is not visible from the main road and you have to search it for a while
Access difficulty: Easy To walk around the castle, you must stroll some time down a hilly ground
Subjective rating: Ordinary It had got 5 stars in 2002. Unfortunately, it gets only 3 now.

Driving directions:

In the place Żarki, north of Zawiercie, you have to drive down the road no 789 in the direction of Lelowo. In the place Niegowa turn right to Bobolice. After entering the village, drive down the main road until you spot the chapel under the tree next to the pool on the right side. There you have to park and walk down the path to the right as far as the ruins.


Historical outline:

The castle was founded in the XIVth cent. by Kazimierz Wielki, about which Jan from Czarnków as well as Jan Długosz mentioned. The castle was changing its hands multiple times. In 1370 Ludwik Węgierski, on the occasion of coronation presented it to Władysław Opolczyk, who in turn in 1379 handed it over for a short time to a Hungarian Andrzej Schoen from Barlabas. In 1391 the stronghold was seized by Władysław Jagiełło, since his namesake Władysław Opolczyk filled the castle with the German and the Czech, who plundered the neighboring terrains. In the latter centuries the castle belonged to e.g. the Szafraniec family, Trestk family, the Krez family, the Chodakowski family, the Męciński family as well as the Myszkowski family.
There is no certainty when the castle decayed. For sure an archduke Maksymilian Habsburg, who invaded the stronghold in 1587 as well as the Swedes in the middle of the XVIIth cent., made its contribution. Supposedly in 1683 in the castle Jan III Sobieski was a guest. He had to sleep in the tent however, since the building was already heavily ruined.
The inventory from 1700 mentions that the castle was even resided by the then leaseholder of the key of Bobolice, J.Rutkowski. Later the structure was deserted.
The castle was never a subject of detailed research and presumably it will never be as a present owner devastates it with the help of concrete and bricks.




Pictures:

Bobolice (Silesia Province) - ruiny zamku
Bobolice (Silesia Province)
Bobolice (Silesia Province) - efekty odbudowy
Bobolice (Silesia Province)
Bobolice (Silesia Province) - ruiny zamku
Bobolice (Silesia Province)
Bobolice (Silesia Province) - ruiny zamku
Bobolice (Silesia Province)
Bobolice (Silesia Province) - ruiny zamku
Bobolice (Silesia Province)
Bobolice (Silesia Province) - ruiny zamku
Bobolice (Silesia Province)
Bobolice (Silesia Province) - ruiny zamku
Bobolice (Silesia Province)
Bobolice (Silesia Province) - ruiny zamku
Bobolice (Silesia Province)
Bobolice (Silesia Province) - ruiny zamku
Bobolice (Silesia Province)
Bobolice (Silesia Province) - w trakcie odbudowy
Bobolice (Silesia Province)
Bobolice (Silesia Province) - w trakcie odbudowy
Bobolice (Silesia Province)
Bobolice (Silesia Province) - w trakcie odbudowy
Bobolice (Silesia Province)
Bobolice (Silesia Province) - w trakcie odbudowy
Bobolice (Silesia Province)
Bobolice (Silesia Province) - koniec odbudowy
Bobolice (Silesia Province)
Bobolice (Silesia Province) - koniec odbudowy
Bobolice (Silesia Province)
Bobolice (Silesia Province) - koniec odbudowy
Bobolice (Silesia Province)



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