Dziewin

State of preservation:		The monument has preserved in the form of the ruins
Admission:		The entrance to the castle area is free
Parking:		There is no parking lot by the castle
Searching difficulty:		Finding the monument is very easy
Access difficulty:		Dense grass and nettles make it difficult to reach the ruins
Subjective rating:		Nice ruins

Driving directions:

Driving down the road no 36 from Ścinawa to Rawicz, right past Ścinawa, but before the Oder you must turn right into the road no 372 towards Prochowice. After covering around 3 km you need to turn left towards Dziewin and in the village turn right into the first road up to the old buildings. There are the ruins of the castle.




Historical outline:

The ducal castle in Dziewin already existed around 1250. In 1287 the duke Henry III of Głogów sold the local lands (perhaps without the castle) to the knight Otton von Zedlitz. In the next centuries the village was frequently changing its hands, whereas the castle was probably still the ducal property. It was not until the XVIth cent. when the members of the family of von Kanitz who had ruled over the village for 100 years, became the owners of the castle. These were brothers Lassel, Wolf and Siegmund von Kanitz, who converted the castle into the Renaissance palace in the years of 1558-1566. Then the monument was changing its hands again, and in 1700 was extended. In 1721 the palace became the property of the family of von Schweinitz und Krain, who resided in it till 1945. The last owner of Dziewin was the count Erich von Schweinitz and the baron Krain von Klauder. The building was destroyed in 1945 and since then it has remained in ruin.


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