Gościszów

State of preservation:		Considerable ruins have remained of the castle
Admission:		The entrance to the ruin area is for free
Parking:		There is no parking lot nearby the ruins and there is a problem with legal car-parking
Searching difficulty:		The remnants of the Evangelical church make it easier to find the castle
Access difficulty:		The access to the ruins is not tiresome
Subjective rating:		The construction does not provide greater sensations

Driving directions:

Driving from Lwówek Śląski towards Niwnica, just beyond the town you need to turn right for Nowogrodziec. After covering a few dozen kilometers you arrive in Gościszów, in which you need to keep the main road all the time. The ruins of the castle are situated on the right side by that road, however, earlier you will surely notice standing ruins of the Evangelical church directly opposite (picture no 2).


Historical outline:

Former name: Giessmanndorf

Castle in Gościszów was put up at the end of the XIIIth cent. and already in subsequent centuries was extended. The next reconstruction took place around 1603. It was carried out by married couple Kacper von Warnsdorf and Helena von Sedlitz giving the castle the character of the palace. The following construction works were conducted in the XVIIIth cent. by von Bibran. The building was burnt in 1945 and after preservative works from 1965 is has remained a solid ruin.




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Kliczków

Warta Bolesławiecka

Grodziec (Lower Silesia Province)

Skała

Rakowice Wielkie 1

Rakowice Wielkie 2

Lwówek Śląski

Płakowice

Rząsiny

Biedrzychowice

Zapusta (Rajsko)

Gryfów Śląski

Sucha

Łupki (Wleński Gródek)

Proszówka

Świecie (Lower Silesia Province)

Giebułtów