Międzylesie

State of preservation:		The castle has preserved as the whole. One wing is utilized as a hotel, while the remaining part is in ruin.
Admission:		The entrance to the castle is restricted owing to presence of a hotel
Parking:		There is a free parking lot by the monument
Searching difficulty:		Finding the monument is very easy
Access difficulty:		Access to the castle is also very easy
Subjective rating:		An ugly building

Driving directions:

Driving from Bystrzyca Kłodzka southwards, along the road no 33 for Boboszów, you cross Międzylesie. There at the market square the castle stands on the right side of a road no 33.


Historical outline:

Former name: Mittelwalde

Międzylesie appears for the first time in historical sources from 1294. A brick castle was raised probably about the middle of the XIVth cent. by the family of Glubos (von Glaubus or von Glaubitz), however the sources mention it just a few dozen years later. There exists, however a theory linking Jan Luksemburski with the building of the castle.
From the beginning of its existence the stronghold was a private property. In 1421 the castle became a base of dukes of Głogów for their crusades to the Bohemia. The stronghold was destroyed by the Hussites 7 years later, and in 1472 – became the property of Michał and Dawid von Tschirnhaus. They transformed the remainders of the castle into a renaissance mansion, which existed for almost 200 years. In the middle of the Thirty Years’ War the building was destroyed again, and in 1653 – purchased by a count Michael Ferdynand von Althann. The family of Althann converted the remainders of a former mansion into a baroque palace, which has survived until today, while in hands of the house it remained till 1945.


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