Owiesno

State of preservation:		The ruins
Admission:		You cannot enter the area of the ruins because they are tottery and these are private grounds
Parking:		There is no parking lot nearby
Searching difficulty:		Finding the ruins is not the easiest one. They are deep in the village and are hidden behind the buildings.
Access difficulty:		If you park the car by the gateway, the access will not be tiresome
Subjective rating:		Nice ruins

Driving directions:

Owiesno lies 8 km south of Dzierżoniów, which is situated 30 km east of Wałbrzych. If You enter Owiesno from south, that is from Ostroszowice, right past the board with the name of the place Owiesno You must turn right at the crossroads. Then drive straight ahead all the time and before the church turn right into a paved road. You need to drive along that road as far as the very down and at the crossroads cross the main road straight on, down to the gateway to the castle. The ruins can be found behind the living quarters visible in the fig. 2.




Historical outline:

The former name: Habendorf

The castle in Owiesno, which ruins can be seen presently, came into being at the beginning of the XIVth cent., when the village belonged to the family of the Pogorzelowies (von Pogarell). The best known representative of that family was the bishop Przecław, mentioned by the way describing the castle in Otmuchów. There is a hypothesis that the other defensive building associated with the Templar knights, existed in Owiesno before, however the historical sources do not support it.
The family of the Pogorzels resided in Owiesno till the beginning of the XVIIth cent. After 1797 the castle came into hands of the family of von Seidlitz, who stayed in it till the World War II. Until the 50’s of the XXth cent. the castle was still in a good condition, whereas already in the 60’s fell into ruin, which was the process that initiated the collapse of the tower.


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