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Bobolice (Lower Silesian province)
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Bobrowniki
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Bobrów Castle
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Bolczów Castle
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Chocz
Chojnik Castle
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Cieszków
Cieszyn
Cisy Castle (of the Cis family)
Czarny Bór
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Czernina
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Czoch Castle
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Czyżów Szlachecki
Decjusz’s Villa
Dęblin
Dębno
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Dobra
Domanice
Dunajec Castle
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Dziewin
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Frydman
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Gniew
Gniewoszów
Gola
Gola Dzierżoniowska
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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
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Kraków
Kraków
Kraków – Branice
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Krąg
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Krosno Odrzańskie
Krupe
Krzyżtopór Castle
Książ Castle
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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
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Myślenice
Nawojowa
Nidzica
Nieborów
Niedzica
Niesytno Castle
Nowy Dwór Castle
Nowy Jasiniec
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Nowy Wiśnicz
Ogrodzieniec Castle
Ojców
Oleśnica
Oleśnica Mała
Olsztyn (Silesian Province)
Olsztyn (Warmia-Masuria Province)
Oława
Opole
Oporów
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Owiesno
Panków
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Pęzino
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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
 

Rudno - Tenczyn Castle

State of preservation: Ruins The stronghold has survived till now in the form of vast ruins
Admission: No entry Officially since the beginning of 2009 the entrance to the castle has been impossible. However, the padlock of the gate appears and disappears due to various instruments of torture :-) So there is a sporting chance for seeing the castle inside.
Parking: Paid parking By the very castle there is a paid parking lot. Beside it, at the foot of the castle there is a free forest parking lot, which is, however frequently visited by the lovers of somebody else's car radio.
Searching difficulty: Very easy The signposts lead up to the castle, so it is very easy to find the way to it
Access difficulty: Very easy From the paid parking lot you go down the flat path to the castle, which is not tiresome. From the free forest parking lot you need to climb the sharp hill up to the castle.
Subjective rating: Very nice Lovely ruins

Driving directions:

As to arrive in Rudno you ought to head the road no 79 from Cracow for Krzeszowice. After arriving in Krzeszowice, you need to turn left at the second junction with the traffic lights, on which there will be the road on the left. After a few hundred meters you should drive through the level crossing and drive straight on to the main road. There turn right and drive ahead all way long. In the village Tenczynek there is a sharp turn on the left, past which, after a few hundred meters, the first signpost to the castle will lead up on the right. If you choose that way, following the signposts, you will reach a paid parking lot.
If you, however, want to reach a free parking lot, you need to pass the first signpost and after covering next a few hundred meters you need to turn right (opposite the church on the left). Then you ought to drive ahead down an asphalt road full of holes all the time. On the way on the right side you pass pond and not far away from it you need to look out for the forest parking lot on the right side of the road. From there you follow the yellow trail up to the castle.




Historical outline:

In spite of the great popularity that Tenczyn Castle in Rudno enjoys, its history is not fully learnt. Most researchers claim that the castle in Rudno was founded by Andrzej of Topór coat of arms, Nawój's son from Morawica, in the second quarter of the XIVth cent. There is a hypothesis, however, that it was Nawój who started the construction a few years earlier, whereas Andrzej just completed it. The order of stumping the forest called Tenczyn given by Nawój in 1319 indicates that. The first document mentioning the castle originates in 1402, but the burgraves of the castle have been already known since 1400.
The Tęczyńskis ruled the castle till 1639, when Izabela Tęczyńska carried the castle in as a dowry to Łukasz Opaliński of Łodzia coat of arms. In 1655 the castle came into the Swedes' hands without fighting, who then burnt it down, when they were leaving local territories. The stronghold being in worse and worse condition was being passed within the next years to the Sieniawskis, the Czartoryskis as well as the Potockis' hands.


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