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Wałbrzych - Nowy Dwór Castle

State of preservation: Walls Only ground walls have preserved of the castle
Admission: Free entry The entry to the ruin are is free
Parking: No parking It is vain to search for the parking lot in the surroundings
Searching difficulty: Very hard Finding that site is outrageously difficult as it is hidden deep in the town, in the woods, and inhabitants when asked about the castle they direct to Książ Castle
Access difficulty: Very hard Access to the castle requires overcoming a sharp climb to the Zamkowa Mountain and thick bushes
Subjective rating: Ugly Ruins of the stronghold are ugly

Driving directions:

No one should probably have any problems with finding Wałbrzych. So as to reach the castle you need to drive through the whole town down the road no 35 in the direction of Unisław Śląski as well as Golińsk border checkpoint and in this way drive out of the town in the south down the Niepodległości Avenue. High over the road there is a railroad bridge and right under it branches off the Kosynierów Street to the left (without exit), into which you ought to turn. Next you have to go along it straight ahead as far as the factory with a high smokestack. About 200 m before the factory there is a beaten track to the left, down which it is needed to go on foot or a high-suspension car (terrible holes). After traveling around 300 m there will be a fork of roads, at which you must make a difficult decision:
1) Walking to the right you would come to the forest from where a yellow trail leads up to the castle. However, I strongly advise you against that choice of road since the approach is very abrupt, and the mountain – high. The route is exclusively for rock climbing lovers.
2) Walking to the left you would come to the buildings, where beyond the pond you ought to go right down the path uphill. There is situated another pond, past which you have to turn right again and go upwards down the yellow trail to the ruins.
Regardless of the choice of route, the trail is very neglected and overgrown with dense shrubs. It is probably a norm all over the Lower Silesia: all yellow trails, down which I have been hiking, were bushy.




Historical outline:

Former name: Waldenburg-Dittersbach, Neuhaus Castle

Emergence of the Castle in Nowy Dwór was not completely researched. It was probably built at the beginning of the XIVth cent by dukes of Świdnica-Jawor, whereas in historical sources it appeared for the first time in 1364. It was the then Agnieszka’s property, a widow of Bolko II. It quickly changed its hands however and since then it became the norm for many years. At the end the stronghold came into property of Czetryc family, who resided there till the end of the XVIth cent. Regardless of its situation the castle was ineffectively besieged during armed conflicts (e.g. Hussite Wars) and played vital roles in them. In 1581 the castle burnt down and has never been reconstructed again, while Czetryc family moved to a palace, built in 1604 at the foot of Zamkowa Mountain. Defensive values of the castle, however, were used once again in time of the Thirty Years’ War.


Pictures:

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