Founded in 1997

Welcome

on the website of the Association of communes “Polish gothic castles”. You will find here a lot of information and curiosities from the wonderfully historical areas located around the Trail of Gothic Castles.

COMPETITION OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT GOTHIC CASTLES

The competition is addressed to primary school children and young people from 15 municipalities belonging to the Association of communes “Polish gothic castles” and from 8 municipalities belonging to the Association “Dom Warmiński”.

Audiobooks

We invite you to listen to the audiobook with a record of the poems “Polish and Hungarian Songs” by Ferdinand Gregorovius. It is a collection of sixteen poems written in honor of Hungarians and Poles fighting for the freedom and independence of their homelands in the era of national uprisings, built on the wave of the European Spring of Peoples. Hungarian version | German version

Mobile app

Trails of Gothic Castles – Tourist game on the cultural trails of Pomerania, Warmia and Mazury and the Kaliningrad region is a unique proposal of a thematic mobile guide to unique places of the Southern Baltic area, enriched with a module of quests – field games on selected trails.

Ryn

Ryn is a charming Masurian town, located on the isthmus of two lakes, Ołów and Ryńskie. Above the city there is a 14th-century Teutonic castle founded by grand master Winrych von Kniprode, (whos made the famous boat trip from Ryn to Malbork - in 1379). The castle was...

Lębork

Lębork’s past is closely connected with the history of Gdańsk Pomerania and Western Pomerania, with the history of Poland and Germany. There are hypotheses that in the early Middle Ages a pre-location settlement was established in the prado valley of the Łeba River,...

Nowe

Nowe is a small town beautifully situated on the high bank of the Vistula Riveron, midway between Bydgoszcz and Gdańsk. On the steep bank slope, at the turn of the twelfth and thirteenth century stood a mighty fortress, which, along with castles in Stargard and...

Ostróda

Ostróda is one of the oldest towns in the Masurian lake district. Amongst the monuments of the town distinguishes the Gothic castle, which was built by the Teutonic Knights during 1393  at the site of a former fortress from the late XIII century. Here was the seat of...

Człuchów

Człuchów was a well-developed settlement as early as the Middle Ages. Which afterwards, under the first monarchs from the House of Piast, Człuchów belonged to the Castellany of Szczytno in Kashubia. Around 1290 the land around Człuchów was ceded by the Duke of Gdańsk...

Bytów

The Teutonic Knights started building the fortified castle of Bytów in the years of 1398-1405. They chose the selected location of the castle hill towering above the city with excellent natural conditions of defenses. It was built in a rectangular shape, measuring 70m...

Działdowo

Działdowo is a town located on the historical Prussian-Mazovian border, today belonging to the southern part of the Warmia-Masuria voivodeship. The origins of the Department are connected with the appearance in this area of knights of the Teutonic Order. The...

Nidzica

The commune of Nidzica is located In the southern part of the voivodship of warmińsko-mazurskie, within three  masurian regions (mezoregion), which are Garb Lubawski, Pojezierze Olsztyńskie and the Równina Mazurska. Commune consists of 22,600 inhabitants, of which...

Olsztyn

Olsztyn prides itself on its castle of the Warmian Chapter. Construction of the oldest wings began in 1348, and in the XV-XVI century, a wing was added to the southern upper part of the tower. Olsztyn castle is a perfect example of Gothic architecture. Currently...

Kętrzyn

Kętrzyn is less than 30-thousandths of a town situated on the border of Warmia and Mazury (two regions in the north-east of Poland, rich in lakes and forests), which intersects the routes leading to several towns, Węgorzewo, Mrągowo, Bartoszyce and Giżycko. So...

Giżycko

HOTEL ST. BRUNO IN GIŻYCKU Past and present Hotel St. Bruno was built in a stylishly restored Teutonic castle, which dates back to the 14th century. Over the course of these several hundred years, the building changed its appearance and purpose. Originally built by...

Sztum

The castle in Sztum was built during 1326-1331 which safeguarded the Malbork (Marienburg) fortress from the south. Its other function was to give residence to the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order. The Sztum castle remained in the hands of Teutonic Knights until...

Lidzbark Warmiński

Lidzbark Warmiński is located at the estuary of the river of Symsarna towards the river of Łyna, Just about 48 km from the provinicial city of Olsztyn, and about 30 km from the northern state border. The Valley in which lies the town, is surrounded by picturesque,...

Kwidzyn

The former Prussian fortress, which was occupied by the Teutonic Knights in 1233, received the city rights during the same year. From 1285 to 1587 Marienwerde (Virgin Mary's Island), as the Teutons had originally called the settlement, was a seat of the Pomezanian...

Gniew

The Order of Brothers of the German House Saint Mary In Jerusalem, finally put every effort to take possession on the land of Gniew in 1283, their first possession on the left bank of the Vistula river. Based on the law of Chełmno in 1297 A.D. the city stood next to...

Malbork

Malbork city owes its origin to the activities of monks-knights, members of the Order of the Hospital of The Order of Brothers of the German House of Saint Mary in Jerusalem (full name of the monks, popularly known as the Teutonic Knights in Poland), which on the...

Interactive map

of Gothic Castles

Project ‘Tourism beyond the boundaries – tourism routes of the cross-border regions of Russia and North-East Poland’ is implemented with the financial support of the European Union within the Poland-Russia Cross-border Cooperation Programme 2014-2020. The task was co-financed from the funds of the local governments of the Province of Pomerania and the Province of Warmia and Mazury. The project was co-financed from the funds of the Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding as part of the Open Competition  – Remotely.

Historical games: M. Copernicus – I. Kant

At the beginning of August this year, Polish and Russian versions of the city’s historical games, based on the monuments and places of modern Olsztyn and Kaliningrad, were released. The games are connected with the life and work of two outstanding historical figures – Nicholas Copernicus and Immanuel Kant. We invite both locals and tourists to play!

The preparation and release of the game is the activity of project Pr/1/008/2018 Mon. ‘Tourism beyond the boundaries – tourism routes of the cross-border regions of Russia and North-East Poland’.

The above content is the sole responsibility of the Association of Municipalities “Polish Gothic Castles” and it cannot under any circumstances be regarded as a reflection of the position of the European Union, the IS or the Joint Technical Secretariat of WIP Poland – Russia 2014-2020.

Knight’s Battles

On the Gothic Castles Trail you will find not only historical stagings, but also dynamism-full shows of knighthoods. We invite you to watch the coverage of the Winter Tournament from Nidzica.

Mobile App

Mobile guide about the route of the Gothic castles is one of the most dynamically developing tourist applications in Poland. It is ideal for people interested in history, for these who want to learn and discover unknown and interesting facts connected with important centres of the medieval Europe. More

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Online library

We invite you to read our publications
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Contact

landline phone

+48 89 535 32 76

Mobile PHONE

+48 535 887 090

E‑mail

info@zamkigotyckie.org.pl

Address

Pieniężnego 10
10-006 Olsztyn

The page was created as part of a project
Pn. “Development of the tourist brand of the Gothic Castles Route”
co-financed by the Ministry of Development, Labour and Technology