Friday, 21 August 2020
HistoryPractical informationMap 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...
Friday, 21 August 2020
HistoryPractical informationMap 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...
Friday, 21 August 2020
HistoryPractical InformationsMap 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...
Friday, 21 August 2020
HistoryPractical informationMap 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...
Friday, 21 August 2020
HistoryPractical informationMap 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...
