Olsztyn (Silesian Voivodeship) - Olsztyn (województwo śląskie)

	Olsztyn;
	Panorama of the castle and its surroundings
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Country	Poland
Region	Silesian Voivodeship
Population	2331
Area code	( 48) 34
Postal Code	42-256
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Olsztyn (Silesian Voivodeship)

Olsztyn. Castle - panorama.JPG

Castle in Olsztyn

Olsztyn - village (once a city) in Poland located in Silesian voivodship, in Częstochowa poviat, in the commune of Olsztyn, about 15 km southeast of Czestochowa.

Granary moved from Borowna

The ruins of the castle in Olsztyn

The ruins of the castle in Olsztyn

The parish church of st. John the Baptist

Mausoleum. Reliefs depicting farewell to death.

Characteristic

Geographical location: 50 ° 45′07 ″ N 19 ° 16′04 ″ E

It runs through the village The Trail of the Eagles' Nests.

Castle in Olsztyn is next to the castle in Ogrodzieniec the largest on Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska "Eagle's Nest".

At first, the settlement under the castle was called Olsztynek. In the 17th century, when the stronghold fell into ruin as a result of the Swedish wars, the town began to be called Olsztyn. In 1488, Olsztyn received city rights and the right to organize fairs from the hands of Kazimierz Jagiellończyk. In 1870, the town lost its status as a city by the decision of the Russian administration due to the small number of inhabitants and its small size. The town is best known for its 14th-century ruins castle The first mention of the Olsztyn stronghold dates back to 1349. It was probably built, like others in this area, also by order of King Casimir the Great and was called Przymiłowice, in the 1440s changed to Olsztyn.

Casimir the Great underwent a thorough reconstruction of the former wooden stronghold and in its place a brick fortress was built. The castle was supposed to protect the western borders of the Kingdom of Poland against invasions from Silesia and the Czech Republic, but it also served as a royal prison. The castle housed a royal prison, and it also had a basic defensive function. In 1370, taken from Władysław Opolczyk by Jagiełło as punishment for plotting against his homeland, it was leased by various families of magnates.

In the mid-15th century, the fortress was extended to the south-west. The next stage of expansion was made by Piotr Opaliński in 1540-51.

In 1587, the castle was attacked by the Austrian army of Archduke Maximilian, a pretender to the Polish throne. However, unlike another castle - in Bobolice, the Olsztyn stronghold was not conquered. The dramatic defense was successful, but the structure itself suffered a lot. The Swedes did significant damage during the "Swedish Deluge", in 1655 the castle was conquered and destroyed, and since then it has fallen into ruin. In the 18th century, the slowly demolished walls were a source of building materials for the church that was rebuilt after the fire at that time.

To this day, fragments of the upper castle (residential part) of

a cylindrical tower (tower),
a square tower (Sołtysia-Starościńska), fragments of walls of farm buildings, partly also cellars, and foundations of the forge and traces of smoke-houses discovered during archaeological research.

The Olsztyn castle, like the one in Ogrodzieniec, he appeared in many film productions, incl. in A manuscript found in Zaragoza directed by Wojciech Has and v Demons of War Władysław Pasikowski, and the former residential house was the set design for the series Dark clouds.

Drive

By car

Access by national road No. 46 - 270 km long national road running through the Dolnośląskie, Opolskie and Śląskie voivodships.

By bus

Worth seeing

Castle from the 14th century
St. John the Baptist
Granary from 1783 moved from Borowna and reconstructed in 2007.
post-German bunkers from 1944
cemetery - mausoleumwhere in time World War II The Germans buried the inhabitants of Częstochowa and the surrounding area who were shot in the Olsztyn forests, prisoners from Częstochowa and Radomska, captured partisans, prisoners of war and people captured in pacifications of nearby villages - probably 1,968 people in total. The victims were commemorated with two monuments, symbolic graves and a bas-relief depicting a shooting scene. On the monument there is an inscription "To the Heroes of the Fight for the Freedom of the Homeland, murdered in 1939-1945". The cemetery also contains the ashes of several hundred Soviet prisoners of war, shot by the Germans in 1941-1944.
nearby inselbergs and caves, among others (Olsztyn Cave) - an attraction for climbers and speleologists
A movable Christmas nativity scene by Jan Wewior, consisting of 800 figures (including 300 movable ones), (mentioned as an element the wooden architecture route of the Silesian Voivodeship)

Gastronomy

Accommodation

Tourist information

Tourist Information Point pl. Piłsudskiego 15, Olsztyn, tel. 34 3285313, olsztyn @ slaskie.travel

They run over here Hiking trails:

The Trail of the Eagles' Nests
Jurassic strongholds
"St. Idzi ”. Length 8 km. Mileage: Olsztyn - Falcon Mountains reserve – Chlebice.
Wooden architecture trail in the voivodeship Silesian.

The Częstochowa Loop: a movable nativity scene by Jan Wewior in a wooden hut from the end of the 19th century.

Bike trails:

Jurassic Bicycle Trail of the Eagles' Nests. Length 188.3 km.
The Bicycle Trail Around the Sokole Mountains and Olsztyn. Length 34 km.
The Olsztyn Cycling Trail. Length 78.3 km. Route: Czestochowa - Olsztyn - Zrębice - Piasek (Częstochowa poviat) - Julian - Przyrów - Lipnik - Little Little - Mirów.

Nearest neighborhood

There are nature reserves near Olsztyn: Falcon Mountains and green Mountain and Towarne Mountains.

Festivals, parties

The castle hosts, among others, Knight's Tournament for the saber of Kasper Karlinski.