Reszel Castle

 ( Castles In Warmian-masurian Voivodeship ) 

Reszel Castle (Polish language: Zamek w Reszlu, ) is a castle located in Reszel by the bank of the river Sajna, in the south-east of the town.

The castle, an Ordensburg, was built in between 1350 and 1401 by the Teutonic Order. The castle was frequently looted, Siege and gained by Polish and Teutonic forces. In the nineteenth century the castle was adapted into a prison, the castle was fully renovated after the Second World War.

Currently the castle houses the branch of the Museum of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Olsztyn, (Polish language: Muzeum Warmii i Mazur w Olsztynie), a hotel and a restaurant.

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History The castle was built by the Bishop of Warmia, Jan of Meissen, however the castle's first occupiers where the Teutonic Knights. In 1780 a part of the castle was adapted for a prison. In 1806 and 1807 a fire devastated the medieval castle. The castle was reconstructed in 1822, and from then on housing a Lutheranism church. During the interwar period, the castle housed a museum, which is now a modern hotel.

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See also

• Castles in Poland

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