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Kwidzyn Castle

Kwidzyn, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
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About Kwidzyn Castle

Kwidzyn Castle is a massive brick gothic fortress within the city of Kwidzyn, Poland. It is an instance of Teutonic Knights' castles structure. The fort is placed by means of Gdanska Street in Kwidzyn. The fort turned into used as a bankruptcy residence for the Pomesanians, who constructed it at the beginning of the 14th century - in a rectangular formation with a courtyard and square continues inside the corners of the castle's rectangular formation; and a dansker supported with the aid of five arcades. King Wladyslaw II Jagiello took over the fort, even as heading battles towards the Teutonic Knights in 1410.

The Second Peace of Torun ceded the castle to the Teutonic Knights. During the 17th century Deluge campaigns, the Swedes in part destroyed the fortress. Prussian government had ordered to partly deconstruct the fortress within the 18th century. In 1855-1875 the castle underwent a reconstruction. Currently, the preserved north-western and western wing homes the Branch of the Castle Museum in Malbork. The biggest dansker and a properly with a porch have also been preserved.

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