Bobrowniki Castle

Bobrowniki Castle[1] was built by the Teutonic Knights[2] in the late fourteenth, early fifteenth centuries.

Due to the close proximity of the country border, the elders of Dobrzyń nad Wisłą constantly improved the fortifications around the castle, which became the seat of the local government.

[3] In 1405 Wladyslaw Jagiello purchased Dobrzyn and Bobrowniki, but four years later the Teutonic Knights attacked the castle.

With the help of the treason of the defending commander Bobrowniki castle went back into Teutonic hands only to be returned to the Polish in 1411.

During the Thirteen Years' War (1454–66) the castle served as a prison for captured Knights of the Teutonic Order.