Świętokrzyskie
Kielce County
Gmina Chęciny

Chęciny Castle

Chęciny Royal Castle was built in the late 13th century in , . It fell into ruin in the 18th century and remains in that state to this day.
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  • Opening hours: January 9:00 AM—3:00 PM and February 9:00 AM—4:00 PM and March 9:00 AM—5:00 PM and April—August 9:00 AM—7:00 PM and September 9:00 AM—6:00 PM and October 9:00 AM—5:00 PM and November 9:00 AM—4:00 PM and December 9:00 AM—3:00 PM and January 1st closed and November 1st closed and December 24th closed and December 25th closed and December 31st closed
  • Email: biuro@zamek.checiny.pl
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ruin of castle in Chęciny, Poland
  • Also known as: “Checiny - Zamek biskupi XIIIw.” and “Chęciny - Zamek biskupi XIIIw.”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Bartholomew church in Chęciny and Synagogue in Chęciny.

Church
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is situated 190 metres northeast of Chęciny Castle.

Synagogue
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is situated 390 metres northeast of Chęciny Castle.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 560 metres north of Chęciny Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chęciny and Podzamcze Chęcińskie.

Photo: Jakubhal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a town of 4,400 people in the province in central . It is 15 km south of the regional capital of .

Village
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is a in the administrative district of , within , , in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 5 km south of and 17 km south-west of the regional capital .

Village
Photo: Robert Niedźwiedzki, CC BY 3.0.
is a in the administrative district of , within , , in south-central Poland. It lies approximately 3 km south of and 16 km south-west of the regional capital .

Chęciny Castle

Latitude
50.79743° or 50° 47′ 51″ north
Longitude
20.46033° or 20° 27′ 37″ east
Elevation
277 metres (909 feet)
Open location code
9G22QFW6+X4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 623240258
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6285011
Wiki­data ID
Q4497261
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Vietnamese—“Chęciny Castle” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Хэнцінскі замак”
  • Chinese: “亨齊內城堡”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel van Checiny”
  • Dutch: “Kasteel van Chęciny”
  • German: “Burg Chęciny”
  • Polish: “Zamek Królewski w Chęcinach”
  • Polish: “Zamek w Chęcinach”
  • Romanian: “Castelul Chęciny”
  • Russian: “Хенцинский замок”
  • Russian: “Хенчинский замок”
  • Ukrainian: “Хенцинський замок”
  • Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Chęciny”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Chęciny Castle”. Photo: Arianus, CC BY-SA 3.0.