Ojców Castle
Ojców Castle - a castle located in the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, part of a system of castles known as the Eagle's Nests - formerly protecting the southern border of the Kingdom of Poland; currently housing a museum dedicated to the castle in its renovated castle-tower.Photo: MacQtosh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: castle in Poland
- Also known as: “Ojcow Castle”, “Ruiny zamku kazimierzowskiego w Ojcowie”, and “Zamek w Ojcowie”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ojców Chapel and Wladislaus I Cave.
Ojców Chapel
Church
Photo: Mkos, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl.
Ojców Chapel is a church, which is situated 280 metres north of Ojców Castle.
Wladislaus I Cave
Cave
Photo: Jakubhal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wladislaus I Cave is situated 1½ km southwest of Ojców Castle.
Ciemna Cave
Cave
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Ciemna Cave is situated 1½ km south of Ojców Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ojców and Wola Kalinowska.
Ojców
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ojców is a village in Gmina Skała, in Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is one of the sights of the Eagle Nests Trail, as there are the ruins of a gothic castle near the village.
Wola Kalinowska
Village
Photo: Wokal1979, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wola Kalinowska is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sułoszowa, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Wola Kalinowska is situated 2½ km northwest of Ojców Castle.
Skała
Town
Photo: Jakubhal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skała is a town in southern Poland, situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, previously in Kraków Voivodeship. On December 31, 2010, its population was 3,646. Skała is situated 2½ km northeast of Ojców Castle.
Ojców Castle
- Categories: castle, architectural heritage monument, tourism, ruins, and historic site
- Location: Gmina Skała, Kraków County, Małopolskie, Poland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.21196° or 50° 12′ 43″ northLongitude
19.83069° or 19° 49′ 51″ eastOpen location code
9F2X6R6J+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
way 120331996OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1013422
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Vietnamese—“Ojców Castle” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Ojców (hrad)”
- Czech: “Ojców”
- Czech: “Zamek w Ojcowie”
- Dutch: “Zamek w Ojcowie”
- German: “Burg Ojców”
- German: “Zamek w Ojcowie”
- Polish: “Zamek w Ojcowie”
- Slovak: “Hrad Ojców”
- Slovak: “Zamek w Ojcowie”
- Ukrainian: “Zamek w Ojcowie”
- Ukrainian: “Замок в Ойцуві”
- Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Ojców”
- Vietnamese: “Zamek w Ojcowie”
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