Świny Castle

Świny Castle - formerly a gord, as a stronghold existed in its location already in the fifth century - securing the Lubawecki mountain pass, the site was recorded in Cosmas' documents from 1108, where the gord is recorded as Suini in Poloniae.

Photo: MacQtosh, CC BY 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Nicholas church in Świny and Bolków Castle.

Saint Nicholas church in Świny

Church

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Saint Nicholas church in Świny is situated 140 metres northeast of Świny Castle.

Bolków Castle

Photo: Jacek Halicki, CC BY 3.0.

Bolków Castle is a castle located in Bolków on the Castle Hill, with a 396 metres, where the hillside is cut by the Nysa Szalona river, with a sharp precipice; the eastern side of the hill gradually lowers, taken up by the town. Bolków Castle is situated 2 km southwest of Świny Castle.

Former protestant church in Bolków

Art gallery

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Former protestant church in Bolków is an art gallery, which is situated 2 km south of Świny Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Świny and Gmina Bolków.

Świny

Village

Photo: Przykuta, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Świny is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bolków, within Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.

Gmina Bolków

Town

Photo: Jacek Halicki, CC BY 3.0.

Bolków is a town in Jawor County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of the administrative district called Gmina Bolków and part of the Neisse-Nysa-Nisa Euroregion.