About Reszel Castle

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Reszel Castle (Polish: Zamek w Reszlu, German: Burg Rößel) is a castle located in Reszel by the bank of the river Sajna, in the south-east of the town.

The castle, an Ordensburg fortress, was built in between 1350-1401 by the Teutonic Order. The castle was frequently looted, besieged and gained by Polish and Teutonic forces. In the nineteenth century the castle was adapted into a prison, the castle was fully renovated after the Second World War.

Currently the castle houses the branch of the Museum of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Olsztyn, (Polish: Muzeum Warmii i Mazur w Olsztynie), a hotel and a restaurant.

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3, Podzamcze, gmina Reszel, warmińsko-mazurskie, Polska, 11-440

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