Bolcz Castle
The Bolcz Castle (''German: Bolzenschloss, later Bolkoschloß, Bolzenstein'') is a castle with fragments of natural rock walls in Poland, located about from Jelenia Góra, in the northern part of the Rudawy Janowickie, on a rocky, granite protrusion, about above sea level. History The establishment of the castle in 1375 is attributed to a courtier of Bolko II the Small, Duke Bolko II from the Bolcz family. The builder of the castle, Clericus Bolze, supported the Hussites, Hussite movement and the castle became a nest of raubriters. In the first half of the 15th century it was destroyed during a battle between the townsfolk of Wrocław and Świdnica and the Hussites. The castle was rebuilt by Hans Dippold von Burghaus in 1517–1518. A courtyard was created at that time, with a defensive tower in the southern corner and a number of embrasures in the walls. The castle changed owners one by one - in 1537-1543 it belonged to Justus Decius of Kraków, a courtier and secretary to th ...
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