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1. Bridge of several borders – Town Hall loop from Biała Krakowska

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2. Sulkowski Castle – Town Hall loop from Osiedle Żeromskiego

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3. Sulkowski Castle – Bridge of several borders loop from Bielsko-Biała Główna

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March 14, 2022

The castle rising in the center of Bielsko-Biała is the oldest and largest historic building in the historic city of Bielsko. According to legend, in its place there used to be a stronghold of robbers attacking traveling merchants. The Duke of Opole, Kazimierz († 1229/30), was to capture this fortress and exterminate the robbers, and erect a hunting manor in this place, which was later expanded into a magnificent castle, next to which the city developed.

There is a grain of truth in every legend. Archaeological research confirms that there was probably a wooden castle in the place of today's castle in the 13th century. It acted as a watchtower guarding the crossing over the Biała River and the intersections of important trade routes: the salt route from Kraków to Cieszyn, to Moravia and the Czech Republic, and the route from Upper Silesia through Żywiec to Hungary. In the second half of the fourteenth century, the watchtower, destroyed by fire, was replaced by a brick castle, erected by the Duke of Cieszyn, Przemysław I Noszak († 1410). The building, from the beginning included in the Bielsko fortification system, being the strongest element of its fortifications, represented the type of the so-called city castle. At the same time, it played an important role as a Silesian border fortress: the nearby Biała River divided the district principalities of Cieszyn and Oświęcim from 1316, it became the Czech-Polish state border in the mid-15th century, and in the years 1526–1772 it separated the Austrian Habsburg monarchy from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

The castle in Bielsko, gradually expanded and transformed over time, served as one of the seats of the Cieszyn Piasts for over two centuries. In 1572, it became the administrative and economic center of the independent Bielsko state state (Latin status minor), ruled by representatives of the noble families of Promnitz (1572-1582), Schaffgotsch (1582-1592), Sunnegh (1592-1724), Solms (1728- 1742) and Haugwitz (1742–1752). From the end of the 16th century, it was more and more transformed into a noble residence, without losing its defensive values: despite being burnt by the Swedes at the end of the Thirty Years' War (1646), it was still considered one of the most important in Silesia in 1689.

muzeum.bielsko.pl/pl/historia-muzeum-zamek

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzeum_Historyczne_w_Bielsku-Bia%C5%82ej_%E2%80%93_Zamek_ksi%C4%85%C5%BC%C4%85t_Su%C5%82kowskich

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August 17, 2023

More information at the following link:

de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_Bielsko-Bia%C5%82a

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Brigitte

October 19, 2021

The Museum in BielskoBielsko-Biała is located in the historic Sulkowski-Sulkowski Castle. Several museum branches have been added since the 1970s.

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Location: Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Sulkowski Castle

1. Bridge of several borders – Town Hall loop from Biała Krakowska

2. Sulkowski Castle – Town Hall loop from Osiedle Żeromskiego

3. Sulkowski Castle – Bridge of several borders loop from Bielsko-Biała Główna

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