Tuesday, 17 June 2014

Ghosts of Castle Bobolice

The Bobolice Castle – a royal castle built by King Casimir III the Great in the middle of the 14th century. The castle was a part of the defence system of royal strongholds protecting the western border of Poland on the side of Silesia.


According to 15th century chronicles, a representative of the Krezowie family captured and imprisoned his niece in the Bobolice Castle. She is still said to haunt the stronghold as a lady in white. 


There is also a tale about two twin brothers, owners of castles in Mirów and Bobolice. Legend has it that they dug a tunnel between the two strongholds. One day they came into possession of a big treasure – they hid it in the tunnel and put an witch on guard. The brothers understood each other perfectly and could go through fire and water for each other. However, their friendship was put to a difficult test, when one brother brought a beautiful girl from his war expedition. Suspecting that his twin brother may have fallen in love with the girl, he locked her in the cellar near the treasure. One day, during the absence of the witch, he caught the pair of lovers in the vault. He got angry, murdered his brother and bricked up the girl in the castle dungeons. The ghost of the girl is still said to haunt the castle tower.


Sources:
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamek_Bobolice
http://zamekbobolice.pl/
http://podrozniccy.com/pl/polska/zamek-bobolice
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobolice_Castle

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