Szlaki województw śląskiego i opolskiego

The Castle in Chrzelicewas created in the second half of the 14th century on an irregular trapezoid plan on a small hill, where a wooden castle built by knights of the Order of Saint John probably stood at the turn of the 12th and 13th centuries. The edifice possessed brick walls supported by buttresses and two quadrilateral residential buildings. In the western part of the courtyard stood a free-standing round tower, the so-called bergfried. The entire establishment was surrounded by a water-filled moat. At the end of the 15th century, robber-knights settled in the castle, which led to an expedition of the Opole Piasts and the capture of the castle, which they managed until 1532, when the facility passed under Bohemian rule. Around the mid-18th century, the residence became the property of the Dietrichstein family, and subsequently the Prussian King Frederick II Hohenzollern. During World War II, a communication staff was located in the castle. The undamaged buildings were designated after the war partly for apartments for several families, partly for a kindergarten and a village community center. To this day, brick, plastered walls erected on vaulted Gothic cellars, part of the partition walls, fragments of cornices, window frames, and pilasters in the central part of the front facade have been preserved from the former castle. The castle ruins are surrounded by a landscape park with old trees. In 2000, a 3-meter deep dungeon was discovered in the foundations of the former tower. According to local legends, under it lies a tunnel connecting the building with the castles in Mosznaand on the Grodzisko. Practical information: Parking spaces directly adjacent to the ruins.