Malbork Castle - Europe's largest gothic fortress
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187 months ago
One and only of such Castles in the World of Teutonic Order or Teutonic Knights, Knights of the Cross. Castle was built in Prussia around the fortress Ordensburg Marienburg which was founded in 1274 on the east bank of the river Nogat by the Teutonic Knights.

Both the castle and the town of Marienburg- rendered in Polish as Malborg or Malbork- were named for their patron saint, the Virgin Mary. This fortified castle became the seat of the Teutonic Order and Europe's largest Gothic fortress.

During the Thirteen Years War, the castle of Marienburg was pawned by the Teutonic Order to their imperial soldiers from Bohemia.

They sold the castle in 1457 to King Casimir IV of Poland in lieu of their pay. This separated the castle from the city in political terms, as the citizens resisted take-over by Poland. Source- wikipedia
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186 months ago
It's realy interesting because I didn't know that castle is the largest fortress in Europe.
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185 months ago
What is more, this is the biggest castle in the world, really :)
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185 months ago
The post was edited 1 time by Marwi (last time: 185 months ago)
damiando wrote:
What is more, this is the biggest castle in the world, really :)


Oh and that is even bigger suprise ;O
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152 months ago
The post was edited 1 time by mdavid (last time: 151 months ago)
Great post:)are there tours provided for this castle in Poland?

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152 months ago
The post was edited 1 time by bbrian (last time: 151 months ago)
would you suggest its better to travel by bus as a tourist visiting Poland, or hire a car to tour the place?
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152 months ago
A real WOW for this, I never heard about it. Its simply magnificent. Great piece of history.
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151 months ago
Public transport is quite convenient to use for tourists in Poland. As for reaching the Malbork Castle. trains travel directly to the castle everyday!

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151 months ago
This is what reflects the glorious past of our ancestors. It also defines the sense of architecture and creativity that resulted in such state of art building. Simply Awesome and great piece of art.
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