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Bolkow Castle

Above the town stand the ruins of Bolkow Castle, built in the 13th century.Devastated in the Thirty Years War it became a property of Grussau Abbey in 1703, though restoration efforts did not begin until 1905.Since 1994 the ruin is the site of the annual "Castle Party" Gothic rock festival.

Evangelical Church in Bolkow

located at the intersection of Kamienna and Independence. Church of Sts. Trinity the building was completed in 1855, the Currently the church's gymnasium of the School of Agribusiness them. W. Witos in Bolkow.Evangelical churches now is not the only one who was in Bolkow.The first, wooden Protestant church was built in 1742, the on the market, the place where now there is a fountain, stood a wooden church.It cost 1330 dollars.In 1855, the it was demolished due to poor technical condition.

Angel fountain in Bolkow

is a fountain located in 1858 , the the site of a former evangelical church in Bolkow (at this point there was an altar). It is made of gray granite is an oval shape.At a time when the castle was ruled by the Cistercians, the fountain was near the Catholic church.A transfer made sure her Earl Hoym, the costs were covered Kramsta Henriette (nee Krebs, widow of Ernest Heinrich Kramscie).Since then the fountain stands midway between the Catholic church and town hall.In 2001, the through the cooperation of city authorities and the efforts of former resident and honorary citizen of Bolkow Hans-Jochen Meier replica (made of sandstone) Lost figures went back to his place.

The Phantom of the Bolkow

In winter 1601 the castle was under the rule of Wladyslaw Cztrycz.At that time people began to talk about Bolkow ghost.This beast was in the habit of breaking in to houses at night and stew and drink blood.Usually the girls attacked yet none of his victims died.Desperate people went to the lord of the castle and asked him for help.After listening to all the victims of Wladyslaw informed about the court in Vienna.In April 1602 the city came to the messenger who took the case file.In May came the imperial commission that would investigate and resolve the matter.And finally one night they saw a ghost girl choking.The interviews further learned that last year when the castle wall a woman living dealing spells.

The Amber Room

John Stulin in his book Where the Amber Room was hidden writes that the bolkowskim castle hidden the Amber Room.It is believed that brought her in broad daylight from Konigsberg and not hidden from all the bolkowskim market (the two boxes were to be damaged) where trucks were waiting to enter the castle.About the same transport had not known even Hitler who at the time he was an honorary citizen of the city.(during the Third Reich it was common) Stulin claims that the castle interiors were underground where hidden treasure no written source materials do not support this version.

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