Kwidzyn. 14th Century Pomezanian Chapter Castle - Chambers / Zamek kapituły pomezańskiej - Komnaty

The castle in Kwidzyn is a very characteristic Gothic fortress, built in 1320-40. The castle was the seat of the chapter of the Pomezanian Bishopric until 1525. After 1772, the castle became the seat of the court and its interiors were converted into court and prison rooms, and it remained a court and prison until 1935. In 1936, after adaptation work, the castle became the seat of the Hitlerjugend school, and remained so until 1945. After the Red Army occupied the town, the castle - unlike the Old Town - escaped serious damage, with only its interiors looted. In December 1949, it became the seat of the Castle Museum.

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Well Tower- The tower was built in the 14th century and was connected to the castle by a covered porch about 18 m long, supported by a brick pillar. In the Middle Ages, there was a turnstile inside the well tower used for drawing water. The well was still in operation in the 17th century. The spring over which the tower was built has been bubbling continuously for more than 650 years.

Dormitory - The largest of the surviving chateau halls. Set on a rectangular plan with a three-bay stellar vault. Originally it served as a dormitory - a common bedroom of the canons. From 1862, it was the courtroom. From 1936 to 1945, the hall served as the representative assembly hall and refectory of the elite Hitlerjugend school. Today it is a temporary exhibition hall. There are, among others, an oak chest covered with strips of iron sheeting (14th century), an inlaid chest (1802) and others.

Door with portal (1612). Made of oak wood. It is the only surviving piece of Renaissance interior decoration of the former Kwidzyn Town Hall.

Provost's chamber. In the medieval period, the room most probably housed the chamber of the provost, the president of the chapter of canons. The room has a stellar vaulted ceiling. The hall is connected to a small cross-vaulted room that served as the chapter's treasury and archive.

Sleigh, 19th and 17th century.

Chapter Office. The rectangular room, above the gate passage, has an original, starry Gothic vault from around the mid-14th century. In the past, the interior of the room had painted decorations on the walls and vaults. Their fragments were discovered during research carried out in 1994.

Locksmiths' guild sign (18th century).

Winter Refectory. A hall with a star vault, supported by a central granite octagonal column. There is an exhibition of art and crafts " Antiquities from the collection of Counts Sierakowski from Waplewo Wielkie". These include: alabaster relief of the 'Holy Family resting during the flight into Egypt' (1683); portrait of a nun, (oil) 2nd half of the 17th century, author unknown; "Scene at the cannon" (oil) 18th century, author unknown; chest from 1836; "Portrait of a man with a skull" (oil on board) mid-17th century, author unknown; decorative panneau (oil on board) mid-18th century, author unknown.

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Zamek w Kwidzynie to bardzo charakterystyczna warownia gotycka, powstał w latach 1320-40. Zamek był siedzibą kapituły biskupstwa pomezańskiego do 1525 r. Po 1772 r. zamek stał się siedzibą sądu, a jego wnętrza przebudowano na sale sądowe i więzienne. Funkcje sądu i więzienia pełnił do roku 1935. W roku 1936 po pracach adaptacyjnych, zamek stał się siedzibą hitlerowskiej szkoły Hitlerjugend i tę funkcję pełnił do roku 1945. Po zajęciu miasta przez Armię Czerwoną, zamek – w odróżnieniu od Starego Miasta – uniknął poważniejszych zniszczeń, splądrowano jedynie jego wnętrza. W grudniu 1949 roku stał się siedzibą Muzeum Zamkowego.
W filmie:
Wieża studzienna.
Dormitorium.
Drzwi z portalem (1612).
Komnata Prepozyta.
Sanie wyjazdowe z XIX w. i XVII w.
Kancelaria Kapitulna.
Wywieszka cechu ślusarzy (XVIII w.).
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