Reszel Castle

Reszel Castle (Polish: Zamek w Reszlu) - a castle located in Reszel by the bank of the river Sajna, in the south-east of the town.

The castle was built in between 1350-1401. The castle was frequently looted, besieged and gained by Polish and Teutons forces. In the nineteenth century the castle was adapted into a prison, the castle was fully renovated after the Second World War.

Currently the castle houses the branch of the Museum of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship in Olsztyn, (Polish: Muzeum Warmii i Mazur w Olsztynie), a hotel and a restaurant.

History
The castle was built by the Bishop of Warmia, Jan of Miśnia, however the castle's first occupiers where the Teutonic Knights. In 1780 a part of the castle was adapted for a prison. In 1806 and 1807 a fire devastated the medieval castle. The castle was reconstructed in 1822, and from then on housing a Lutheran church. During the interwar period, the castle housed a museum, - currently a modern hotel.