Castle with incredible legends in Olsztyn, Częstochowa ("Eagle's Nests")

In this video you will see the second part of our trip to Częstochowa. An amazing and mysterious castle with legends.
To defend and protect the borders and the most important trade routes in the most populated areas of Małopolska, King Casimir III the Great built fortresses on the Kraków-Częstochowa Jura.
"The Eagle's Nest Route" is the name of the oldest tourist route. The route begins in Kraków and ends in Częstochowa. Total length of 163.9 km. It takes its name from the ruins of castles and fortresses on the route, which are called the Eagle's Nests.
The castle in Olsztyn was one of the last on the route, almost near Częstochowa.
On the way there are ruins of castles: Olsztyn, Ostrężnik, Mirów, Bobolice, Morsko, Ogrodzieniec, Smoleń, Bydlin, Rabsztyn and Ojców, as well as a restored castle in Piaskowa Skala. There are also palaces in Złoty Potok and Pilica.
The trail also passes through a number of Olsztyn nature reserves: Zielona Góra and Sokole Góry, and then through the park reserve, Ostrężnik, Góra Zborów, Smoleń and Ojców National Park.
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The first mention of the Olsztyn Castle was in 1349, known in those days as the castle in Przymiłowice. The watchtower, which existed since the second half of the 13th century, was expanded in the 14th century by Casimir the Great. It has since become the most fortified castle on the border of Silesia and Lesser Poland.
Like all castles, it is full of legends. According to one legend, the castle in Olsztyn has an underground connection to the monastery of Jasna Góra. And in the underground rivers of the caves you can see swimming golden ducks.
According to another legend, there is a legend connected to the castle about a ghost that wanders around the castle on dark nights. It is the spirit of Maciek Borkowicz, the Voivode of Poznan, an opponent of the policies of King Casimir the Great. He created a confederacy against the king. Exiled from the country, he returned four years later and continued the conspiracy against him. Finally, he was captured in Kalisz and sentenced to a starvation death in dungeons under the main tower of the Olsztyn castle. Apparently, he survived for 40 days and his moans and curses were heard throughout the castle.
The next story is from later times, when the castle was already in ruins. A poor boy was herding cows here. One day a group of ruffians ran up to him and threw his hat into the castle dungeon. The boy went underground and saw a black dog, which, according to legends, was guarding the hidden treasure. It spoke to him in a human voice and filled the hat with valuables.
Every year in the castle is held a knight's tournament for the saber of Olsztyn chief.
Traditionally, the tournament begins with a knight's parade from the castle to the church, built of stone from the fortress walls in the 18th century. This is a tribute to Polish tradition, when knights took part in a mass before the battle. After that is the Reconstruction of the 1587 battle in which the army of Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg besieged the castle in Olsztyn and was repulsed by the heroic commander Casper Karliński.
Olsztyn is a small Polish village 15 km from Częstochowa. Not to be confused with the city of Olsztyn, the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship.
At first, the village under the castle was called Olsztynek. In the 17th century, when the castle fell into disrepair as a result of the Swedish wars, the city was called Olsztyn.
The market square with interesting sculptures. Here is a dancing ballerina. And here is a temporary exhibition of the sculpture "Hope", featuring silhouettes of a woman and a man.
The mobile nativity scene by Jan Wiewiór, known as "Bethlehem under the Thatched Roof" is another (after the ruins of the 14th century castle) unique Olsztyn landmark. There are few nativity scenes of this kind in Poland! There are already more than 800 figures, of which almost 350 are movable. But due to the pandemic, the nativity scene is temporarily closed.
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