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e main, high wing of the knight's castle built on Działdówka has survived. The Teutonic Knights began to build the original castle in 1306, shortly after the Chełmno bishop ceded these lands. It was the seat of the monastic procurator and then the mayor. Initially, it was a
Gothic building on a square plan with two towers. Its southeastern wing and quadrangular courtyard were surrounded by a wall and a moat. The castle's defensive properties were enhanced by the terrain conditions - on three sides there were marshes and swamps, and on the fourth side the Działdówka River. The complex included the main castle and the outer bailey, which somehow connected the castle with the city.
The castle was temporarily in Polish hands in
Plan of the castle in Barciany according to Conrad Steinbrecht
1410, then regained during the Thirty Years' War.
In the 16th century, it was rebuilt. In the following centuries, it was dismantled and fell into ruin. At the end of the last century it was renovated, even though it was damaged during the last war.
The preserved building houses the former refectory with gothic vaults. There are still faint remnants of other buildings and towers.
View from the east, photo by ZeroJeden, V 2004 View from the north of the preserved south-eastern wing, photo by ZeroJeden, VI 2003 View from the north-east, photo by ZeroJeden, VI 2003 The southern wall of the preserved castle wing, photo by ZeroJeden, VI 2005 Blende in the gatehouse, photo by ZeroJeden, V 2005 photo by P.Mastalerz, 1979 View from the north, photo by ZeroJeden, V 2004 View from the entrance gate to the eastern wing, photo by ZeroJeden, VI 2005 Portal in the ground floor of the preserved wing, photo by ZeroJeden, VI 2005 photo by ZeroJeden, VI 2005 photo by JAPCOK, VIII 2002 Gable of the medieval wing, photo: JAPCOK, May 2004 The southern gable of the roof, photo by ZeroJeden, VI 2005 View from the south, photo by ZeroJeden, VI 2005 View from the south-west, photo by ZeroJeden, VI 2005 photo by ZeroJeden, IV 2009 The western façade of the medieval wing, photo by ZeroJeden, IV 2009 View from the east, photo by ZeroJeden, IV 2009 photo by ZeroJeden, IV 2009 View from the south, photo by ZeroJeden, IV 2009 Preserved castle wing, view from the south, photo by ZeroJeden, IV 2009 Aerial view from the south-west, photo by ZeroJeden, VIII 2013 View from the north-east, photo by ZeroJeden VI 2003 Aerial view from the south-west, photo by ZeroJeden, VIII 2013 Aerial view from the west, photo by ZeroJeden, VIII 2013 Aerial view from the north-west, photo by ZeroJeden, VIII 2013 Aerial view from the north-west, photo by ZeroJeden, VIII 2013 photo by Kazimierz Stefański, 1910 Chapel in the castle in Działdowo in a photo from around 1920 The castle in Działdowo in the photo from the interwar period Castle in Działdowo in 1910 The castle in Działdowo in the 20s of the twentieth century Interiors of the castle in Działdowo in the photo from 1916-24 Aerial view from the south, 1967 The castle in Działdowo in the photo from 1912 The castle in Działdowo in the photo from 1940 The castle in Działdowo in the photo from 1940 The castle in Działdowo in the photo from 1905-25 Ruins of the castle in 1898 The façade of the preserved wing from the courtyard side, photo by ZeroJeden, VI 2003 View from the south-east, photo by ZeroJeden, V 2004 Photo of V. Baibakov from 1960, sign. 2821 Southern corner of the courtyard, Fot. Mirosław Strużyński, 1965 Plan of the castle according to Conrad Steinbrecht [211] Plan of the castle according to Conrad Steinbrecht, 'Die Ordensburgen der Hochmeisterzeit in Preussen...', Berlin 1920 Plan of the castle according to Conrad Steinbrecht, 'Die Ordensburgen der Hochmeisterzeit in Preussen...', Berlin 1920 Plan of the castle according to Conrad Steinbrecht, 'Die Ordensburgen der Hochmeisterzeit in Preussen...', Berlin 1920 Plan of the castle according to Conrad Steinbrecht, 'Die Ordensburgen der Hochmeisterzeit in Preussen...', Berlin 1920 Plan of the castle according to Martyna Milewska 'Report on archaeological research conducted at the castle in Działdowo in the years 1981-89' Longitudinal section of the south-eastern wing of the castle according to a drawing by Conrad Steinbrecht [32] Plan of the castle in Barciany according to Conrad Steinbrecht Plan of the castle from the seventeenth century, Conrad Steinbrecht, 'Die Ordensburgen der Hochmeisterzeit in Preussen...', Berlin 1920 Plans of the castle from the seventeenth century, Conrad Steinbrecht, 'Die Ordensburgen der Hochmeisterzeit in Preussen...', Berlin 1920 Plan of the castle according to Conrad Steinbrecht, 'Die Ordensburgen der Hochmeisterzeit in Preussen...', Berlin 1920 Drawing by Conrad Steinbrecht from 1881 Panorama of Działdowo from 1684 according to Christoph Johann Hartknoch Facades from the courtyard side Exterior facades Inventory of the remaining walls and reconstruction of non-existent ones, drawing from the 19th century
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e main, high wing of the knight's castle built on Działdówka has survived. The Teutonic Knights began to build the original castle in 1306, shortly after the Chełmno bishop ceded these lands. It was the seat of the monastic procurator and then the mayor. Initially, it was a 
