he first mention of fortalicium-castrum in Gołańcz dates back to 1383, but it has not been fully explained whether this mention can be related to the tower that exists here today. However, the tower was certainly built before the end of the 14th century by the Pałuki family, who owned the local lands. In their times, fortifications were probably limited to wood and earth, and the farm buildings were also made of wood. The tower is located on the shore of Lake Smolary to the east of the town. After the mid-15th century, Gołańcz became the property of the Grudziński family, who expanded the complex. No work was carried out on the tower, the area around it was surrounded by a low peripheral wall on a rectangular plan, through the middle of which a wall was also built dividing the courtyard into two parts. The tower was located in the northern part, the entrance led first to the area of the southern courtyard through the gate tower placed in the western curtain of the walls, and then through the gate in the wall separating the courtyards. In the north-west corner there was a cylindrical tower. Along the southern curtain of the perimeter
Reconstruction of the main façade of the residential tower according to J. Skuratowicz [Source]
walls there was a three-room, single-storey utility building. It is possible that there was another quadrangular tower in the eastern section of the walls of the southern courtyard. The castle remained in the hands of the Grudziński family until the beginning of the 17th century, when it became the property of the Smogulecki family. During the Swedish Deluge it was burned down by the invaders, and rebuilt after the Swedes withdrew. Since then it has often changed owners, including the Flemmings, Przebendowskis, and Mielżyńskis. At the end of the 18th century it was owned by the Czarnecki family, at that time it began to fall into ruin and was finally abandoned in the early 19th century, since then it has not been used. In the 1990s Antoni Kąsinowski carried out comprehensive research here
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e first mention of fortalicium-castrum in Gołańcz dates back to 1383, but it has not been fully explained whether this mention can be related to the tower that exists here today. However, the tower was certainly built before the end of the 14th century by the Pałuki family, who owned the local lands. In their times, fortifications were probably limited to wood and earth, and the farm buildings were also made of wood. The tower is located on the shore of Lake Smolary to the east of the town. After the mid-15th century, Gołańcz became the property of the Grudziński family, who expanded the complex. No work was carried out on the tower, the area around it was surrounded by a low peripheral wall on a rectangular plan, through the middle of which a wall was also built dividing the courtyard into two parts. The tower was located in the northern part, the entrance led first to the area of the southern courtyard through the gate tower placed in the western curtain of the walls, and then through the gate in the wall separating the courtyards. In the north-west corner there was a cylindrical tower. Along the southern curtain of the perimeter 
