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Czocha Castle - fortified border castle situated in the village Czocha over the Lagoon Lesniañski in Kwisa river in the Polish part of Upper Lusatia. The original name was probably Czajkow.
It originated as a border fortress on the border of Silesia - Lusatia in the years 1241-1247 on the orders of the Czech king Wenceslas I. In 1253 sent to the bishop von Weisenow of Meissen (Lusatia were then part of the Czech).
In 1319 years as a dowry and the surrounding lands was included in the duchy Henry I of Jawor. After the him death of a relative in 1346 took , together with the whole principality of the deceased, Bolko II Small, Duke of ¦widnica - Jawor. After the death of Princess Agnes, widow of Bolko, by agreement with the emperor and Czech king Charles IV came to the Czech Kingdom. From 1389-1453 the estate of knightly families von Dohn and von Klüks. At the beginning of the fifteenth century the castle was unsuccessfully besieged by the Hussites, finally captured in 1427 in the absence of owners. Reflected shortly thereafter.

Purchased in 1909 by the Dresden manufacturer of tobacco products (cigars) Ernst Gütschow for 1.5 million marks, until 1912 it was rebuilt by the famous architect of the Berlin Bodo Ebhardt preserved in accordance with the appearance of the figure from 1703. During the reconstruction of destroyed but many of the earliest fragments of the complex. In the former moat done zoo. Gütschow maintained good relations with the tsar's court, and after the revolution with Russian emigrants, of whom was buying various items of high artistic value. In the castle lived until March 1945. Leaving the castle he brought the most valuable piece of equipment. During the Second World War, the castle housed the school of Abwehr cryptographer. Perhaps the device was stored here to decipher Soviet telegrams (operation code-named fish-sword).

After World War II, the castle went through different happens. He was repeatedly robbed by both the Russians and the native looters, with furniture and equipment. Biggest theft committed on or after 1 February 1946 the mayor of the city Lesna - Kazimierz Lech together with Krystyna von Saurma - castle librarian who discovered the castle storage - taking away a truck full of property castle (Romanov crown jewels, 60 busts of Russian Tsars, 100 icons, porcelain tableware, jewelry, images), with her he managed to escape to the American occupation zone. Then for a short time lived in the castle of refugees from Greece who held knights' hall of livestock, thus complementing the work of devastation. Since 1952, Holiday House Military and for this reason the object was no secret and has appeared on maps. Since September 1996 publicly available as a hotel and conference center. Owner in 2006 was the Military Property Agency.

The picturesque buildings of the castle were the creation of film background: Where is the General?, The Witcher, Legend, Beyond Sherwood Forest and series; Mystery Fortress Ciphers, Spellbinder, and First Love.

I admit that not visited the Czocha Castle. When I wanted to go to the castle, the bridge stood a soldier with a rifle and said that the castle could not be visited because it is important symposium generals and colonels, knocking at the substantially open hand on the neck and I could disrupt the important conversation (at the calyx .) The castle was then owned army.

This is a scan of the negative.