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- Direct trains run from Wrocław, as well as local trains from Świdnica to Wałbrzych, and you need to take bus No. 8 (towards Książ) from there.
- The Książ castle was built at the end of the 13th century (1288-1292) by Bolko I, who also built many other defense fortifications in the area.
- However, the oldest known document directly related to Książ Castle was issued in 1337. There were recorded pastures there that were versus castrum Fürstenberg.
- Ksiaz Castle or Zamek Ksiaz (or Schloss Fürstenstein in German) is one of the most imposing castles in Lower Silesia in the southwest of Poland.
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- Ksiaz Castle is one of the biggest castles in Europe. It's the third biggest castle in Poland and the biggest one in South Silesia.
- The history of Książ Castle is very turbulent, passed from hand to hand, belonged to many countries and was repeatedly destroyed during wars.
- Geschichte 1288- 1292 erste schriftliche Urkunden über Schloß Fürstenstein (heute: Książ). Bau eines von vielen Verteidigungsschloßern von dem Schweidnitz