Sucha - Czoch Castle

State of preservation:		A complete castle
Admission:		It’s quite expensive. The interiors are typically palatial, so if someone likes that, he/she can sightsee in there.
Parking:		The official parking lot by the castle is paid
Searching difficulty:		The boards lead to the destination
Access difficulty:		The parking lot is by the very castle so you do not need to walk your legs off
Subjective rating:		Quite a nice castle

Driving directions:

South of Lubań there is a place Leśna. From that place You should drive eastward, down the road leading along the south shore of the Leśniańskiego Lake. Fortunately, the signposts lead up to the castle, so it’s enough to follow them.
Be careful! No city by the name of Czocha exists.




Historical outline:

The former name: Tzschocha

The first information about the castle come from 1329. It was supposed to arise on the initiative of the princes of Świdnica-Jawor in the form of a not large quadrangular stony foundation with the tower guarding the received fragment of upper Lusatia. In 1346 after the death of the last of the Jaworskis family – the duke Henry I - the castle became a fief of the Czech Republic and lost its importance of a defensive and border stronghold.
In the XVIth cent. the castle was rebuilt in the Renaissance style, and in the XVIIth cent. the further modernizations took place. In 1793 the castle burnt down, and during the reconstruction its appearance was changed again. Around 1910 its new owner - Ernst F. von Gutschow – ordered another reconstruction of the stronghold, this time in the Romantic style.
Since the castle was not destroyed during the World War II it remained in good shape up to this day.


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