Kryvche Castle
| Kryvche Castle | |
|---|---|
Кривченський замок | |
 Remains of the fortress | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Architectural monument of national importance |
| Location | Kryvche, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 48°41′59″N 26°06′00″E / 48.69972°N 26.10000°E |
Kryvche Castle (Ukrainian: Кривченський замок) is located in Kryvche, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. It was built in the first half of the 17th century by the Kątski family, and an architectural monument of national importance.[1][2]
Location
[edit]The castle is located in the center of the village of Kryvche in Podolia, on the top of a hill dominating the area, between two valleys through which the tributaries of the Tsyhanka River flow.[3]
History
[edit]A private castle of the Kącki family built in 1639. During the uprising of 1648, the castle was captured by the troops of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi.[3] In 1672 it was captured by the Turks (Sultan Mehmed IV spent the night under it).[3] Then in 1675 it was recaptured by John III Sobieski. In 1684–1699 the castle served as a base for the Polish Crown troops taking part in the war with Turkey[4] and a stronghold blocking Kamianets-Podilskyi, which lay 40 km away occupied by the Turks. At that time, in 1687, one of the Polish flags repulsed a Turkish attack in the castle.
The castle was inhabited until the mid-19th century by the Golejewski family, who owned the local estate. After 1848, the castle passed into the hands of the Jewish Seidmann family, who demolished it in the second half of the 19th century for building material.[3] The remaining two towers were protected from demolition thanks to the intervention of heritage enthusiasts. Partial reconstruction began during the Second Polish Republic, when a tourist hostel of the Podolia Tourist Society was placed in one of the towers.[5] Subsequent demolitions were carried out after 1946. In 1990, the wall connecting the two surviving towers was rebuilt.[1]
Only two towers with loopholes and a fragment of the walls have survived to date.[6]
Architecture
[edit]The castle was built on a regular plan of an elongated quadrilateral – a rectangle with four three-story towers at the corners.[6][4] The sides were 78 by 53 meters long. There was an entrance gate in the eastern curtain of the walls, demolished in 1946 to obtain building materials in connection with the construction of a road.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b (in Ukrainian) Бойко В., Кривченський замок // Ternopil Encyclopedic Dictionary: in 4 v. / editorial board: H. Yavorskyi and other, Ternopil: "Zbruch", 2010, V. 4: А—Я (додатковий), S. 326—327. — ISBN 978-966-528-318-8.
- ^ Лист Тернопільської ОДА від 23 червня 2021 року № 02-5124/42.
- ^ a b c d e Rąkowski, Grzegorz (2005). Grzegorz Rąkowski: Przewodnik krajoznawczo-historyczny po Ukrainie Zachodniej: Podole. Pruszków: Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz", 2005, s. 212. Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz". ISBN 978-83-89188-46-5. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
- ^ a b "Zbigniew Hauser: Dawne zapomniane polskie rezydencje na Ukrainie (III)" (PDF). nimoz.pl. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ b. aut. (30 June 1938). "Podole zaprasza turystów". Wschód. Lwów, Stanisławów, Tarnopol (in Polish). R. III (nr 88 ed.): 1-2.
- ^ a b Aleksander Strojny, Krzysztof Bzowski, Artur Grossman (2005). Ukraina zachodnia: tam szum Prutu, Czeremoszu... Kraków: Wyd. Bezdroża. p. 305-6. ISBN 83-921981-6-6.
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