The secrets of:

Ogrodzieniec Castle

Legends:

The legend of

the Black Dog

Elderly people say that the Castle in

Podzamcze is haunted by huge black

dog at night. The dog is has got a

three-metre long chain on its neck.

This mysterious animal was aleady

seen before I World War by the pople

who lived then. They used to say that

at night none of the horses wanted to

go through the castle gate despite

the nice smell of grass outside…

The black dog was seen by so many

people that it can’t be just a fantasy.

The strange creature has been

appearing in the same form for at

least seventy years. If we want to

explain the mystery of the black dog

which was seen by many inhabitants

of Podzamcze, we must look for the

explanation in the history of

Ogrodzieniec Castle…

In 1669 Mikołaj Firlej sold

Ogrodzieniec to Stanisław Warszycki. He was a very wealthy man, but he

was very cruel at the same time. He

was not a good master. He even

tortured the people who worked for

him, and he ordered to whip his wife

and listened to her screams with joy.

The legend has it that he didn’t die in

a natural way, but he was taken to Hell

by a devil when he was still alive.

Then, he was changed into a black

dog and he has been scaring people in

the castle since then.

The Black Dog

The legend of

beautiful

Olimpia

Stanisław Boner had a beautiful

daughter. A young knight StanisławKmita fell in love with her. Althought

Olimpia loved him very much and

wanted to marry him, her father

didn’t want their love to flourish and

he was strong opponent of their

marriage because Kmita was a

Cathoilc and Boner was a Protestant.

The war broke out and Kmita went to

the war but he promised to send

lettes to her. Boner found out about

the letters and he ordered the maid

to give the lettes to him. Olimpia and

Kmita couldn’t understand why they

didn’t get any letters from each other.

When Kmita retuned from the war he

sent another letter to Olimpia and

waited for her on a high rock.

Unfortunately, Boner took this

letter, too and he told the maid to

write the answer from Olimpia that

she was going to marry another man.

When Kmita received the letter and

read it, he jumped off the rock and

died.

When Olimpia found out about his

lover’s death she jumped off then

castle tower and died. Now she often

appears there in a white dress.

The beautiful Olimpia

The legend

about the castle

well

A long time ago a soldier called

Anzelm served his duty in the

Ogrodzieniec Castle. He had to leave

his young beautiful wife home. After

some time he wanted to come back

home so he asked Seweryn Boner to

let him finish his duty…

Boner told him that he could only

come back home when he dug a well

in the solid rock. He was happy

because he thought that it would be

an easy job to do. However, it took

him many years to finish digging the

well so when his work was completed

he was an old man. Boner let him go

home but he was so exhausted that he

died.

Then the water in the well

disappeared and it has never appeared

again. The legend says that Anzelm

took it to the grave with him.

Anzelm

The legend of

twin brothers

A long time ago two brothers lived in

the Ogrodzieniec Castle. The people

who lived in Ogrodzieniec called

them misers. The legend has it that

before their death, they told their

people to bury them in a very deep

grave together with all their

valuables.

After the funeral they were guarded

by four knights who scared away evil

ghosts with their swords. The

brothers were so gready that evil

ghosts wanted to take them to Hell.

Thank you for your attention!

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Iza Lendor