Bobolice Castle The Bobolice Castle – a royal castle built in the middle of the 14th century in the Polish Jura , in the village of Bobolice . History . The castle in Bobolice was built by King Casimir III the Great in the middle of the 14th century , probably in place of an earlier wooden structure . The castle was a part of the defence system of royal strongholds protecting the western border of Poland on the side of Silesia . In 1370 , immediately after becoming King of Poland , Louis I the Great granted the castle to Władysław Opolczyk , Duke of Opole , as a prize for his support of the king ’ s dynastic plans . Nine years later Opolczyk leased the castle to Andrzej Schoen , a Hungarian from Barbalas ; the new owner manned it with Germans and Czechs , who robbed local inhabitants and conspired with the Teutonic Order . Dissatisfied with their behaviour , the Polish king Władysław Jagiełło invaded Bobolice in 1396 and took over the castle with adjacent estates . From that time on , the stronghold was owned by a number of families , including Szafrańcowie , Trestkowie , Krezowie ( Ostoja coat of arms ; owners from 1486 ) and later Chodakowscy , Męcińscy and Myszkowscy ( Jastrzębiec coat of arms ; owners of the neighbouring Mirów Castle ) . According to 15th century chronicles , a representative of the Krezowie family captured and imprisoned his niece in the Bobolice Castle . She is still said to haunt the stronghold as a " lady in white " . There is also a tale about two twin brothers , owners of castles in Mirów and Bobolice . Legend has it that they dug a tunnel between the two strongholds so that they could often meet tête à tête . One day they came into possession of a big treasure – they hid it in the tunnel and put an odious - looking witch on guard to deter any potential thieves . The brothers understood each other perfectly and could go through fire and water for each other . However , their friendship was put to a difficult test , when one brother brought a beautiful girl from his war expedition . Suspecting that his twin brother may have fallen in love with the girl , he locked her in the cellar near the treasure . One day , during the absence of the witch , who was attending a witches ’ sabbath at the Bald Mount , he caught the pair of lovers in the vault . He got angry , murdered his brother and bricked up the girl in the castle dungeons . The ghost of the girl is still said to haunt the castle tower . The beginning of the decline of the castle dates back to 1587 , when it was heavily devastated during the invasion of Maximilian III , Archduke of Austria , a rival of Sigismund III Vasa to the Polish throne . The castle was reconstructed by the then owners , the Krezowie family , but in 1657 , during the Deluge , it was plundered and totally ruined by Swedish troops . The condition of the stronghold was so bad that when King John III Sobieski arrived here in 1683 , he had to spend the night in a tent . In the 19th century a huge treasure was found in stronghold cellars . It is supposed that its part may be stored in the legendary tunnel between Bobolice and Mirów . In 1882 , after parcelling out the land , the already deserted walls were acquired by the peasant family of Baryłów . Now the castle belongs to the Lasecki family , who decided to rebuild it in 1999 . Architecture . The castle is situated on a steep rocky hill ( 360 m above sea level ) . Up till now , only the upper part of the stronghold ( the residential building with at least two storeys and remnants of the cylindrical wall tower ) has survived . The castle was accessible through a drawbridge over the dry moat , and the entire construction was surrounded by walls with battlement s , made of local white limestone . Currently reconstruction works are under way in order to restore the entrance gate and the circumferential wall around the castle grounds .