Będzin Castle

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Będzin Castle is a castle in Będzin in southern Poland. The village of Będzin originated in the IX century.[1] The local fort was destroyed during the Tatar invasion in 1241, and subsequently rebuilt.[2] The trading village was given Magdeburg Law city rights in 1358 by Casimir the Great, during whose rule the castle received an upgrade from wooden fortress to a stone one. After the partitions of Poland, Będzin fell into Prussian control and the castle became property of the Hohenzollern family.[3] The castle was meant to be a military outpost on the southwestern border of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Because of this, it was stocked with armament, some of which can be found on display at the castle museum today.[4]

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