The Malbork Castle

On September 14th 1309, Grand Master Siegfried von Feuchtwangen moved his office to Malbork. The castle was promoted to the status of being the capital of one of the most powerful states on the southern coast of the Baltic.

The nearly forty-year-long expansion transformed a convent house into a strongly fortified High Castle. Surrounded by deep moats and several rings of defensive walls, it housed several representative rooms. Among these are: the church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, enlarged by a new chancel, and St. Ann’s chapel beneath it – the burial site for the Grand Masters. The nearly forty-year-long expansion transformed a convent house into a strongly fortified High Castle. Surrounded by deep moats and several rings of defensive walls, it housed several representative rooms. Among these are: the church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a spacious and functional Middle Castle available to knights – guests from Western Europe enlarged by a new chancel, and St. Ann’s chapel beneath it – the burial site for the Grand Masters. Apart from living quarters, the Grand Refectory – the largest hall in the castle and the Grand Refectory.

Currently, the 40 thousand museum items include such valuable collections as one of Europe’s largest collection of medieval architectural elements, a collection of artistic amber wares – unique worldwide, an effective set of old weapons and military equipment, or the extensive coin collection, relating to the historic mints in Malbork. The result of including the Museum in the mainstream of European cultural life, were the International Biennale of Contemporary Bookplates, organised since the 1960s, which bring the castle into the orbit of world class high ranking artistic work.

The castle is now the seat of the living center of the museum, tow more than half a million each year, crowds of tourists from around the world. It is a meeting place for menof science and culture, journalists and politicians, is a newly established open air films and concerts are often held.

Website: www.zamek.malbork.pl

Price: 120 euro per person (with a group of min. 15 persons)

Price included:

• Tickets to enter the castle
• Guided Tours
• Care pilot
• Transfer on the route Gdańsk - Malbork – Gdańsk
• Cost of parking
• Coordination of Teja Tur