A small castle on an almost inaccessible hill, by
the Dajna river, was constructed at the end of the
14th century. It was meant as a border watchtower protecting Kętrzyn from the south and also as
a starting point to attack Lithuania. A village near
the castle was given a foundation charter in 1371, before the brick fortifications were built. The castle was designed on a rectangular plan
(39x53 m). On its northern side was a two-storeyed dwelling house. A square courtyard was surrounded
by a stone wall with towers on the corners and
a gate in its south side. Around 1513 the dwelling
house was converted into a church and in 1583 into
a Protestant chapel. At the beginning of the 18th century a big four-storeyed tower was erected on
the west side of the building. Many pieces of the medieval foundations have survived to the present time – bottom parts of the
stone wall and the towers and also the church (previously the dwelling house). In the southern part
of the courtyard there are remains of an evangelical graveyard. | 
