Duke Bolko I the Strict ordered the castle built in 1292, on the site of a hunting lodge built by his father. The article says it was built to protect the Duchy of Jawor from Wenceslaus II of Bohemia. It stands on a hill 2,057 feet (627 meters) high. Bolko II the Small had it reconstructed from 1355, and the article describes the style as Gothic, with Renaissance changes at the end of the sixteenth century.
It withstood an attack by the Hussites in 1426 and survived the campaign of King Matthias Corvinus in 1469. The Gothic chapel was dedicated to Saints Catherine and George.
Lightning started a fire in 1675, and the castle was never rebuilt. The Polish state restored the ruins in 1964. It is now a tourist attraction with a hotel and restaurant.
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