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Otmuchów (pronounced: [ɔtˈmuxuf]; German: Ottmachau) is a town in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 6,581 inhabitants (2019). Etymology. The city was mentioned for the first time as Otemochow in 1155. It was named in its Old Polish form Othmuchow in the 13th-century Book of Henryków. [2] .
Otmuchów Castle - a castle built in the Medieval Times, expanded in between 1585–1596 in the Renaissance architectural style, reconstructed in the seventeenth century into the Baroque architectural style, and the residence of the Bishop of Wrocław up until 1810.
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Otmuchów in written sources appeared for the first time in Pope Hadrian’s protection bull from 1155 as the Otmochov Castelum. At that time it was still a timber and earth castellan, and later a bishop’s stronghold. A stone castle was erected in its place probably in the second half of the 13th century. At that time, it was a place of ...
Otmuchów – town defensive walls. town and castle in the eighteenth century, F.B.Wernher. History. Otmuchów was granted town privilege by Bishop Przecław from Pogorzel (Preczlaw of Pogarell) in 1347, founding the town on German law. During his reign, the urban area was extended, and in 1369, the construction of new defensive walls began.
Otmuchow. Essential Otmuchow. Do. Places to see, ways to wander, and signature experiences. See all. Piotrowice Nyskie Palace. 12. Architectural Buildings, Historic Sites. Church of Catherine of Alexandria. 1. Churches & Cathedrals. Pałac Heymanna. 2. Architectural Buildings, Castles. Fort Prusy. 6.
Gmina Otmuchów is an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) in Nysa County, Opole Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, on the Czech border. Its seat is the town of Otmuchów, which lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) west of Nysa and 59 km (37 mi) south-west of the regional capital Opole .
The history of the Castle in Otmuchów dates back to the 12th century, when Pope Hadrian gave authority to the land to the Bishop of Wrocław, including the castle. Throughout the next centuries the castle gained its significance, when Bishop Preczlaw of Pogarell called Otmuchów the capital of the Duchy of Bishops.
