Siewierz

Built around a medieval settlement and fortification beside the Czarna Przemsza River, Siewierz grew into a present-day town with an unusual ecclesiastical past. The ruins of Siewierz Castle stand near the river; from 1443, the town was the seat of the Duchy of Siewierz, acquired and governed by the bishops of Kraków. That legacy remains central to its identity, as the bishops held the duchy as a separate territory until its incorporation into the Polish Crown in 1790. Siewierz lies north of the Upper Silesian conurbation, where industrial Silesia gives way to more open upland country. Browse other webcams across the Silesian Voivodeship to place this setting in a wider geographic context.

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