4. Elderly people say that the Castle in
Podzamcze is haunted by huge black
dog at night. The dog is has got a
three-metre long chain on its neck.
This mysterious animal was aleady
seen before I World War by the pople
who lived then. They used to say that
at night none of the horses wanted to
go through the castle gate despite
the nice smell of grass outside…
5. The black dog was seen by so many
people that it can’t be just a fantasy.
The strange creature has been
appearing in the same form for at
least seventy years. If we want to
explain the mystery of the black dog
which was seen by many inhabitants
of Podzamcze, we must look for the
explanation in the history of
Ogrodzieniec Castle…
6. In 1669 Mikołaj Firlej sold
Ogrodzieniec to Stanisław Warszycki.
He was a very wealthy man, but he
was very cruel at the same time. He
was not a good master. He even
tortured the people who worked for
him, and he ordered to whip his wife
and listened to her screams with joy.
7. The legend has it that he didn’t die in
a natural way, but he was taken to Hell
by a devil when he was still alive.
Then, he was changed into a black
dog and he has been scaring people in
the castle since then.
10. Stanisław Boner had a beautiful
daughter. A young knight Stanisław
Kmita fell in love with her. Althought
Olimpia loved him very much and
wanted to marry him, her father
didn’t want their love to flourish and
he was strong opponent of their
marriage because Kmita was a
Cathoilc and Boner was a Protestant.
11. The war broke out and Kmita went to
the war but he promised to send
lettes to her. Boner found out about
the letters and he ordered the maid
to give the lettes to him. Olimpia and
Kmita couldn’t understand why they
didn’t get any letters from each other.
12. When Kmita retuned from the war he
sent another letter to Olimpia and
waited for her on a high rock.
Unfortunately, Boner took this
letter, too and he told the maid to
write the answer from Olimpia that
she was going to marry another man.
When Kmita received the letter and
read it, he jumped off the rock and
died.
13. When Olimpia found out about his
lover’s death she jumped off then
castle tower and died. Now she often
appears there in a white dress.
16. A long time ago a soldier called
Anzelm served his duty in the
Ogrodzieniec Castle. He had to leave
his young beautiful wife home. After
some time he wanted to come back
home so he asked Seweryn Boner to
let him finish his duty…
17. Boner told him that he could only
come back home when he dug a well
in the solid rock. He was happy
because he thought that it would be
an easy job to do. However, it took
him many years to finish digging the
well so when his work was completed
he was an old man. Boner let him go
home but he was so exhausted that he
died.
18. Then the water in the well
disappeared and it has never appeared
again. The legend says that Anzelm
took it to the grave with him.
21. A long time ago two brothers lived in
the Ogrodzieniec Castle. The people
who lived in Ogrodzieniec called
them misers. The legend has it that
before their death, they told their
people to bury them in a very deep
grave together with all their
valuables.
22. After the funeral they were guarded
by four knights who scared away evil
ghosts with their swords. The
brothers were so gready that evil
ghosts wanted to take them to Hell.
23. Thank you for your attention!
Choice of music and presentation
by:
Iza Lendor
