Przezmark

Poland, Poland

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Przezmark is a historic village in northern Poland's Pomeranian Voivodeship, Sztum County, Gmina Stary Dzierzgoń, located on a peninsula between the Great and Small Mołtawa lakes at the edge of the Elbląg Upland.

Originating as a Prussian settlement with an early medieval gord on trade routes once used by Vikings, it gained prominence after the 13th-century Teutonic conquest, when knights built a brick castle starting in 1316 on the gord site, complete with a moat, upper ward, bailey, and role as a commandry seat guarding Pomesania.

The fortress changed hands during Grunwald in 1410 and the Thirteen Years' War, hosted a Polish komturia from 1466-1525 under royal lenno, suffered damage in 16th-century conflicts, and was gradually dismantled from 1717, leaving a preserved corner tower, walls, and cellars now privately owned with a museum.