Residents of Plac Zamkowy and the surrounding streets cannot imagine what this area looked like 200 years ago.
Before its destruction by fire in 1642, the castle in Bolesławiec was an impressive building with massive defensive walls, surrounded by a pond and moat. The moat surrounded the castle from the direction of Kubika and Piaskowa Streets. After the Evangelical Church was built on the site of the former castle, the ponds and moat remained and survived until 1823. The organization of the city and the removal of the remnants of the city gates provided an opportunity to fill in the castle pond and moat. The wanton destruction of the defensive walls was halted in 1830, and the city decided to create a promenade along the walls. In 1870, the last large tower, known as the “Hunger Tower,” was finally demolished; it can still be seen in an old engraving of the city from the 18th century.
The photographs show the corner of Kubika and Piaskowa Streets from around 1820, with the water-filled moat marked by an arrow, as well as part of the Evangelical Church.