Chudów

See also: Chudów, Lublin Voivodeship

Chudów
—  Village  —
Chudów castle
Chudów
Coordinates: 50°13′0″N 18°47′0″E / 50.216667°N 18.783333°E / 50.216667; 18.783333
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Silesian
County	Gliwice County
Gmina	Gierałtowice
Population	1,337
Website	www.zamekchudow.pl

Chudów [ˈxuduf] (German Chudow) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Gierałtowice, within Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.^[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) east of Gierałtowice, 12 km (7 mi) south-east of Gliwice, and 16 km (10 mi) west of the regional capital Katowice. The village has a population of 1,337.

Chudów is famous for its 16th-century castle built by the noble family of Gieraltowski. Ruined in 1875, reconstruction began in 2001.

In an already restored tower, there is a small museum that shows one of the most interesting exhibitions of medieval oven tiles in Poland, which were found at the castle during the excavations.

Every year in August the Chudów Castle Fund organizes one of the biggest and most interesting re-enactments of medieval tournaments in Poland.

References

1. ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01. http://www.stat.gov.pl/broker/access/prefile/listPreFiles.jspa. 

Coordinates: 50°13′0″N 18°47′0″E / 50.216667°N 18.783333°E / 50.216667; 18.783333