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The structure was built at the end of the 14th century and was originally... a powerful south-eastern defensive tower, integrated into the city walls! So where does the name come from? The term "old monastery" (alten Clösterlein) first appeared in records from 1561. It was proposed at that time to convert the former tower into a school. The name stuck to the building for centuries, even though no religious order was ever stationed there.

Klasztorek – is one of the oldest buildings in the city. It is a 14th-century southeastern defensive tower. Consisting of two rectangular, adjacent parts of the structure. A three-story tower to the east and a two-story section to the west. The tower is covered with a hipped roof and the western part with a three-sided roof. The entire lower part is made of stone walls, as a relic of the city's defensive walls. The upper part is built of Gothic, red brick. Julian Gregorovius states that in the accounts of an official from 1561, it was called the "old monastery" and was proposed as a school location "because it was suitable for it". For a long time, it was known by the name of the monastery school – Klosterschule, for church personnel. In the 18th century, it was barracks. From 1746 to 1780, it housed a garrison of Prussian dragoons from the 10th Regiment, whose commander from 1754-1785 was Major General – i.e. brigadier general, who was promoted to the military rank of Lieutenant General – Friedrich Ludwig Graf Finck v. Finckenstein. After them, it served as a granary until 1914. Russian artillery fire on 22.08.1914 burned down the monastery. Rebuilt as part of "Osthilfe" in the 1930s. In 1942, a library and a cinema were established there, among other things. Burned down again in January 1945 after Neidenburg was occupied by the Red Army. Rebuilt in the years 1967-1988. https://nidzica.info/klasztorek

Klasztorek is a Gothic defensive building, located in the southeastern corner of the city and belonging to the city fortifications. Originally, its eastern part served as a corner tower. In later centuries, Klasztorek was used as a school for lower church staff, barracks, a city library, a cinema, and even a granary. This monument, destroyed in 1945 and rebuilt in 1967-1988. Currently, it is in the resources of the Nidzica Commune. Klasztorek, located in the city center, has been empty since 2018 and no activity is carried out in it, causing it to slowly decay. https://mostthemost.pl/nasz-zabytek-warminsko-mazurskie-2022/nidzica-klasztorek/

After reconstruction, the building was adapted as a branch of the State Archive. The Archive stopped using the building in 2017.

Wikno Olsztynecka Position. A unique facility, designed for 2 positions for heavy machine guns (built according to the standard Regelbau B1-6 plan), and an added casemate for a 3.7 cm AAA anti-tank field gun.

Church of st. James in Butryny. The first church mentioned in documents from the 14th century was of wooden construction and burned down in 1682. Seven years later, the construction of a brick church in the Baroque style began. This temple also burnt down during a fire in 1886 and was rebuilt in the years 1887-1888 in the neo-Gothic style, using the old walls. Since 2008, every year on the first Saturday of July, the "Kiermas Warmiński" ceremony takes place there. see the reconstruction of the historical entry of the bishop to Warmia.

Town Hall in Olsztynek - the current building was built at the beginning of the 20th century on the foundations of the old building. And this is what the Market Square in Olsztynek used to look like - an amazing photo gallery: https://polska-org.pl/7220344,Olsztynek,pl_Rynek.html

The old town hall presents itself in a wonderfully restored Gothic look. It was built in the second half of the 14th century and rebuilt after a fire in 1620 and expanded over time.