Człuchów Castle - a Teutonic castle located in Człuchów, the second largest castle of the Order in terms of size in Malbork. It was the most difficult to obtain object in Pomerania, seat of the commander and the convent of the Teutonic Order. It was inhabited by Ulrich von Jungingen and Konrad von Wallenrode.
From the 12th century, Człuchów was part of the castellany in Szczytno, where from 1299 the castellan was the governor of Kalisz Mikołaj from Poniec. After the annexation of Gdańsk Pomerania in 1308, the sons of Castellan Mikołaj sold Człuchów to the Teutonic Order, who after 1340 built a castle in Człuchów to protect the route leading from German countries to Prussia. During the wars with the Order, Polish troops tried unsuccessfully to conquer the castle in 1414 and 1433. The castle remained in the hands of the Teutonic Knights until the Thirteen Years' War, when it was taken over in 1454 by the royal army. In the same year, the Teutonic Knights tried unsuccessfully to take back the castle, and then in 1455 and 1456, however, the Polish team repulsed the attacks. The next attacks on the castle were carried out in 1520 during the Prussian war and in 1563, when the castle attacked the army supporting Dytrych Schoenberg supporting the Teutonic Knights. From then on the castle was in Polish hands until the partitions. On behalf of the Kingdom of Poland, the royal staroste and the crew resided in the castle. Among the starosts there were representatives of the most famous Polish families such as Wejherowie, Sanguszków and Radziwiłłów. In 1627, they tried unsuccessfully to win the Swedes castle. During the Deluge, the Swedes were not able to occupy the castle from the early autumn of 1655 and they did it only when they used the frozen waters of the lake in the winter, thanks to which they managed to get to the castle walls. After the war, the castle returned to Polish hands.
After the first partition of Poland in 1772, the castle was transferred by Kazimierz Soroka to the Prussian authorities, whose actions led to its almost complete destruction. First, the lake mirror was lowered by 4 meters, the altar from the castle chapel was taken to the church in Chrząstów, the pulpit to Krępska, and then the Prussians ordered a complete demolition of the castle, which lasted until 1811. As a result, only the main tower and stone walls remained after the building. In the years 1826-1828, a neo-Gothic evangelical church was built in the place of the High Castle chapel. Another devastation was locating in the 19th century on the third ward of the cemetery.