In 1377 Ludwik Węgierski granted Bobrowniki together with Dobrzyń Land to prince Władysław Opolczyk. Leading a hostile policy towards Poland and in conflict with King Władysław Jagiełło, in 1391 Opolczyk mortgaged the entire land to the Teutonic Knights, who quickly began to organise a new aldermanship. In place of the town, on the right bank of the Vistula, they built a brick castle. The Polish side, unable to reconcile itself to the loss of the land, sought to regain it. In 1404, after the peace in Raciąż, they managed to buy the Dobrzyń land with the castle. In 1409. The Teutonic Knights started another war, which resulted in their conquest of Bobrowniki castle. The castle returned to the Polish Kingdom after the Battle of Grunwald by virtue of the Toruń Peace Treaty. Surrounded by external walls, it became one of the first fortresses prepared for artillery fire in the Kingdom of Poland. When the castle ceased to have military functions it became an administrative centre. A town starost, appointed by the Polish king, resided here. However, the wars with Sweden did not spare the Bobrowniki castle...
Today we can admire the picturesque ruins located on the Vistula bank - relics of the tower, fragments of the inner walls and the northern and southern parts of the castle's western wing.
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