Bayerburg

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The Bayerburg (Lithuanian: Bajerburgas ) was a fortress of the Teutonic Order on the lower reaches of the Memel . The name is used for three castles that follow one another at different locations.

history

The first Bayerburg was built one year after the successful campaign of the Teutonic Order against the Lithuanians in 1336. There is no clear doctrinal opinion about its location: a more recent opinion assumes it is on the left bank of the Memel, near the present-day village of Plokščiai, and sees the previously generally assumed location of Pilaitės (about 2 km west of Veliuona ) on the opposite right bank of the Memel as merely a smaller outpost , which was stormed by the Lithuanians shortly after it was built (1337).

The name of the castle goes back to the leaders of the campaign at the time, King John of Bohemia and Duke Heinrich XIV of Lower Bavaria . They saw the Bayerburg as the future capital of the Lithuania to be conquered. These plans, however, never came true. In fact, the knights of the order retreated downstream in 1344 and built the second castle near the present-day village of Maštaičiai . This lasted until 1387. A third Bayerburg is mentioned at the site of the actual Georgenburg (built in 1387), but from 1396 at the latest it is again run under its old name "Georgenburg".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. http://etalpykla.lituanistikadb.lt/obj/LT-LDB-0001:J.04~2005~1367152580639
  2. http://www.piliakalniai.lt/piliakalnis.php?piliakalnis_id=123