Episcopal Castle purgatory

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Site plan
drawing by Carl Faehlmann

The Episcopal Castle Purgatory ( Estonian Kiviloo piiskopilinnus ) is located near Raasiku in Harrien County in Estonia . The ruins are now in the Harju district in the village of Kiviloo on the bank of the Jõelähtme River.

history

Purgatory Castle belonged to the Bishop of Reval as table goods . Purgatory was first mentioned as a castle in 1474, when Simon von der Borch was bishop, where Purgatory Castle was mentioned as table goods next to Borkholm Castle. The fortress was badly damaged during the Livonian War , after which it became part of an estate. In the 1750s the fortress was still relatively well preserved and partially usable. In 1828 the Baltic German poet GJF Baron Ungern-Sternberg described the castle as a ruin. From 1839 until the estate was nationalized in the 1920s, it belonged to the Stackelberg family.

Building

View of the ruins in the 19th century
watercolor by Carl Faehlmann

The main building was made up of two wings joined together at a right angle. The castle had a round cannon tower in the northeast corner and a hall on the entire south side.

proof

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kiviloo / Purgatory, Purgatory in the parish of St. Johannis, Harrien. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Armin Tuulse: The castles in Estonia and Latvia (=  negotiations of the Estonian learned society . Volume 33 ). Õpetatud Eesti Seltsi Toimetused, S. 316 .
  3. ↑ 2942 Kiviloo linnuse varemed vallikraaviga (ruins of Kiviloo Castle with moat, Estonian National Monument Register). Retrieved April 1, 2019 .

Coordinates: 59 ° 17 ′ 5.9 ″  N , 25 ° 15 ′ 6.9 ″  E