Georgenburg Castle
| Georgenburg Castle | ||
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 Georgenburg Castle |
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| Creation time : | approx. 1385-1390 | |
| Castle type : | Location | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Standing position : | Ordensburg | |
| Place: | Mayovka | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 39 '39.5 " N , 21 ° 48' 27.2" E | |
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The Georgenburg Castle was an order castle of the Teutonic Order in the East Prussian town of Georgenburg, now Majowka .
history
Georgenburg was a property of the Bishop of Samland , to which a mare was already part of the order . Another order castle is in the immediate vicinity: Insterburg Castle . The Georgenburg lies on the right bank of the Inster and the Insterburg on the left bank of the Angerapp . The castle was built in 1345, before the division of the land between the bishop and the order in 1352. In 1364 and 1376 the castle was destroyed by the Lithuanians and so it was restored in stone between 1385 and 1390. Nevertheless, in 1403 it was again taken by the Lithuanians. After the conversion of the order state into the Duchy of Prussia , the Georgenburg became a chamber office in 1525. In 1657 the castle was damaged in a Tatar attack. In 1679 the Swedish general Gustaf Horn occupied the castle.
In 1709 the castle became a domain . Successful horse breeding began in Georgenburg under the two councilors of Keudel. In the Seven Years' War the Georgenburg was seized by the Russian field marshal Stepan Fjodorowitsch Apraxin in 1757. In order to be able to pay the French contributions after the Peace of Tilsit , the Prussian state sold the Georgenburg domain in 1807. Until 1828, the Schlechter family owned the estate with the castle, which they expanded.
In 1899 the state regained ownership of the prestigious domain through repurchase. Georgenburg thus became the seat of the Insterburg State Stud. In 1929 the Gudwallen State Stud was added. From 1945 to 1949 the stud was used as a prisoner of war camp. Of the 250,000 prisoners who passed through it, around 16,000 died. Efforts have recently been made to rebuild the stud.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Carl. EL von Lorck: Country castles and manor houses in East and West Prussia. Weidlich, Frankfurt 1972, ISBN 3-8035-0343-4 , pp. 26-27, 226.