Krewa Castle

Castle ruins in 1905

Castle walls with remains of the Gothic brick facing

The castle Krewa even castle Krewo , is an archaeological site in the same village Krewa in Belarus.

At the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , the castle was one of the most important residences of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. Algirdas , who lived from 1296 to 1377, is assumed to be the founder .

In 1385 the Union of Krewo was sealed at the castle , the personal union of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the Kingdom of Poland .

From 1391 the castle was the seat of a starost .

Between 1503 and 1506 it was destroyed by the Tatars .

In the 19th century, a wooden town hall for Krewa was built within the castle walls, which had been a town under Magdeburg law since 1559 .

During the First World War , the fortifications that were still strategically usable were fought over. Some of the medieval brick architecture was lost.

Web links

Commons : Burg Krewa  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Крэўскі замак (Krauski zamak) - website of the current sponsor
• Touristic presentation in English at Vedaj.by
• Krewo im Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego ("Geographical Lexicon of the Kingdom of Poland"). Vol. IV from 1902, p. 666 bottom right
• Krewo im Słownik geograficzny Królestwa Polskiego ("Geographical Lexicon of the Kingdom of Poland"). Vol. XV from 1914, p. 185 left

Coordinates: 54 ° 18 ′ 36 "  N , 26 ° 17 ′ 5.64"  E