Neuhausen Castle (Valtaiķu pils)
Coordinates: 56 ° 41 ′ 48 ″ N , 21 ° 46 ′ 40 ″ E
Neuhausen Castle ( Latvian Valtaiķu pils , Latin castrum Novum , Danish: Nyenhuss , German also: Walten ) was a castle of the Livonian Order , later a castle of the Courland diocese . The castle was part of a castle chain of Castle Hasenpoth to Castle Amboten . To this day, only the foundation of the castle and stone fragments up to 7-10 meters high have been preserved.
history
The castle was built to secure the main road between Hasenpoth and Mitau . The castle is first mentioned in a document in 1338 and was the maintenance office of the Goldingen Commandery.
The castle was occupied by the Livonian Order at the end of the 13th century , but ceded to the diocese in 1392. In return, the bishop transferred his third to the city and area of Memel. In 1421 the new bishop's castle is mentioned, which was called Nygenhusze in 1508.
In 1559, Frederick II of Denmark bought Ulrich Bär, fellow bishop of Courland, the rights of the bishop of Courland in favor of Frederick's younger brother Magnus . During this time the castle was mentioned as "Niehus" (1561) and "Neygenhaus" (1568). After the death of Magnus, the claims of Denmark and Poland-Lithuania against the Courland diocese led to a violent guerrilla war, with Amboten and Neuhausen being occupied by Poles.
In 1617 the Courland diocese came under the rule of Poland-Lithuania and Hasenpoth Castle became the administrative center.
description
The castle was 10-15 meters high and lay on the right bank of the Vaipa River, which made it difficult to access from the south. Neuhausen was a camp fort, typical of Courland, measuring 61 m in a square. In front of the southeast wall, remains of a courtyard wall and basement subsidence have been preserved. Like all camp fort in Courland, Neuhausen was a simple, functional building mainly made of field stone.
proof
- ^ A b Karl Woldemar von Löwis of Menar: Burgenlexikon für Alt-Livland . Walters and Rapa, Riga 1922, p. 86 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ a b Armin Tuulse: The castles in Estonia and Latvia (= negotiations of the Estonian learned society . Volume 33 ). Dorpater Estonian Publishing House, 1942, p. 232–233 ( full text [PDF]).
- ^ Publications of the Lower Saxony archive administration . tape 21-22 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1966, p. 3 ( [1] ).
- ↑ https://www.herder-institut.de/digitale-angebote/kurlaendische-gueterurkunden.html?lang=de&suchstring 1 = erg0332 # jump