Wildberg Castle (Brandenburg)
Wildberg Castle | ||
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Castle on the banks of the Temnitz (2007) |
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Castle type : | Niederungsburg | |
Conservation status: | Burgstall | |
Standing position : | Count | |
Place: | Temnitztal- Wildberg | |
Geographical location | 52 ° 52 '47.5 " N , 12 ° 38' 18.4" E | |
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The castle Wildberg is Outbound lowland castle on the banks of Temnitz in the district Wildenberg the community Temnitztal in Ostprignitz-Ruppin in Brandenburg .
investment
Apart from the dry moat, only remnants of the ramparts remain from the medieval castle . Visible remains of the wall are missing.
history
The castle, which probably had a Slavic predecessor, was probably built as part of the high mediaeval eastern settlement.
Around 1214, the castle probably served the Counts of Arnstein as the starting point for establishing the Ruppin rule . With the takeover of the rule of Wusterhausen by the Counts of Lindow-Ruppin in 1319, the castle lost its military importance and was subsequently left to the count's followers as pledge or fief.
The lords of Wildberg have been documented since 1315.
Whether the castle - as often claimed - was destroyed by Elector Friedrich I has not yet been proven. Around 1491 the Lords of Zieten seem to have come into possession of Wildberg. Hans von Zieten auf Wildberg is mentioned as the councilor of the last Count of Lindow-Ruppin.
In 1525 the castle is described as "deserted". Despite the destruction of Wildberg during the Thirty Years War in 1638 by the imperial general Matthias Gallas , the stone walls of the castle are said to have been in place in 1713.
literature
- Handbook of Historic Places . Volume X. ISBN 3-520-31101-1
- Jo Lüdemann: Castle Guide Brandenburg . ISBN 3-89794-006-X