Castle search

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A castle search is a historical term for a unit of area around a castle . The word is derived from the Low German borchsukunge and was used in the Baltic areas of the Prussians , Kuren and other western Baltic tribes conquered by the Order of the Teutonic Knights and the Order of the Brothers of the Swords .

literature

  • Helene Dopkewitsch: The castle searches in Courland and Livonia from the 13th - 16th century . In: Mitteilungen aus der Livländischen Geschichte Vol. 25 (1933) pp. 1–108. PDF download (12.4 MB)

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