Kirumpää

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Coordinates: 57 ° 51 ′ 44.3 "  N , 26 ° 59 ′ 29.6"  E

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Kirumpää (German: Kirrumpäh ) is a village in the rural municipality of Võru , Võru County in southeast Estonia .

Kirumpäh Bishop's Castle

history

Plan of the Kirumpää Episcopal Castle, 17th century

A castle was strategically located on a hill above the river Võhandu (Woo) , which controlled an important road ( Dorpat - Pleskau ) and a river crossing. This castle was first mentioned in 1322 when it was destroyed by Grand Duke Gediminas of Lithuania . The castle was probably founded by the bishops of Dorpat in the second half of the 13th century to protect the eastern border of the diocese. During the Livonian War (1558), the site was occupied, sacked and badly damaged by Russian troops, but continued to be used until it and the site were destroyed during the Great Northern War at the beginning of the 18th century. When the town of Võru was built in 1784, the castle served the residents as a quarry.

Plan and floor plan of the Kiripaeh Castle and the surrounding area in 1801. d. 20 May Eduard Koerber . In: Johann Christoph Brotze , Collection of various Liefländischer Monuments ..., Vol. 9 Part 1 ( Memento from October 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ).

buildings

Remnants of the wall and earthworks of Kirumpää Castle

Originally a thick-walled 14 × 10 m tower castle stood here . This formed the northeast corner of the later approximately square 42 × 45 m three-winged complex. First, the tower was built around a castle chapel in the west and later, in the 15th century, with two more wings with small rooms in the south. A round tower was in the south-west corner. The access was from the west via a trapezoidal walled forecourt with a bastion in front.

Today only earthworks and rudimentary wall remains made of field stones (granite) and bricks bear witness to the castle.

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