Ordensburg Grobin
| Ordensburg Grobin | ||
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 Ruins of the Grobin order castle |
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| Creation time : | First mentioned in 1253 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Grobiņa | |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 32 '4.2 " N , 21 ° 9' 45.4" E | |
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The ruin of the Ordensburg Grobin is located in Grobiņa (German Baltic Grobin ) in western Courland , Latvia . An elderly Curonian Castle Hill ( Skābāržu kalns ) is located 100 meters from the Ordensburg away, which is around the famous Seeburg could act that is mentioned in Scandinavian sources of the 9th century.
history
The Livonian Order built the castle in 1253 to secure the road from Livonia to Prussia. The castle is located on a hill on the bank of a lake and therefore offered good protection. The rectangular castle measured about 40 × 70 m and had a three-story south wing and a tower in the west wall. At the end of the order, the castle was pledged to Duke Albrecht of Prussia . In the 16th century, ramparts were built around the castle with a bastion at each of the four corners. In 1608 the castle was returned to Courland. In the 17th century the fortress was fundamentally rebuilt and further strengthened. Until the 18th century, the administration for the surrounding area was located in the castle.
During the Second Northern War , the Swedes burned the town of Grobin down in 1659 and looted the castle. During the Great Northern War , the castle was again used by the Swedish army under the leadership of the Swedish King Charles XII. occupied and destroyed. After damage at the beginning of the 19th century, the complex was no longer renovated and gradually fell into disrepair.
Restoration work began in the 1970s, so the castle ruins are in good condition today. Today the castle is a sight and a popular venue.
architecture
The circular walls form an elongated square, of the south wing, the actual house, four floors have been preserved to this day. The south wing is 11.2 m wide and 34 m high and is the oldest part of the castle. Originally the basement and the ground floor are made of stone, the higher floors are also made of brick. The cellar is almost completely filled. Part of the cellar window is visible on the east wall of the castle. The second floor was divided into three rooms, an eastern room, 5.80 mx 9.60 m, with large semicircular niches in the outer walls and a window each, a middle room, 12 mx 9.60 m with a staircase in the first floor, and a western room, 13 mx 9.60 m with sewers in the west wall. The walls in the courtyard of the castle show the remains of vault connections .
literature
Bernhard Schmid: The castles of the German order of knights in Courland. In: Journal of Construction . tape 71 , 1921, pp. 199-238 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Armin Tuulse: The castles in Estonia and Latvia (= negotiations of the Estonian learned society . Volume 33 ). Õpetatud Eesti Seltsi Toimetused, S. 243 .
- ↑ Lost & Unlost Places palaces, castles, manors, Baltic States, Kurland, Latvia, E - K .
