Ordensburg Ludsen
| Ordensburg Ludsen | ||
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 Ruins of the Ludsen Order Castle |
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| Creation time : | First mentioned in 1433 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Ludza | |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 32 '56.3 " N , 27 ° 43' 42.5" E | |
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The Ludsen Ordensburg ( Latvian Ludzas pils ) is the ruin of a hilltop castle on a hill between the Great and Small Lakes in the small town of Ludza (German Baltic: Ludsen) in the east of Latgale , near the Russian border.
Impressive remains of the wall, including a three-storey wall fragment, have been preserved from the order castle , which are today the city's landmark .
history
The castle was first mentioned in 1433, when the Livonian Order built a stone castle on the site of an earlier wooden hill fort of the Latgallians . The castle was probably built at the end of the 14th century when Master Wennemar von Bruggenei was the Landmaster of Livonia . The Ordensburg belonged as a neighboring castle to the Bailiwick of Rositten . In 1480, Master of the Order Bernd von der Borch attacked the neighboring Pleskau from here and failed. A year later, Russian troops invaded Livonia and occupied Ludsen Castle.
It was not until 1525, after relations with the Grand Duchy of Moscow had improved , that the Livonian Order repaired the castle, after which it was again destroyed by Russian troops under Tsar Alexei I in 1654 . At the beginning of the Livonian War , German troops attacked Krasnij Gorodok in 1588 and destroyed the area around Pleskau. In 1577, Livonia was attacked again by Russian troops under Ivan the Terrible and the castle was retaken.
In 1582 the castle came to Poland-Lithuania . During the Polish-Swedish war , the Swedish army occupied the castle in 1625. In the Russian-Polish war in 1654, Russian troops surrounded the castle and surrendered their occupation. After a decision by the Polish Sejm , the castle was abandoned in 1667 and fell into disrepair.
Restoration work is currently taking place on the ruins.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Alan V. Murray: The Clash of Cultures on the Medieval Baltic Frontier . Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., July 28, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7546-6483-3 , p. 67 (Retrieved August 15, 2012).
- ↑ a b Udo Bongartz: Latvia: Ludza castle ruins are being renovated . Retrieved December 20, 2018 (Report in the Latvian Press Review )