Rujen Ordensburg
| Rujen Ordensburg | ||
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 Remains of the Rujen order castle |
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| Creation time : | First mentioned in 1499 | |
| Castle type : | Hilltop castle | |
| Conservation status: | ruin | |
| Place: | Rujiena | |
| Geographical location | 57 ° 52 '55 " N , 25 ° 22' 10" E | |
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The ruins of the hilltop castle Rujen ( Latvian Rūjienas pilsdrupas ) are located on the outskirts of today's village of Rūjiena on the right bank of the Ruje in Latvia . The region submitted to the Order of the Brothers of the Swords after the battle on Matthew's Day .
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The castle as a castle of the Livonian Order was first mentioned in 1499. Their castle area included not only the parish Rujen, but also the part of the parish Salisburg located on the right bank of the Salis. With Karkus and Heimet, Rujen shared a bailiff. The Hakelwerk Rujen is referred to in 1555 as an oppidum , i.e. a town.
During the reign of Ivan III. Rujen Castle was repeatedly attacked by Russian troops. During the Livonian War in 1560, the castle was occupied, looted and burned by the Lithuanian nobility, but then restored. The occupation of the castle surrendered to King Magnus in 1575 , but in autumn 1575 the Germans succeeded in retaking it. Rujen was razed in 1582 , but was still called a castle in 1554.
description
The oval castle complex indicates that there was previously a hill fort on the site of the castle. The castle hill is located on the right bank of the Rūja River , surrounded by a deep moat with a bridge on the west side. Rujen was a typical walled castle , the only square tower on the north side is leaned against the wall . Later a late Gothic semicircular tower was built on the north side.
Current condition
Fragments 1 to 2 m in height have been preserved from the curtain wall . An elevation in the terrain has been preserved from the gate construction.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Karl Woldemar von Löwis of Menar: Burgenlexikon für Alt-Livland . Walters and Rapa, Riga 1922, p. 62-63 ( digitized version ).
- ↑ a b EBIDAT - The Castle Database, Rujiena / Rujen. Retrieved April 25, 2019 .
- ^ Armin Tuulse: The castles in Estonia and Latvia (= negotiations of the Estonian learned society . Volume 33 ). Õpetatud Eesti Seltsi Toimetused, S. 76 .
- ↑ Ernst Murbach . In: Contributions to the history of Baltic art . W. Schmitz, Giessen, p. 68 .