Angerburg Castle
Coordinates: 54 ° 12 ′ 37.3 " N , 21 ° 44 ′ 28.4" E
The Angerburg Castle (Polish: Zamek w Węgorzewie ) is the oldest building in the city of Angerburg (Polish: Węgorzewo) and was built in 1398. A previous wooden fortification was built in 1335 and destroyed by Lithuanians in 1368. In 1469 the castle went to Anselm and Hans von Tettau. From 1839 the unbuilt castle was used as a courthouse and prison.
In 1945 almost the entire interior was destroyed by the Red Army and fell victim to a fire. However, the walls survived the Second World War with almost no damage. The castle was rebuilt in the 1970s. There was now a library, the city administration and the registry office in the building. After the end of communism, the castle was sold into private hands. The castle is currently owned by private investors from Warsaw and is not open to visitors.
literature
- Friedrich Borchert, Ronald Heidemann: castles, cities, German land. Mahnert-Lueg, Essen 1991, ISBN 3-922170-72-2 , pp. 177-179.
- Christofer Herrmann: Castles in the Ordensland. Teutonic and episcopal castles in East and West Prussia. Bergstadtverlag Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, Würzburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-87057-271-6 , pp. 59-61.
- Christofer Herrmann: Teutonic castles in the "Great Wilderness". In: Albinas Kuncevičius (Ed.): Castella Maris Baltici 6. Savastis, Vilnius 2004, ISBN 9986-420-55-5 , pp. 97-103, here p. 102 ( digitized version ).
- Christofer Herrmann: Warmia and Masuria. Guide to the monuments of art. 3. Edition. Michael Imhof, Petersberg 2015, ISBN 978-3-86568-386-1 , pp. 48-49 ( digitized version ).
