Visborg
Visborg (also Wisborg ) was a medieval fortress in the Hanseatic city of Visby on the Baltic Sea island of Gotland , the ruins of which are not really spectacular compared to the church ruins in the city. In 1892, in allusion to the castle, the title Graf von Wisborg was given to the son Oscar of the Swedish King Oskar II, who had left the Swedish royal family .
history
The Visburg emerged from 1411 as a fortified castle to protect the harbor in the southwest corner of the city on the city walls , including two already by Vitali brothers built towers . The building of the large castle-like fortress was completed under the Danish King Erich von Pomerania in 1436. As with all stone buildings on the island, the local limestone was used for the festivals. King Erik also gave it its name and withdrew here after his deposition in 1439 to continue to rule Gotland as lord until 1448. Visborg proved to be almost impregnable under the Danish bailiff Søren Norby in 1524 for his adversary Gustav Vasa . The Danish fleet commander and unauthorized follower of the Danish King Christian II , who had already been deposed in 1523 , remained loyal to him, not without his own advantage, and was only driven out by a strong fleet from Lübeck in the following year . The city center of Visby was largely destroyed by the heavy bombardment. The so-called. Lübeck's breach in the city wall still reminds us of the storming of the city in 1525. In 1554 the Danish Baptist Laurids Helgesen from Funen was imprisoned on the Visborg, where he presumably also died. 1679 the Visborg was taken by the departing Danes shortly before the Handover of the island to the Swedes blown up and not rebuilt. The building material for the ruin either went to Gotland lime kilns or was used in Visby.
literature
- Ulrich Quack: Gotland: the largest island in the Baltic Sea; a Swedish province of particular charm; Culture, history, landscape. DuMont Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-7701-2415-4 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Dansk biografisk Lexikon, VII. Bind, side 293