Jaunpils Castle (Latvian: Jaunpils pils; German: Schloß Neuenburg) is a castle in Jaunpils Parish, Tukums Municipality in the Semigallia region of Latvia. More of a manor house than properly a fortified castle, it has now been converted into a hotel.[1]
| Jaunpils Castle | |
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Jaunpils pils | |
| Jaunpils, Tukums Municipality, Semigallia, Latvia | |
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  Jaunpils Castle | |
| Coordinates | 56°43′50″N 23°01′16″E / 56.730556°N 23.021111°E |
| Site information | |
| Condition | Preserved |
| Site history | |
| Built | End of the 14th. century |
| Built by | Livonian Order |
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History
editThe castle in Jaunpils is first time mentioned in 1411. Most likely it's built in the end of the 14th century. The tower was added in the 15th century. In the first half of 16th century Jaunpils Castle was the place where many old and weak brothers of Livonian Order settled. In 1576 Jaunpils Castle became property of last komtur of Dobele Matthias von der Recke. Castle was owned by his descendants until 1920. The castle was heavily damaged in war by Swedes in 1625.[2] Later a third floor was added and the old fortress became a manor with all conveniences in the end of the 17th century. The building was partly reconstructed in the 18th century. The castle was burned down during the Russian Revolution of 1905. A year later it was rebuilt by architect Wilhelm Bockslaff.[3]
From the 16th century until 1920 the castle belonged to the family of the Baltic German baron von der Recke. One of the family members who lived there in the 18th century was the poet Elisa von der Recke.[2] After the Latvian agrarian reforms of the 1920s, the castle complex housed a cattle-breeding experimental station. During the Soviet occupation of Latvia, the interior of the castle was heavily reconstructed and for many years had typical Soviet interiors from the 1960s.[4] In the 2000s, a team of Latvian designers refitted the interior of the castle. Today it features luxurious medieval style apartments which blend luxuries with glimpses of the castle's history.[5]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Stephen Turnbull (25 May 2004). Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (2): The stone castles of Latvia and Estonia 1185-1560. Osprey Publishing. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-84176-712-3.
- ^ a b Latvijas Piļu un Muižu asociācija. "Jaunpils Castle - Museum". Latvijas Piļu un Muižu asociācija. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ Zarāns, Alberts (2006). Latvijas pilis un muižas. Castles and manors of Latvia (in Latvian and English). Riga. ISBN 9984-785-05-X. OCLC 72358861.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Krahe, Friedrich-Wilhelm (2000). Burgen des deutschen Mittelalters. Grundriss-Lexikon (in German). Flechsig. p. 705. ISBN 3-88189-360-1.
- ^ Jaunpils pils SIA. "Pakalpojumi". http://www.jaunpilspils.lv/index.php?lang=lat&n1=1&n2=1 Retrieved 7 October 2018.
External links
edit- Jaunpils Castle
- "Neuenburg". Geographical Dictionary of the Kingdom of Poland (in Polish). 7. Warszawa: Kasa im. Józefa Mianowskiego. 1886. p. 11.
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