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Site of Ekberg Castle Fortifications

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    Location: Sundhagen, Hither Pomerania Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

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    January 2, 2025

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    In the late Middle Ages, there was a lowland castle on the prominent hill directly next to the Riene river - the Ekberg Fortress, also known as Ekberg Castle or Ekberg Palace.
    The builders of Ekberg Castle, the Lords of Gristow, descended from Barnuta, the eldest son of the Prince of Rügen, Jaromar I. The exact date of construction, probably in the second half of the 13th century, of the important sovereign fortification at the time, is not known.
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    During the First War of the Rügen Succession, the Mecklenburg troops of Prince Henry II, with whom Johann von Gristow had allied himself, undertook a campaign against the city of Greifswald from Grimmen and Ekberg Castle. The Mecklenburgers were defeated at Griebenow. The troops of Greifswald and the cities allied with them and recruited knights then tried twice unsuccessfully to conquer Ekberg Castle.
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    It was not until 1331 that a contingent of Greifswalders managed to capture the castle and completely destroy it during a renewed feud between the city of Greifswald and Johann von Gristow. However, in the document from 1331 in the Greifswald city archives, a settlement was reached between the parties in court, according to which Greifswald had to pay Johann von Gristow 400 marks as compensation.
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