The Syrtza chiefs lived in Berum Castle, one of the most important sites in East Frisian history, around 1310. The first Count of East Frisia, Ulrich Circsena von Greetsiel, inherited …
As early as 1400 there were three chief castles in Dornum, the Westerburg, Norderburg and the Osterburg - the later Beningaburg. According to legend, between 1375 and 1380 olde Hero …
Nordeck Castle was built in 1868/1869 under the landowner Edo Friedrich Peterssen. Peterssen died in 1900 as a bachelor on the property. On May 18th, 1949 the castle burned down …