Ēdole Castle

Ēdole Castle
Ēdole Castle
Ēdole parish, Kuldīga municipality, Latvia
	von Behr family coat of arms on castle
	Ēdole Castle
Coordinates	57°01′03″N 21°41′49″E / 57.01750°N 21.69694°E
Type	Castle
Site information
Condition	Preserved
Site history
Built	13th century
Built by	Bishop of Piltene

Ēdole Castle (Latvian: Ēdoles pils; German: Schloß Edwahlen) is a Gothic Revival castle situated on the banks of Ēdole Lake, Ēdole parish, in the historical region of Courland, western Latvia. Originally consisting of two residential buildings linked by a stone wall, the castle is surrounded by landscape park. It is considered an architectural and archaeological monument of national importance.

History[edit]

The castle was built for the bishop of Courland between 1264 and 1267.^[1] It was rebuilt in the 16th century and from 1561 until 1920 it was the property of the Baltic-German Baron von Behr and his descendants.^[1]

During the 18th century the castle was expanded and from 1835 to 1841 it underwent a major reconstruction work to become one of the first samples of Neo-Gothic architecture in Kurzeme.^[1] The building was partly burned during the Russian Revolution of 1905.^[2] Between 1906 and 1907 a household yard and tower were built in one of its corners, being the façade remodelled with its Gothic forms preserved.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Latvijas Piļu un Muižu asociācija. "Edole Castle". Latvijas Piļu un Muižu asociācija. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
^ Stephen Baister; Chris Patrick (1 November 2007). Latvia, 5th. Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 179–. ISBN 978-1-84162-201-9. Retrieved 15 August 2012.

Sources[edit]

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)