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Founded: 16th centuryCategory: Castles and fortifications in Germany
Historical period: Reformation & Wars of Religion (Germany)
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Doberlug Castle, located in Doberlug-Kirchhain, Brandenburg, is a Renaissance four-winged complex that originated as a Cistercian monastery founded in 1165. After the monastery's dissolution in 1541, it was converted into a noble residence. Expanded as a hunting lodge and later a ducal seat, the castle gained prominence under the Saxon and Saxony-Merseburg rulers in the 17th century.
Throughout the centuries, it served various functions, from ducal residence to administrative offices, prison, and military barracks. After World War II, the Soviet army occupied it, followed by the East German police and military until 1988. Restoration began in the 1990s, and the castle has since become a cultural venue.
Architecturally, the castle features bright façades, red-tiled roofs, decorative gables, stair towers, and a courtyard with a well and sculpted details. Since 2014, it has hosted exhibitions, including the Brandenburg State Exhibition on Saxon-Brandenburg history, and houses the Dohna-Schlobitten Collection, showcasing European aristocratic art.
The erlebnisREICH Naturpark exhibit, opened in 2018, offers interactive exploration of the local natural park and cultural landscape, with trails, digital features, and a nature-themed playground on the castle grounds.
Radimlja is a stećak (monumental medieval tombstones, that lie scattered across Bosnia and Herzegovina) necropolis located near Stolac. The necropolis is one of the most valuable monuments of the mediaeval period in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The majority of its stećak tombstones date from the 1480s through the 16th century, as evidenced by the epitaph on one of the tombstones. This was the period when the family Miloradović-Stjepanović from genus Hrabren lived in the settlement located on near hill Ošanići. At the time the location was known as Batnoge, and the creation of the necropolis coincides with the rise of this noble family.
The necropolis includes 133 stećci. When the Čapljina-Stolac road was built during the Austro-Hungarian period in 1882, it ran through the necropolis and destroyed at least 15-20 tombstones.