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Founded: 1545-1560Category: Castles and fortifications in Germany
Historical period: Reformation & Wars of Religion (Germany)
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Former Mühlberg Castle is located in Mühlberg/Elbe, a town in the Elbe-Elster district of Brandenburg, Germany.
Originally built in the late 12th century on the site of a Slavic fortress, the moated castle was destroyed by fire in 1535. Reconstruction began around 1545 under Maurice of Saxony and was completed by about 1560 under Elector Augustus, using the original foundations. A southern entrance and stone bridge were added in 1620; the bridge was replaced between 1825–27 after the defensive walls were removed and the moat was drained.
In the 19th century, the plain two- and three-story buildings were plastered, decorative pilasters removed, and most dormer gables taken down—except the one above the main gate on the south façade. This dormer features an octagonal bell tower with a slate roof, added in 1773. The former castle chapel, integrated into the east wing, had its apse raised into a tower in the 15th/16th century. A polygonal staircase tower stands in the northeast corner of the courtyard.
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.