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Founded: 13th centuryCategory: Castles and fortifications in Germany
Historical period: Hohenstaufen Dynasty (Germany)
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Goldbeck Castle is located on the southern edge of the village of Goldbeck, a district of the town Wittstock/Dosse. It was originally a moated castle, with its now-dry moat once fed by the Dosse River. Over the centuries, the structure was repeatedly rebuilt and updated to match contemporary architectural styles. A unique feature is a narrow one-person side gate next to the main entrance—Brandenburg’s only remaining “one-man sally port.”
Goldbeck was first mentioned in a document in 1247, then under the control of the Lords of Werle. In 1276, during a conflict with Margrave Otto V of Brandenburg, the Lords of Werle were defeated. The region, including Goldbeck, became part of the County of Ruppin under the Counts of Lindow-Ruppin, though they had to recognize the Bishop of Havelberg as their feudal overlord.
Around 1300, the Counts of Lindow-Ruppin built the moated castle to secure their territory, with the first written record dating from 1325. In 1424, the castle was used as a hideout by robber knights Hans von Bosel and Klaus von Königsmark.
After the extinction of the Lindow-Ruppin line, the castle became a fief of the Bishopric and was granted to Elector Joachim I of Brandenburg in 1524. Around 1548, Elector Joachim II appointed Johann Gans Edler von Putlitz as castle administrator.
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.