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Founded: c. 1300Category: Castles and fortifications in Germany
Historical period: Habsburg Dynasty (Germany)
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Burg Hinta is a moated castle located in the center of Hinte, a town in East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany.
In the 14th century, Hinte had two chieftain castles: Westerburg and Osterburg (now Burg Hinta). The Westerburg was destroyed by the Hanseatic League in 1436 for supporting piracy. In 1602, Emden troops occupied the Osterburg during the Emden Revolution, but it was retaken shortly after. The castle passed through several noble families, including the Ripperdas and later the von Frese family, who still own it today. Public access is limited to the exterior.
Originally built in the late 13th century by local chieftains, the oldest surviving part is the 'High House' in the west wing, a one-story stone building with a stepped gable, showing elements of Gothic and early Renaissance styles.
In 1704, a baroque gate was added, and by the 18th and 19th centuries, the castle was remodeled into a four-winged complex with a central courtyard, surrounded by a wide moat.
Nearby stands the 14th-century Protestant Reformed Church of Hinte.
Doune Castle was originally built in the thirteenth century, then probably damaged in the Scottish Wars of Independence, before being rebuilt in its present form in the late 14th century by Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (c. 1340–1420), the son of King Robert II of Scots, and Regent of Scotland from 1388 until his death. Duke Robert"s stronghold has survived relatively unchanged and complete, and the whole castle was traditionally thought of as the result of a single period of construction at this time. The castle passed to the crown in 1425, when Albany"s son was executed, and was used as a royal hunting lodge and dower house.
In the later 16th century, Doune became the property of the Earls of Moray. The castle saw military action during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and Glencairn"s rising in the mid-17th century, and during the Jacobite risings of the late 17th century and 18th century.