Castle of Lochstädt

The Castle of Lochstädt, also written Burg Lochstedt, was an art-historically important order castle of the Teutonic Order in the then East Prussian village of Lochstädt, today Pavlovo, situated in the Kaliningrad Oblast, the part of East Prussia belonging today to Russia. It was meant to control access to the Vistula Lagoon, but soon fell into insignificance. Only through the constant use of the Lochstedt castle chapel was the castle initially spared from demolition. Although its interior furnishings had suffered through war and outside use, it survived largely unchanged until its destruction in 1945 and in the 1960s.

Machine-translated from “Burg Lochstedt” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castle of Lochstädt ranks #3,481 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #88 of the 145 mapped in Russia. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,303 times in the last 60 days, more than 56% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Kaliningrad, 35 km away. See how Russia compares in the castle statistics.

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