Dobele Castle | |
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Zemgale, Latvia | |
Coordinates | 56°37′20″N 23°16′22″E / 56.622171°N 23.272757°E |
Type | Castle |
Site information | |
Condition | Ruins |
Site history | |
Built | 1335-1339 |
Built by | Livonian Order |
Materials | Brick, boulders |
Dobele Castle (Latvian: Dobeles pils, ‹See Tfd›German: Ordensburg Doblen) is a castle in the town of Dobele in the historical region of Zemgale, Latvia. The Livonian order built the castle on the west bank of the Berze river in 1335, on the site of an old hillfort.[1]