Eutin Castle was built in the12th century by the Bishop of Lübeck but unfortunately none of the medieval buildings are preserved to the present day. In 1586 Prince-Bishop Johann Adolf, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, began developing the castle into an impressive residence, but in 1689 most of it was destroyed by fire. Between...

Sometime during the first half of the 12th century  Duke Wartislaw l built a timber castle on the site of a temple dedicated to the three-headed Slavic god Triglav. The castle was enlarged during the 13th century and in 1346 Barnim III added a so-called stone house. The oldest preserved part of the castle today is the south...

In about 1180 a tower was constructed near Kalmar harbour in order to protect trade, and at the end of the 13th century a royal fortress with round towers at each corner and a square tower  facing the town was built around it.   The most important political event to take place at Kalmar Castle was the forming of the...