Veste Spantekow is the oldest and most important Renaissance castle in North Germany and is situated in the village of Spantekow, southwest of Anklam in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. It covers an area of c. 4 hectares.
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References
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Further reading
edit- Lutz Mohr: Klosterruine Stolpe und Burg Spantekow im Umfeld von Anklam. Zwei markante geschichtsträchtige Stätten aus dem mittelalterlichen Pommern. In: Stier und Greif. Blätter zur Kultur- und Landesgeschichte in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Jg. 17, Schwerin, 2007, pp. 46−65.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Festung Spantekow.
- Literature about Spantekow Fortress in the State Bibliography (Landesbibliographie) of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Homepage of Spantekow Castle by owner Friedrich Freiherr von Harnier
- Nutzungskonzept Wellness facility of the castle and surroundings (Krause Bohne Architects, Aachen)
- Lutz Mohr, Spantekow Castle
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