Goldbeck Castle

Goldbeck Castle is located on the southern edge of the village of the same name. Goldbeck is a district of the city of Wittstock/Dosse in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district in Brandenburg. The castle is a listed building.

The castle is a former moated castle, whose now dry moat was formerly fed by the Dosse river. The complex was rebuilt repeatedly over the centuries and adapted to the prevailing taste of the time.

A special feature is a narrow passage gate located next to the main gate. This is the only remaining one-man sally port in Brandenburg.

The village of Goldbeck is first mentioned in a document from 1247. At that time, it was owned by the Lords of Werle.

In the conflicts between Margrave Otto V of Brandenburg and the Lords of Werle in 1276, the Lords of Werle were defeated. The area around Goldbeck came to the Counts of Ruppin, who, however, had to acknowledge the feudal lordship of the Bishops of Havelberg. Around 1300, the Counts of Ruppin had a moated castle built to secure their rule, which is first mentioned in documents in 1325.

In 1424, the castle served as a residence for the robber knights Hans von Bosel and Klaus von Königsmark.

With the extinction of the Counts of Ruppin, the castle came in 1524 as an episcopal fief to Elector Joachim I. Around 1548, Johann Gans Edler von Putlitz was appointed administrator of the castle by Elector Joachim II.